Expanding regional activity on the marine environment

This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities.

Agenda 21 recommends strengthening, and extending where necessary, intergovernmental regional cooperation, the Regional Seas Programmes of UNEP, regional and subregional fisheries organizations and regional commissions.

1. Strengthening regional cooperation
2. Protecting regional environments
3. Organizing responsibility for the marine environment

1. Strengthening international cooperation on enclosed and semi-enclosed seas
2. Expanding regional cooperation on point source marine pollution from new installations
3. Exchanging data on the impact of climate change on the marine environment
4. Assessing regional agreements on marine pollution from land-based sources

1. Promoting cross-border regional biodiversity conservation
2. Monitoring effects of transboundary air pollution in water
3. Convening consultations on protection of oceans and marine resources
4. Acquiring additional marine vessels

1. Overactivity
2. Inactivity
3. Action