Konwencja o ochronie morza czarnego przed zanieczyszczeniem
Convention on the protection of the black sea against pollution

Summary/Abstract: The Convention on the Protection of the Black Sea Against Pollution was signed in Bucharest on 12 April 1992. This is one of many regional conventions which has introduced special rules in order to protect the environment of the Black Sea, benefiting from the provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea opened for signature on 10 December 1982 in Montego Bay. The Black Sea is very polluted because: there is a big traffic of marine ships and warships, there are several military bases and sea ports, there is intensive fisheries and tourism carried out, and there are agricultural and municipal pollution run off from land. Only the implementation of environmental policy and maritime strategy of the European Union can influence the improvement of the environment of the Black Sea and the application of the Convention from Bucharest.

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