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International
actors and agreements in the region
See
Global action and Global
actors.
UNEP
Regional Seas Programme. ••>
UNEP Global programme of action for the protection of
the marine environment from land-based activities (UNEP
GPA). ••>
UNEP
Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean
(ROLAC). ••>
UN
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
(ECLAC). ••>
Regional
conventions, agreements, action plans and actors
A
UNEP Regional Seas Action Plan for the Upper South-West
Atlantic is under development. ••>
Latin American Agreement on Port State Control of Vessels
(Viña del Mar Agreement).
••>
Treaty Concerning Rio de la Plata and the Corresponding
Maritime Boundary.
••>
Private
sector and NGOs actors and initiatives
Latin
Petroleum Analytics (LAPA). ••>
Regional
Association of Oil and Natural Gas Companies in Latin
America and the Caribbean (ARPEL). ••>
Clean Caribbean Cooperative. ••>
Petrobras.
Brazil's major oil company. See Environment.
Amazon Watch. ••>
Amazonia.
Articles on oil exploration and exploitation in the
region.
International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation (ITOPF).
••>
International
Directory of Oil Spill Cleanup Contractors and Response
Organisations.
••>
Oilwatch.
••>
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Regional
reports on the state of the marine and coastal environment
EcoPlata Project: Integrated Uruguayan Coastal Zone
Management of the Río de la Plata Support Program.
Apoyo
a la Gestión Integrada de la Zona Costera Uruguaya
del Río de la Plata. A governmental and inter-institutional
agreement to contribute to the integrated management
of the Río de la Plata Uruguayan coastal zone
resources through the implementation of demonstration
actions at pilot areas.
See "Río
de la Plata. An environmental overview". El
Río de la Plata. Una revisión ambiental.
UNEP GPA: Overview
on Land-based Sources and Activities Affecting the Marine,
Coastal and Associated Freshwater Environment in the
Upper Southwest Atlantic Ocean.
UNEP GPA: Upper
South-West Atlantic (brief description of environmental
state, priority issues).
UNEP:
Global
Environment Outlook 3 (GEO3). Coastal and marine
areas.
University
of Rhode Island: Large Marine Ecosystems (LME): The
Upper South West Atlantic includes three LMEs -
the East Brazil Shelf, the
South Brazil Shelf and the Patagonian
Shelf.
National
action
UNEP
GPA: Brazilian
National Programme of Action
for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based
Activities in the Brazilian Section of the Upper SW
Atlantic.
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