Essays about: "Basel Convention"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words Basel Convention.

1. 1. What is the Connection Between the Import Regulations in Southeast Asia and the 2019 Changes to the Basel Convention Regarding Plastic Waste? : A Study on Governance Solutions and National Policy Responses to the Issues of Marine Plastic Pollution and the Global Plastic Waste Trade

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

   Author : Laura Katharina Albinger; [2022]
   Keywords : Basel Convention; national import policies; marine plastic pollution; plastic waste trade; waste colonialism; waste dumping;

   Abstract : Since the 2018 Chinese plastic waste import ban, the global plastic waste trade has been increasingly problematized, especially considering the correlated global environmental issue of marine plastic pollution. Therefore, governance approaches are required to curb marine plastic pollution and regulate the plastic waste trade to prevent situations of “waste dumping” in Global South countries. READ MORE

3. 2. Wasting our future by wasting the Sea : How to combat marine pollution from land-based sources on international and regional level

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Lovisa Fransson; [2020]
   Keywords : Marine pollution from land-based sources; United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea; the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal; Basel Ban Amendment; the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants; international waste trade; environmentally sound management of wastes; marine plastic debris; international environmental law of the sea; transboundary marine pollution; UN Sustainable Development Goal 14.1; Agenda 2030;

   Abstract : In the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, the environmental protection of the marine environment was first addressed in a comprehensive manner on an international level. However, the Convention distinguishes between four different sorts of pollution depending on which source the pollution originates from. READ MORE

4. 3. Insurance aspects of wrecks and recycling of ships from an environmental sustainability perspective

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Kristoffer Tedenhag; [2013]
   Keywords : wrecks; shipwrecks; shiprecycling; ship dismantling fund; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This thesis is about, as the title reveals, wrecks and recycling of ships. The selected angles are economic and legal aspects of the ship that has become a wreck or sent for recycling. READ MORE

5. 4. Korean Perspectives on Ship Recycling

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

   Author : Min A Lee; [2012]
   Keywords : Ship recycling; Europe; Korea; Inventory of Hazardous Material; Hong Kong Convention; Business and Economics; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : Ship recycling activities are mainly taking place in South Asian countries and China. A number of dangerous old ships scrapped in these countries are being sent from developed countries, including Europe. READ MORE

6. 5. Towards Comprehensive Protection of the Marine Environment: Testing the Boundaries of the MARPOL and BASEL Regimes

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Maria Gabriela Arguello Moncayo; [2012]
   Keywords : Ship source pollution; port reception facilities; navigational freedoms; blending operations; transboundary movement of wastes; prior informed consent; environmentally sound management of wastes; legislative and enforcement jurisdiction.; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This thesis discusses the potential conflicts between the MARPOL and BASEL regimes in relation with management of wastes derived from operations of ships. The analysis whether the BASEL Convention provides an overarching regime to deal with waste cycle from generation to disposal is also addressed for determining if MARPOL has to complement this regime. READ MORE