1. The Helsinki Conventions 1974 and 1992: implementation in the Baltic States.
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Liiv, Harry and Marksoo, Peeter
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MARINE pollution , *HEAVY metals , *CONFERENCES & conventions , *ENVIRONMENTAL policy , *GOVERNMENT policy , *ENVIRONMENTAL regulations , *ENVIRONMENTAL law , *ENVIRONMENTAL monitoring , *ENVIRONMENTAL engineering , *POLLUTION measurement , *WATER pollution monitoring , *POLLUTION , *HYDROCARBONS , *HALOCARBONS - Abstract
Presents details on how the environmental regulations developed by the Helsinki Conventions were implemented in the Baltic States. Environmental problems caused by nutrients that cause eutrophication and various kinds of toxic substances including heavy metals, halogenated hydrocarbons, and oil products; Need for the Helsinki Convention to be expanded at the beginning of the 1990s due to political changes on the east side of the Baltic Sea; Creation of new monitoring systems and establishment of new systems of finance; Data on organic toxic pollutants.
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- 1998
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