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Mediterranean Action Plan
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Updated: 26/09/2005

Israel is an active participant in the Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP), which provides an important forum for regional environmental activities. MAP is a cooperative effort involving 20 countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea and the European Union. Israel has contributed to all components of the action plan: legal, socio-economic and scientific.

The Environment Ministry’s Marine and Coastal Environment Division is responsible for the implementation of the Convention for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution, which was adopted in Barcelona in 1976 and amended in 1995. It is also responsible for implementing the following

Emergency Protocol, including cooperation with the Regional Marine Pollution Emergency Response Center for the Mediterranean Sea (REMPEC).
Dumping Protocol.
Land-Based Protocol
MEDPOL program on research and monitoring of pollutants in the Mediterranean Sea.

Files For Download:

		Israel on the map: The multifaceted components of environment and sustainable development relating to the Mediterranean Sea and Israel
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	National Action Plan

Internal links

	Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean

External links

	Mediterranean Action Plan

	Mediterranean Action Plan
	MED POL Phase III Monitoring Activities

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