strategy
Controlling harmful levels of artificial discharge to coastal waters
Synonyms:
Managing effluent discharges into the near shore zone of oceans Implementation:
This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities.Agenda 21 recommends promoting control over anthropogenic input of nitrogen and phosphorus entering coastal waters where such problems as eutrophication threaten the marine environment or its resources.
Facilitates:
Reducing contaminant residues in marine animalsPreventing marine pollution from land-based sources Facilitated by:
Assessing ecological status of watersStrengthening programmes to control sewage dischargeLocating coastal sewage outfalls to avoid environmental risksIncorporating sewage disposal in development plans for coastal settlementsEnsuring primary treatment of municipal sewage discharged to rivers and seas Values:
HarmArtificiality Subjects:
Oceanography → Oceanography Geology → Land and coastal forms
Societal Problems → Hazards
Societal Problems → Effluent
Management → Management
Cybernetics → Control
Type Classification:
E: Emanations of other strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
