Clean Ships Clean Ports Clean Oceans

Author : Marine Board,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1995-09-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309587280

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Clean Ships, Clean Ports, Clean Oceans by Marine Board,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences Pdf

Marine debris is a serious environmental problem. To do its part, the United States has agreed to abide by the international treaty for garbage control at sea, known as MARPOL 73/78 Annex V. Clean Ships, Clean Ports, Clean Oceans explores the challenge of translating Annex V into workable laws and regulations for all kinds of ships and boats, from cruise ships to fishing crafts and recreational boats. The volume examines how existing resources can be leveraged into a comprehensive strategy for compliance, including integrated waste management systems and effective enforcement. Clean Ships, Clean Ports, Clean Oceans describes both progress toward and obstacles to Annex V compliance. The book covers How shipborne garbage orignates and what happens to garbage discharged into the seas. Effects of discharge on human health, wildlife safety, and aesthetics. Differences in perspective among military, industrial, and recreational seafarers and shoreside facilities. Clean Ships, Clean Ports, Clean Oceans will be important to marine policymakers, port administrators, ship operations officers, maritime engineers, and marine ecologists.

Author : Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,Marine Board
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1995-10-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309051378

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Clean Ships, Clean Ports, Clean Oceans by Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,Marine Board Pdf

Marine debris is a serious environmental problem. To do its part, the United States has agreed to abide by the international treaty for garbage control at sea, known as MARPOL 73/78 Annex V. Clean Ships, Clean Ports, Clean Oceans explores the challenge of translating Annex V into workable laws and regulations for all kinds of ships and boats, from cruise ships to fishing crafts and recreational boats. The volume examines how existing resources can be leveraged into a comprehensive strategy for compliance, including integrated waste management systems and effective enforcement. Clean Ships, Clean Ports, Clean Oceans describes both progress toward and obstacles to Annex V compliance. The book covers: How shipborne garbage orignates and what happens to garbage discharged into the seas. Effects of discharge on human health, wildlife safety, and aesthetics. Differences in perspective among military, industrial, and recreational seafarers and shoreside facilities. Clean Ships, Clean Ports, Clean Oceans will be important to marine policymakers, port administrators, ship operations officers, maritime engineers, and marine ecologists.

Author : International Maritime Organization
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCSD:31822039656418

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Guidelines for the Implementation of MARPOL by International Maritime Organization Pdf

The Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of IMO, at its sixty-second session in July 2011, adopted the Revised MARPOL Annex V, concerning Regulations for the prevention of pollution by garbage from ships, which enters into force on 1 January 2013. The associated guidelines which assist States and industry in the implementation of MARPOL Annex V have been reviewed and updated and two Guidelines were adopted in March 2012 at MEPC's sixty-third session. The 2012 edition of this publication contains: the 2012 Guidelines for the implementation of MARPOL Annex V (resolution MEPC.219(63)); the 2012 Guidelines for the development of garbage management plans (resolution MEPC.220(63)); and the Revised MARPOL Annex V (resolution MEPC.201(62)).

Author : European Investment Bank
Publisher : European Investment Bank
Page : 77 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2021-07-19
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9789286150289

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The Ocean Plastics Reduction Guide by European Investment Bank Pdf

The objective of this guide is to raise awareness about the oceans' crucial importance to us and to the planet, and the growing threats posed by plastics discharged into and accumulating in the oceans. The guide outlines the key problems and challenges and how these can be addressed. The guide is promoting circular solutions to the ocean plastic pollution, and intends to inspire impactful action and change.

Author : Rosalie P Balkin,Donald W Greig
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2018-07-12
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780192557247

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The IMLI Treatise On Global Ocean Governance by Rosalie P Balkin,Donald W Greig Pdf

The 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) remains the cornerstone of global ocean governance. However, it lacks effective provisions or mechanisms to ensure that all ocean space and related problems are dealt with holistically. With seemingly no opportunity for revision due to the Conventions burdensome amendment provisions, complementary mechanisms dealing with such aspects of global ocean governance including maritime transport, fisheries, and marine environmental sustainability, have been developed under the aegis of the United Nations and other relevant international organizations. This approach is inherently fragmented and unable to achieve sustainable global ocean governance. In light of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly Goal 14, the IMLI Treatise proposes a new paradigm on the basis of integrated and cross-sectoral approach in order to realise a more effective and sustainable governance regime for the oceans. The volume examines how the IMO, with 171 Member States and 3 Associated Members, has and continues to promote the goals of safe, secure, sound, and efficient shipping on clean oceans. It studies the interface and interaction between UNCLOS and IMO instruments and how IMOs safety, security, and environmental protection conventions have contributed to global ocean governance, including the peaceful order of the polar regions.

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,National Academies Of Sciences Engineeri,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Ocean Studies Board,Committee on the United States Contributions to Global Ocean Plastic Waste
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2022-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0309458854

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Reckoning with the U.S. Role in Global Ocean Plastic Waste by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,National Academies Of Sciences Engineeri,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Ocean Studies Board,Committee on the United States Contributions to Global Ocean Plastic Waste Pdf

An estimated 8 million metric tons (MMT) of plastic waste enters the world's ocean each year - the equivalent of dumping a garbage truck of plastic waste into the ocean every minute. Plastic waste is now found in almost every marine habitat, from the ocean surface to deep sea sediments to the ocean's vast mid-water region, as well as the Great Lakes. This report responds to a request in the bipartisan Save Our Seas 2.0 Act for a scientific synthesis of the role of the United States both in contributing to and responding to global ocean plastic waste. The United States is a major producer of plastics and in 2016, generated more plastic waste by weight and per capita than any other nation. Although the U.S. solid waste management system is advanced, it is not sufficient to deter leakage into the environment. Reckoning with the U.S. Role in Global Ocean Plastic Waste calls for a national strategy by the end of 2022 to reduce the nation's contribution to global ocean plastic waste at every step - from production to its entry into the environment - including by substantially reducing U.S. solid waste generation. This report also recommends a nationally-coordinated and expanded monitoring system to track plastic pollution in order to understand the scales and sources of U.S. plastic waste, set reduction and management priorities, and measure progress.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Coastal ecology
ISBN : UCR:31210023416702

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California Coast & Ocean by Anonim Pdf

Author : Alan Simcock
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 978 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-17
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781316510018

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World Ocean Assessment by Alan Simcock Pdf

This United Nations report examines the current state of knowledge of the world's oceans, for policymakers, and provides a reference for marine science courses.

Author : United States. Commission on Ocean Policy
Publisher : Commission
Page : 674 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Coastal zone management
ISBN : MINN:31951D020713420

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An Ocean Blueprint for the 21st Century by United States. Commission on Ocean Policy Pdf

Accompanying DVD contains 2 segments: the first shows the developmental process into making the report, the second shows a summary of the findings and recommendations of the report.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1064 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1997-10
Category : Marine biology
ISBN : UVA:X006072915

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Oceanic Abstracts by Anonim Pdf

Author : National Research Council (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Research
ISBN : CHI:52078367

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News Report by National Research Council (U.S.) Pdf

Author : Biliana Cicin-Sain,Robert Knecht
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2000-01-02
Category : Nature
ISBN : UOM:39015047875425

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The Future of U.S. Ocean Policy by Biliana Cicin-Sain,Robert Knecht Pdf

The United States is about to embark on the most thorough reconsideration of its ocean policy in more than three decades. With 1998 designated as the International Year of the Ocean by the United Nations, and with both the executive branch and the Congress currently working toward developing new approaches to formulating and implementing ocean policy, a comprehensive overview of key issues and concerns is essential. The Future of U.S. Ocean Policy provides such an overview, with an in-depth analysis of the evolution of U.S. ocean policy and a timely discussion of the most important ocean and coastal issues facing the nation. The book assesses the current status of ocean policy, examines national and international trends, and considers choices for policymakers in the 21st century. Following an introductory chapter that reviews national ocean policy and the process by which it is made, the authors: review the history of development of U.S. ocean and coastal policy examine the major ocean laws enacted in the 1970s and review and assess their record of implementation examine factors that will affect U.S. ocean policy in the coming decade discuss the need to make policy more coherent, and to develop institutional mechanisms that can foster more effective guidance and oversight present a set of policy options for improving U.S. ocean policy The Future of U.S. Ocean Policy is the only recent book that focuses on national ocean policy in its entirety, and will play an important role in upcoming debates concerning the future direction of policy initiatives. Agency personnel, members and staff of nongovernmental organizations, industry groups, Congressional staffers, state and local government officials, academics, and concerned citizens will find the book an invaluable guide, as will students and faculty in courses in marine and coastal management and in environmental management.

Author : Michael S. Bank
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030786274

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Microplastic in the Environment: Pattern and Process by Michael S. Bank Pdf

This open access book examines global plastic pollution, an issue that has become a critical societal challenge with implications for environmental and public health. This volume provides a comprehensive, holistic analysis on the plastic cycle and its subsequent effects on biota, food security, and human exposure. Importantly, global environmental change and its associated, systems-level processes, including atmospheric deposition, ecosystem complexity, UV exposure, wind patterns, water stratification, ocean circulation, etc., are all important direct and indirect factors governing the fate, transport and biotic and abiotic processing of plastic particles across ecosystem types. Furthermore, the distribution of plastic in the ocean is not independent of terrestrial ecosystem dynamics, since much of the plastic in marine ecosystems originates from land and should therefore be evaluated in the context of the larger plastic cycle. Changes in species size, distribution, habitat, and food web complexity, due to global environmental change, will likely alter trophic transfer dynamics and the ecological effects of nano- and microplastics. The fate and transport dynamics of plastic particles are influenced by their size, form, shape, polymer type, additives, and overall ecosystem conditions. In addition to the risks that plastics pose to the total environment, the potential impacts on human health and exposure routes, including seafood consumption, and air and drinking water need to be assessed in a comprehensive and quantitative manner. Here I present a holistic and interdisciplinary book volume designed to advance the understanding of plastic cycling in the environment with an emphasis on sources, fate and transport, ecotoxicology, climate change effects, food security, microbiology, sustainability, human exposure and public policy.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Environmental protection
ISBN : STANFORD:36105061878216

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World Environment Report by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Harbors
ISBN : UOM:39015058240295

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Improving Ships' Waste Management in Pacific Islands Ports by Anonim Pdf