Download or read book A Framework for the Implementation of the Comprehensive Plan for the Global Investigation of Pollution in the Marine Environment written by Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This document has been prepared to provide guidance to the IOC and its Member States on the strategy required to implement the IOC/GIPME programme, particularly in the development of the Marine Pollution Monitoring System (MARPOLMON) and assigns priorities for future action within this programme. It provides an interpretation of the strategic implications of the Comprehensive Plan to GIPME (IOC, 1976) and develops a strategic framework for future activities within the GIPME programme. This framework is used to assign priorities to planned activities for each major class of contaminant. The current status of development of the entire GIPME programme is then examined in order to detect major omissions within planned activities and to emphasize the need to consider the relative priorities of programmes dealing with the major classes of contaminants (i.e. organohalogens, trace metals and petroleum hydrocarbons).