Download or read book Guidelines on Environmental Inspection Systems for the Mediterranean Region written by United Nations Environment Programme: Mediterranean Action Plan and published by UN. This book was released on 2005-01 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP) was established in 1975 to address the problems of marine pollution in the region, and the following year, the Convention for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution (the Barcelona Convention) was adopted, under the auspices of UNEP. A Protocol to the Convention was signed in 1980, to cover pollution from land-based sources (LBS Protocol). This publication contains framework guidelines, prepared in accordance with the protocol, designed to help countries in the Mediterranean region to establish comparable national inspection systems for environmental compliance and enforcement.