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International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil, London, 1954, 1962, 1969. International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (ICRW), Washington, 1946. International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. International Tropical Timber Agreement (expired), 1983.
The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 as modified by the Protocol of 1978, or " MARPOL 73/78 " (short for "marine pollution") is one of the most important international marine environmental conventions. [2] It was developed by the International Maritime Organization with an objective to minimize pollution ...
Canada. In Canada the regulation of pollution and its effects are monitored by a number of organizations depending on the nature of the pollution and its location. The three levels of government (Federal – Canada Wide; Provincial; and Municipal) equally share in the responsibilities, and in the monitoring and correction of pollution.
Law on the Protection of Cultural Relics. Law on the Protection of Wildlife 1989. Law on the Protection of Wildlife (2004 Revision) Law on Water and Soil Conservation. Marine Environmental Protection Law of the People's Republic of China (1983) Marine Pollution Control Act. Public Nuisance Dispute Mediation Act.
Environmental law is the collection of laws, regulations, agreements and common law that governs how humans interact with their environment. [ 2 ] This includes environmental regulations; laws governing management of natural resources, such as forests, minerals, or fisheries; and related topics such as environmental impact assessments.
Global plastic pollution treaty. UN Member States are currently negotiating a legally-binding, international agreement on plastics that will address the entire life cycle of plastics, from design to production and disposal. On March 2, 2022, UN Member States voted at the resumed fifth UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-5.2) to establish an ...
Emission standards are the legal requirements governing air pollutants released into the atmosphere. Emission standards set quantitative limits on the permissible amount of specific air pollutants that may be released from specific sources over specific timeframes.
Kyoto International Conference Center. The Kyoto Protocol (Japanese: 京都議定書, Hepburn: Kyōto Giteisho) was an international treaty which extended the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that commits state parties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, based on the scientific consensus that global warming is occurring and that human-made CO 2 emissions are ...