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LAND-BASED SOURCE [1 record]

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Record 1 2000-08-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Law
  • Anti-pollution Measures
DEF

land-based sources: Point and diffuse sources on land from which substances or energy reach the sea by water, through the air or directly from the coast. [Canadian Environmental Protection Act]

CONT

Canadian officials were instrumental in producing UN recommendations for reducing maritime pollution ... But Canada has a long way to go before it lives up to its three-year-old pledge to ... control pollution from land-based sources.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit environnemental
  • Mesures antipollution
DEF

sources telluriques : Sources ponctuelles et diffuses à partir desquelles des substances ou de l'énergie atteignent la mer par l'intermédiaire des eaux ou de l'air, ou directement depuis la côte. [Loi canadienne sur la protection de l'environnement]

Spanish

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