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PAGE: 5. Environment [go to this PAGE]
... Affirming that experience has shown that economic
development and technological progress must be compatible with
the protection of the environment and the preservation of
historical and cultural values; that damage to the environment is
best avoided by preventive measures; and that the ecological
balance must be preserved in the exploitation and management of
natural resources. ...
PAGE: Fields of co-operation Control of air pollution Water pollution control and fresh water utilization Protection of the marine
environment Land utilization and soils Nature conservation and nature reserves Improvement of environmental conditions in
areas of human settlement Fundamental research, monitoring, forecasting and assessment of environmental changes Legal and
administrative measures [go to this PAGE]
... Protection of the marine environment of participating
States, and especially the Mediterranean Sea, from pollutants
emanating from land-based sources and those from ships and other
vessels, notably the harmful substances listed in Annexes I and
II to the London Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution
by the Dumping of Wastes and Other Matters; problems of
maintaining marine ecological balances and food chains, in
particular such problems as may arise from the exploration and
exploitation of biological and mineral resources of the seas and
the sea-bed; ...
... Protection of nature and nature reserves; conservation and
maintenance of existing genetic resources, especially rare animal
and plant species; conservation of natural ecological systems;
establishment of nature reserves and other protected landscapes
and areas, including their use for research, tourism, recreation
and other purposes; ...
... Study of changes in climate, landscapes and ecological
balances under the impact of both natural factors and human
activities; forecasting of possible genetic changes in flora and
fauna as a result of environmental pollution; harmonization of
statistical data, development of scientific concepts and systems
of monitoring networks, standardized methods of observation,
measurement and assessment of changes in the biosphere;
assessment of the effects of environmental pollution levels and
degradation of the environment upon human health; study and
development of criteria and standards for various environmental
pollutants and regulation regarding production and use of various
products; ...
PAGE: Forms and methods of co-operation [go to this PAGE]
... harmonization, where appropriate and necessary, of
environmental protection standards and norms, in particular with
the object of avoiding possible difficulties in trade which may
arise from efforts to resolve ecological problems of production
processes and which relate to the achievement of certain
environmental qualities in manufactured products;
...
PAGE: Questions relating to Security and Co-operation in the Mediterranean [go to this PAGE]
... to intensify their efforts and their co-operation on a
bilateral and multilateral basis with the non - participating
Mediterranean States directed towards the improvement of the
environment of the Mediterranean, especially the safeguarding of
the biological resources and ecological balance of the sea, by
appropriate measures including the prevention and control of
pollution; to this end, and in view of the present situation, to
cooperate through competent international organizations and in
particular within the United Nations Environment Programme
(UNEP);
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PAGE: (c) Science [go to this PAGE]
... exact and natural sciences, in particular fundamental
research in such fields as mathematics, physics, theoretical
physics, geophysics, chemistry, biology, ecology and astronomy;
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