UNEP's Responses - Water pollution assessment

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UNEP's RESPONSES -
Water pollution assessment

The Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities and the Washington Declaration were adopted in 1995 and UNEP was tasked to lead the coordination effort and to establish a GPA Coordination Office.

The GPA aims at preventing the degradation of the marine environment from land-based activities by facilitating the duty of States to preserve and protect the marine environment. More specifically, it is recommended that the States:

Identify and assess problems related to nature and severity of problems, contaminants, physical alteration, sources of degradation, and areas of concern.
Establish priorities for action by assessing the five factors above.
Set management objectives for priority problems for source categories and areas affected on the basis of established priorities.
Identify, evaluate and select strategies and measures to achieve these objectives.

The GPA clearing house mechanism provides access to information, data and practical experiences to address problems related to marine pollution and degradation. To access the clearinghouse on-line, click here: http://www.gpa.unep.org/.

Last Update: 10 August, 2001