South Pacific Regional Environmental Programme Marine Coastal Pollution Study

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Water Quality and Sanitation

to concerns expressed by South Pacific Governments over the state of the marine environment, a proposal to undertake a marine coastal pollu’tion study was initiated in 1989. As a part of the Regional Seas programme of UNEP, the project will attempt to assess the extent ofpolzution and quality trends by a series of monitoring and research activities at “clean ” reference and known polluted areas.