Report on the The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution by Ships.
Date Submitted: 07/19/2003 16:27:42
Category: / Social Sciences / Controversial Issues
Length: 4 pages (1233 words)
Category: / Social Sciences / Controversial Issues
Length: 4 pages (1233 words)
The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution by Ships The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution by Ships is the main international convention covering prevention of pollution of the marine environment by ships from operational or accidental causes. It is a combination of two treaties adopted in 1973 and 1978 respectively and updated by amendments through the years.
Oil pollution of the seas was recognized as a problem in the first half of the 20th …
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…do happen and I believe that the treaty does not go far enough in punishing those who cause damage to the environment, be it by oil or otherwise. Greenpeace agrees stating that there have been 39 large tanker spills since 1960 and as only the large spills make the headlines, the fact that, on average, there was more than one tanker spill every two weeks in the 1990's is relatively unknown amongst the people of the world.
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