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Describe the causes and effects of marine pollution. Explain the contribution by the Law of the Sea Convention 1982 to other Conventions. Where should we go from here?
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Describe the causes and effects of marine pollution. Explain the contribution by the Law of the Sea Convention 1982 to other Conventions. Where should we go from here? The sea is indispensable to life on earth and experiencing serious environmental problems today. Originally nature had the power to clean itself of pollutants to a certain degree. However, the amount of the pollutants discharged by human beings has reached a level which nature cannot cope with. The causes of marine pollution are variety, such as disposal of waste and oil spills, which have caused great and possibly irreversible damage to marine life and could cause extermination of marine life. To prevent the marine environment from further damage, some conventions on the Law of the Sea have been established and implemented effectively. In this paper, the causes and the effects of marine pollution will be firstly identified and discussed. Following this, the law...
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