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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]
... Prevention and control of water pollution, in particular of
transboundary rivers and international lakes; techniques for the
improvement of the quality of water and further development of
ways and means for industrial and municipal sewage effluent
purification; methods of assessment of fresh water resources and
the improvement of their utilization, in particular by developing
methods of production which are less polluting and lead to less
consumption of fresh water; ...
... 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; ...
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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