| International
actors and agreements in the region
See
Global action.
The Baltic Sea has been designated as a Special
Area for the purpose of Annex V (garbage) to MARPOL
73/78.
UNECE Convention of the Protection and Use of Transboundary
Watercourses and International Lakes. ••>
UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). ••>
UNEP Regional Office for Europe. ••>
UNEP
Regional Seas Programme: Baltic Sea = partner area.
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
Convention
of the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic
Sea (Helsinki Convention) • Helsinki Commission (HELCOM)
••>
HELCOM Joint Comprehensive Environmental Action Programme.
••>
HELCOM: Waste disposal in the Baltic Sea.
Baltic Strategy on Port Reception Facilities for Ship-generated
Wastes. ••>
Baltic Sea Regional Project. ••>
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Regional
reports on the state of the marine and coastal environment
Fourth
Periodic Assessment of Baltic Sea Environment: Baltic Sea
Environment 1994-1998". Summary.
Full
report.
Marine
and Coastal Environment. Annual topic update 2000.
Report published in 2000 by the EEA
Topic Center on Marine and Coastal Environment.
EEA: State of the environment reporting system (SERIS): Country
reports for Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia,
Lithuania, Poland, Russian Federation, and Sweden.
UNEP:
Global
Environment Outlook 3 (GEO3). Coastal and marine areas.
University
of Rhode Island: Baltic
Large Marine Ecosystem.
Other
publications on marine and coastal environment, including
marine litter
Article
in Marine Pollution Bulletin on marine litter/marine
debris on the sea floor along European coasts, including the
Baltic Sea: 2000.
Private
sector and NGOs actors and initiatives
UNEP
and Clean up Australia: Clean up the World! ••>
Baltic Ports Organization. ••>
Union of the Baltic Cities. ••>
European Sea Ports Organization. ••>
European Union for Coastal Conservation. ••>
Keep Baltic Tidy. ••>
WWF
Naturewatch Sweden - Coast.
Håll Sverige
Rent - Keep Sweden Tidy.
Pidä
Saaristo Siistinä - Håll skärgården
ren (Keep the Archipelago Tidy), Finland.
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