| International
actors and agreements in the region
See
Global action.
UNEP
Regional Seas Programme
(partner sea area). "A combination of several factors
makes the Arctic and its inhabitants among the most exposed
populations in the world. The biggest concerns today are the
effects from long-range air and sea transport of contaminants
and certain human activities such as interference with ancient
animal migration routes, oil and chemical spills into the
sea, and the unforeseen impacts from climate change causing
the melting of the ice cover. Many of these impacts will take
a very long time to reverse: the low temperatures mean slow
chemical breakdown of contaminants, whereas populations of
large mammals can be slow to recover."
UNEP
Global programme of action for the protection of the marine
environment from land-based activities (UNEP
GPA).
Regional
conventions, agreements, action plans and actors
Arctic
Environmental Protection Strategy. ••>
- Programme
for the Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment. ••>
- Arctic
Monitoring and Assessment Programme. ••>
Convention
for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East
Atlantic + OSPAR Commission.
••>
Arctic
Council.
••>
Barents
Euro-Arctic Council.
••>
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Regional
reports on the state of the marine and coastal environment
AMAP:
State
of the Arctic Environment Report. First assessment with
respect to pollution issues.
OSPAR
Quality Status Report 2000 Region I: Arctic
Waters.
European
Environment Agency (EEA): State
of the European Arctic Environment.
EEA: State of the Environment Information System — Arctic.
UNEP:
Global
Environment Outlook 3 (GEO3). Coastal and marine areas.
UNEP
GPA: Arctic
Region (brief description of environmental state, priority
issues, etc.).
University
of Rhode Island: Large Marine Ecosystems (LME): The region
includes the Kara
Sea, the Laptev
Sea, the
East Siberian Sea, the Beaufort
Sea, the Chukchi
Sea, and the Barents
Sea.
National
action
Canada:
Russian
Federation:
United States
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