Reducing discharges of dangerous synthetic organic compounds to the marine environment

Synthetic organic compounds threaten to accumulate to dangerous levels in 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.

1. Reducing hydrocarbon emissions
2. Preventing marine pollution from land-based sources

1. Using management programmes to reduce emissions of persistent organic pollutants
2. Eliminate discharges of dangerous organohalogen compounds to the marine environment

1. Providing information on solvents
2. Monitoring environmental toxins

1. Monitoring effects of transboundary air pollution in water
2. Controlling emissions of volatile organic compounds

1. Dangerous