For the first time, on the 16th of June 2010, specific and mandatory deadlines and actions for the reduction and elimination of chemicals, pesticides and pollutants originating from land-based industrial and agricultural activities have entered into force, according to the 3rd paragraph of the 15th Article of the Land Based Sources (LBS) Protocol. The deadlines and actions concern the countries parties to the Barcelona Convention and the Mediterranean Action Plan.
Concrete measures will be implemented between 2015 and 2019, at all coastal cities and urban centers, as well as at industrial activities in their proximity. Actions include the mandatory treatment for coastal cities and urban centers of their waste water, at levels set in the plans, before its release into the sea.
“Today marks the beginning of a new phase in the implementation of the Barcelona Convention, where our verbal commitments are framed by concrete deadlines for action”, said Maria Luisa Silva, UNEP/MAP Officer-in-charge.
The three regional plans were adopted at the 16th Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Barcelona Convention (Marrakesh, November 2009) and are a powerful tool for the implementation of the 15th Article of the Land Based Sources (LBS) Protocol,which states that countries should adopt plans and programmes containing concrete measures and timetables.
Source: UNEP/MAP for the Barcelona Convention
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MEPIELAN Centre is an international research, training and educational centre established by Professor Evangelos Raftopoulos at the Panteion University of Athens in 2008.
Before its establishment as a University Centre, MEPIELAN operated as a successful international research, training and informational programme (2002-2007) under the scientific direction of Professor Evangelos Raftopoulos and the aegis of the Panteion University of Athens, supported by the Mediterranean Action Plan/UNEP and the Greek Ministry of the Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works.
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