OSPAR Convention

Similar term(s): Oslo and Paris Conventions .

Definition:

The 1992 OSPAR Convention [originally the Oslo and Paris Conventions] is the current instrument guiding international cooperation on the protection of the marine environment of the North-East Atlantic.

It combined and up-dated the 1972 Oslo Convention on dumping waste at sea and the 1974 Paris Convention on land-based sources of marine pollution.

Source: OSPAR convention  

Related words:

London Convention

Translation(s):

Español: Convenio OSPAR
Français: Convention OSPAR
Nederlands: Verdrag van OSPAR

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