The Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine pollution (GESAMP) held its twenty-first session at IAEA Headquarters, Vienna from 9-13 March 1992.
- 1992 #49 (68p.)
- Author(s): GESAMP
- Publisher(s): IAEA
- Journal Series Reports and Studies
The agenda for the meeting comprised of:
1. Adoption of the provisional agenda
2. State of the marine environment
2.1 Review of GESAMP Reports and Studies No. 39
2.2 Emerging issues of concern
3. Comprehensive framework for the assessment and regulation of waste disposal in the marine environment
3.1 Review of GESAMP Reports and Studies No. 45
3.2 Can there be a common framework for managing radioactive and non-radioactive substances to protext the marine environment?
4. Review of potentially harmful substances
4.1 Mutagenic and teratogenic substances
4.2 Organochlorine compounds
4.3 Oil, and other hydrocarbons including used lubricating oils, oil spill dispersants and chemicals used in offshore exploration and exploitation.
5. Impacts of anthropologically mobilzed sediments in the coastal environments
6. Evaluation of the hazards of harmful substances carried by ships.
7. Environmental impacts of coastal aquaculture
8. Biological indicators of marine ecosystem 'health'
9. Report on GESAMP contribution to UNCED.
10. Future work programme
10.1 Interpretation of the terms 'bioaccumulation', 'toxicity' and 'persistence'
10.2 Impact of maritime activities in shelf areas
10.3 The future of GESAMP
10.4 Intersessional work
11. Other matters.
12. Date and place of next session.
13. Election of Chairman and Vice-Chairman
14. Consideration and approval of the report of the twenty-second session.
Downloads
- Report of the 22nd Session of GESAMP, 1992 (English) (1,162 kB)
- Report of the 22nd Session of GESAMP, 1992 (French) (1,867 kB)
- Report of the 22nd Session of GESAMP, 1992 (Russian) (1,816 kB)