Marine and Freshwater
Definition(s)
Ship-based pollution comprises: deliberate dumping of oil and other wastes from ships, accidental spills and offshore oil drilling, the discharge of oily engine wastes and bilge from day-to-day shipping operations (Source: UNEP)
Hierarchy
Alternative labels:
Dumping at sea
Maritime sources
Pollution from ships
Ship based marine pollution
Related concepts:
In other languages
French
pollution marine provenant des navires
Russian
загрязнение морской среды с судов
Spanish
contaminación marina causada por los buques
Arabic
تلوث بحري ناتج من السفن
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Multilateral environment agreements tagged with Ship-based marine pollution
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Basel Convention | 3 decisions | |
World Heritage Convention | 1 decision | |
Barcelona Convention | 1 article or paragraph | |
Dumping Protocol | 6 articles and paragraphs | |
Prevention and Emergency Protocol | 1 article or paragraph1 decision | |
Abidjan Convention | 1 article or paragraph | |
Noumea Convention | 3 articles and paragraphs | |
Cartagena Convention | 2 articles and paragraphs | |
Jeddah Convention | 2 articles and paragraphs | |
United Nations Environment Assembly | 1 decision |