Government Watch: Protecting the Caspian Sea
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REGIONAL AFFAIRS Tehran Convention / COP-2 Protecting the Marine Environment of the Caspian Sea
* The author is employed at the United Nations Environment Programme’s Regional Office for Europe. The paper is presented by the author in her personal capacity, however, and opinions expressed in this paper should be attributed to the author. They are not meant to represent the positions or opinions of UNEP or the State Parties to the Framework Convention on the Protection of the Marine Enviro...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Science & Technology
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0013-936X,1520-5851
DOI: 10.1021/es040339b