Helsinki Convention

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The Helsinki Convention is an international environmental agreement aimed at protecting the marine environment of the Baltic Sea region from pollution and promoting sustainable use of its resources.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf international environmental agreement ⓘ
multilateral treaty ⓘ
regional sea convention ⓘ
abbreviation HELCOM ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Baltic Sea Marine Environment Protection Convention ⓘ
appliesTo Baltic Sea ⓘ
Baltic Sea catchment area ⓘ
basedOn best available technology ⓘ
best environmental practice ⓘ
polluter pays principle ⓘ
precautionary principle ⓘ
establishedBy coastal states of the Baltic Sea ⓘ
focusArea biodiversity and nature conservation ⓘ
eutrophication ⓘ
hazardous substances ⓘ
land-based sources of marine pollution ⓘ
maritime safety ⓘ
offshore activities ⓘ
response to marine pollution incidents ⓘ
ship-generated pollution ⓘ
fullName Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area ⓘ
governingBody Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission ⓘ
linked to: HELCOM

Helsinki Commission ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
linked to: Russian language
legalNature binding on its contracting parties ⓘ
objective prevention of pollution of the Baltic Sea ⓘ
promotion of sustainable use of Baltic Sea resources ⓘ
protection of ecological balance of the Baltic Sea region ⓘ
reduction of pollution inputs into the Baltic Sea ⓘ
party Denmark ⓘ
Estonia ⓘ
European Union ⓘ
Finland ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Latvia ⓘ
Lithuania ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
primaryObjective protection of the marine environment of the Baltic Sea ⓘ
region Baltic Sea region ⓘ
relatedTo OSPAR Convention ⓘ
linked to: OSPAR Commission

Regional Seas Programme ⓘ
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
requires adoption of measures to prevent and eliminate pollution ⓘ
cooperation among Baltic Sea states ⓘ
monitoring of the Baltic Sea environment ⓘ
reporting by contracting parties ⓘ
scope prevention and elimination of pollution of the Baltic Sea area from all sources ⓘ
shortName Helsinki Convention ⓘ
subjectMatter marine environmental protection ⓘ
pollution control ⓘ
sustainable development of marine resources ⓘ

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Helsinki Commission → hasLegalBasis → Helsinki Convention ⓘ
Helsinki Commission → establishedBy → Helsinki Convention ⓘ
HELCOM → namedAfter → Helsinki Convention ⓘ
HELCOM → conventionShortName → Helsinki Convention ⓘ
Baltic Sea Action Plan → developedBy → Contracting Parties to the Helsinki Convention ⓘ
linked to: Helsinki Convention
Helsinki Convention → shortName → Helsinki Convention ⓘ
Baltic Sea coastal states → usesFramework → Helsinki Convention ⓘ