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    CMS - ASCOBANS - MARPOL - LONDON

    A number of conventions or agreements having specific goals and important to the protection of the marine environment are drawn up as a part of the UN processes. Protection of...
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    Satellite Organisations of the UN for the marine environment

    A number of organisations are set up as a part of the United Nations or as satellite organisations. A few of these organisations are indirectly important to the marine environment...
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    Management of activities

    The Belgian part of the North Sea is one of the most used seas of the world. Human activities at sea should therefore be spatially well planned and for this a Marine Spatial...
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    Appropriate Evaluation

    The appropriate evaluation is a mandatory evaluation for projects or plans in or in the neighbourhood of Natura 2000 sites (Birds and Habitats Directives). This evaluation...
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    Pollution control - Paardenmarkt

    POLLUTION CONTROL - Paardenmarkt In 1967, the Torrey Canyon, a large oil tanker, ran aground on the rocks off the English coast, spilling 120,000 tons of crude oil into the sea....
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    Coordination

    The marine environmental policy is a federal responsibility, but to give shape and implement the desired policy, consultation is needed both at international and national levels (...
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    CCIM Working Group of North Sea and Oceans

    Negotiations to determine the international or European environmental policy or to implement the approved international or European policies cannot be made without the...
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    Coast guard structure

    Both federal and Flemish agencies are active in the Belgian part of the North Sea. Consider for instance, the federal police or the customs conducting checks at sea, the Civil...
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    Coordination Centre for Sustained Coastal Zone Management

    Coastal zones are complex areas, not only in Belgium. They are complex because very distinct and varying environments arise there. They are also complex because the various...
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    Other consultative and advisory structures

    Federal Council for Sustainable Development The Federal Council for Sustainable Development (FRDO) gives advice to the Belgian federal government on the federal policy regarding...