Regional Conventions and Protocols on Land-based Activities Global and regional sources of information UNEP GPA UNEP Regional Seas Programme GIWA - Global International Waters Assessment ECOLEX International Water Law Project Regional legal frameworks Baltic Black Sea East Asian Seas Eastern Africa Mediterranean North-East Atlantic North-West Pacific Red Sea and Gulf of Aden ROPME Sea Area (Kuwait Region) South Asian Seas South East Pacific South Pacific West and Central Africa Wider Caribbean Baltic Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area (Helsinki Convention); adopted 1992, in force 2000 (Helsinki Commission) Black Sea Convention on the Protection of the Black Sea Against Pollution (Bucharest Convention); adopted 1992, in force 1994 (UNEP) Protocol on Protection of the Black Sea Marine Environment Against Pollution from Land-based Sources; adopted 1992, in force 1994 (UNEP) East Asian Seas No legal agreement developed Eastern Africa Convention for the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Eastern African Region (Nairobi Convention); adopted 1985, in force 1996 (UNEP) Mediterranean Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean (Barcelona Convention); adopted on 16 February 1976, in force 12 February 1978; revised in Barcelona, Spain, 9-10 June 1995 as the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean (not yet in force) (UNEP) Protocol for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution from Land-Based Sources (LBS Protocol); adopted in Athens, Greece, on 17 May 1980, in force 17 June 1983, amended in Syracuse, Italy, 6 - 7 March 1996 as the Protocol for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution from Land-Based Sources and Activities (not yet in force) (UNEP) North-East Atlantic Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic (OSPAR Convention); adopted 1992, in force 1998 (OSPAR Commission) North-West Pacific No legal agreement developed Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Regional Convention for the Conservation of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Environment (Jeddah Convention); adopted 1982, in force 1985 (Multilaterals Project) ROPME Sea Area (Kuwait Region) Kuwait Regional Convention for Co-operation on the Protection of the Marine Environment from Pollution (Kuwait Convention; adopted 1978, in force 1979 (UNEP) Protocol for the Protection of the Marine Environment against Pollution from Land-Based Sources; adopted 1990, in force 1993 (UNEP) South Asian Seas No legal agreement developed South East Pacific Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and Coastal Area of the South-East Pacific (Lima Convention), adopted 1981; in force 1986 (Multilaterals Project) Protocol for the Protection of the South-East Pacific against Pollution from Land-based Sources; adopted 1983, in force 1986 (CIESIN) South Pacific Convention for the Protection of Natural Resources and Environment of the South Pacific Region (Noumea Convention); adopted 1986, in force 1990 (UNEP) West and Central Africa Convention for Co-operation in the Protection and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the West and Central African Region (Abidjan Convention); adopted 1981, in force 1984 (UNEP) Wider Caribbean   Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region (Cartagena Convention); adopted 1983, in force 1986 (CEP) Protocol Concerning Pollution from Land-based Sources and Activities to the Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region (LBS Protocol), adopted 1999 (CEP)

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