Press Release UNEP/122 |
SEAS IN ASIA, NORTH-WEST PACIFIC AND WEST AFRICA
AT HIGHEST RISK FROM LAND-BASED POLLUTION
UNEP Calls on Governments to Back
Wastewater Emission Targets as Key Step to Cleaning Up Seas
AMSTERDAM/NAIROBI (UNEP), 3 October -- The coastal habitats, fisheries, marine wildlife and the people of the Asian, North-West Pacific and West African sea regions are the most threatened in the world from untreated sewage discharged into coastal waters.