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Description of the organisation

Acronym
OSPAR
Complete Denomination
The Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic
Short Description
OSPAR is the mechanism by which 15 Governments & the EU cooperate to protect the marine environment of the North-East Atlantic. OSPAR started in 1972 with the Oslo Convention against dumping and was broadened to cover land-based sources of marine pollution and the offshore industry by the Paris Convention of 1974. These two conventions were unified, up-dated and extended by the 1992 OSPAR Convention. The new annex on biodiversity and ecosystems was adopted in 1998 to cover non-polluting human activities that can adversely affect the sea. The fifteen Governments are Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom. OSPAR is so named because of the original Oslo and Paris Conventions ("OS" for Oslo and "PAR" for Paris).
Organisation Scope
European
Website
https://www.ospar.org/
Contact Email
secretariat@ospar.org
Contact Number
(+44 (0) 20 7430 5200
Address
OSPAR Secretariat The Aspect 12 Finsbury Square London EC2A 1AS United Kingdom
Number of Resources
28

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