Report on Arctic Marine Pollution

2. The mandate, including delimitation

On the basis of an overview and a short description of the state of the Arctic environment the Danish Environmental Protection Agency has evaluated existing conventions, agreements, etc. concerning marine pollution. In the light of this evaluation, the Environmental Protection Agency has identified gaps and submitted proposals to the Nordic Working Group on Sea and Air concerning the implementation of Nordic measures to improve the state of the Arctic marine environment.

In this report the Arctic region is as defined by AMAP, cf. Annex A.

This report does not take into account financial or resource-specific considerations.

This report excludes protection and preservation of species and habitats (biodiversity), fisheries concerns and agreements concerning efforts to combat oil and chemical pollution of the sea.

Scientific surveys, the documentation of the various proposals or implementation of national measures to contain local pollution are not included in the report.

The report furthermore excludes matters relating to reporting and implementation, nor does it include an evaluation of any overlapping in the work concerning the various conventions and agreements.