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Combating Oil Pollution In The Kuwait Action Plan Region - United Nations Environment Programme Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 44

dc.contributorEcosystems Divisionen_US
dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Environment Programmeen_US
dc.contributor.otherInternational Maritime Organizationen_US
dc.contributor.otherRegional Organization for the Protection of the Marine Environmenten_US
dc.coverage.spatialKuwaiten_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-04-18T15:12:31Z
dc.date.available2019-04-18T15:12:31Z
dc.date.issued1984
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11822/27968
dc.descriptionThis paper estimates that, during 1979, a total of about 144,000 metric tonnes of oil polluted the Kuwait Action Plan (KAP) Region and that, during the 10 years from 1980 to 1989, more than 1.5 million metric tonnes will pollute the Region. These totals include estimates for oil pollution from the following sources: natural seeps; offshore exploration and production; transportation losses, including terminal operations and both accidental and operational discharges; coastal refineries; atmospheric fall-out; coastal municipal wastes and coastal non-refinery industrial wastes; urban run-off; and river run-off. Among these sources, transportation losses contributed more than 58 per cent of the total amount in 1979, and offshore exploration and production contributed about 22 oer cent. According to these estimates, oil pollution in the KAP Region represented 3.1 per cent of the total oil pollution in the world, thereby contributing 47 times the average estimated amount for a marine environment of similar surface area.en_US
dc.formatTexten_US
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.rightsPublicen_US
dc.subjectKUWAITen_US
dc.subjectOIL POLLUTIONen_US
dc.subjectOIL SPILLSen_US
dc.subjectFISHERIESen_US
dc.subjectPOLLUTION CONTROLen_US
dc.subjectPOLLUTION CONTROL TECHNOLOGYen_US
dc.subjectPOLLUTION SOURCESen_US
dc.subjectMARINE POLLUTIONen_US
dc.subjectCOASTAL AREASen_US
dc.subjectCOASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENTen_US
dc.subjectCOMPUTER SIMULATIONen_US
dc.subjectMARINE AREASen_US
dc.titleCombating Oil Pollution In The Kuwait Action Plan Region - United Nations Environment Programme Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 44en_US
dc.typeReports and Booksen_US
wd.identifier.sdgSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-beingen_US
wd.identifier.sdgSDG 14 - Life Below Wateren_US
wd.tagsHealthen_US
wd.tagsMarine Litteren_US
wd.tagsPollutionen_US
wd.tagsRegional seasen_US
wd.topicsChemicals & wasteen_US
wd.topicsEcosystemsen_US
wd.topicsOceans & seasen_US
wd.identifier.pagesnumber387 p.en_US


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