The protocol, one of the attached protocols of Tehran Convention, has been discussed and approved by the five Caspian littoral states in a meeting in Moscow and it will be presented in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana late in summer for final ratification, Saeed Izadian of Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organization said on Tuesday.
Tehran Convention is the first regional cooperation agreement for the protection of the Caspian Sea environment, which was ratified by the five littoral states in 2003 in Tehran after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Izadian explained.
The convention has eight protocols, four of which have been ratified by the littoral states so far, he said.
The four protocols include the protocol on the protection against pollution from land resources, oil pollution, the protocol on the conservation of biodiversity and the protocol on environmental impact assessment (EIA) in trans-boundary context, he added.
Tehran Convention aims at protecting the Caspian Sea environment from all sources of pollution and protecting, preserving and restoring the marine environment. The convention includes provisions on sustainable and rational use of the bio diversity of the Caspian Sea, as well as environmental monitoring, research and development.
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