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To help you navigate the world of Multilateral Environmental Agreements and International Environmental Law, this section offers you definitions and related information on the term concepts common to all or several Multilateral Environmental Agreements.

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A

Adverse effects
Anthropocene
Aquaculture
Areas beyond national jurisdiction
Artisanal fishery
Atmospheric ozone
Aviation

B

Ballast water
Biohazards
Biological contamination
Biological weapons
Biomass

C

Carbon dioxide
Cargo ships
Certification
Chlorofluorocarbons
Coastal biodiversity
Coastal ecosystems
Coastal wetlands
Commercial fishery
Common heritage of mankind
Contaminated sites
Contiguous zones
Continental shelves
Coral reefs
Critically endangered species
Cultural heritage
Customs

D

Deep sea
Disasters
Diseases
Domestic trade
Drinking water
Droughts
Dumping

E

Ecolabels
Ecological character
Ecotourism
Effluent waste
Energy efficiency
Environmental damage
Environmental flow
Environmental footprint
Environmental migration
Estuary
Eutrophication
Exclusive Economic Zones
Exports

F

Fertilizers
Fishery
Flag vessels
Flood control
Food shortages
Freshwater fishery

G

Groundwater

H

Hazardous substances
High seas
Human-made wetlands
Hydrological cycle

I

Illegal fishing
Imports
Industry
Inland waters
Inland wetlands
International watercourses

L

Labelling
Land-based marine pollution
Light pollution

M

Marine biodiversity
Marine debris
Marine ecosystems
Marine fishery
Marine pollution
Marine protected areas
Marine resources conservation
Marine spatial planning
Maritime zones
Methane
Microplastic pollution
Military activity

N

Natural heritage
Navigation
Nitrous oxide
Noise pollution

O

Ocean acidification
Oil pollution
Outer space
Overfishing
Ozone
Ozone depleting potential

P

Peatlands
Plastic pollution
Plastics
Pollution
Population growth

R

Radioactive contamination
RAMSAR sites
Registration

S

Sanitation
Science
Ship-based marine pollution
Shipping industry
Soil pollution
Surface water
Sustainable tourism

T

Territorial waters
Tourism
Trade
Transport
Transshipment
Tropospheric ozone

V

Vessels
Vulnerability

W

Water abstraction
Water conservation
Water pollution
Water quality standards
Water resources
Water resources management
Water rights
Water shortages
Water supply
Water treatment
Water use
Water vapor
Watercourses
Wetland ecosystems
Wetland mitigation
Wetland restoration
Wetlands
Wildlife trafficking