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land-based marine pollution

  • Chemicals and Waste
  • Marine and Freshwater
  • Land and Agriculture

Definition(s)

Land-based marine pollution includes waste that is deliberately dumped at sea as well as effluent wastes from industrial, domestic and agricultural sources as run-off through drains or rivers (Source: WWF)

Hierarchy

Broader: marine pollution
Related terms: coastal dredging, pollution from land-based sources, land-based pollution
Used for: fertilizer

Concept URI: https://www.informea.org/en/terms/land-based-marine-pollution

In other languages

French:
  • pollution tellurique
Russian:
  • загрязнение моря в результате хозяйственной деятельности на суше
Spanish:
  • contaminación marina con base en tierra
Arabic:
  • تلوث بحري من الأرض
Chinese, Simplified:
  • 基于陆地的海洋污染
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Multilateral environment agreements tagged with land-based marine pollution

You can see below a list of multilateral environment agreements. Use the links on the right to view the content tagged with land-based marine pollution. This includes official treaty texts, decisions, recommendations, and other related informational documents such as publications, annuals, meetings, documents or reports.
Barcelona Convention1 article or paragraph
Abidjan Convention1 article or paragraph
Noumea Convention1 article or paragraph
Cartagena Convention1 article or paragraph
Jeddah Convention1 article or paragraph
United Nations Environment Assembly3 decisions

Multimedia

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