Ocean Pollution

By emilymarshall

  • The Mare Liberum

    a book that formulated the new principle that the sea was international territory and all nations were free to use it for seafaring trade.

  • Law of Sea Treaty

    focuses primarly on navigational and transit issues

  • FAO international code of conduct on the distribution and use of pesticides

    reflect changes in management practices and international conventions relating to pesticide use.

  • Basel Convention

    designed to reduce the movements of hazardous waste between nations, and specifically tp prevent transfer of hazardous waste fro, development to less developed countries.

  • Bamako Convention

    a treaty of African nations prohibiting the import of any hazardous (and radioactive) waste.

  • Convention on the Tansboundary Effect of Industrial Accidents in Helsinki

    designed to protect peole and the enviroment against industrial accidents.