Links
OSPAR's sister organisation
The Bonn Agreement - maritime pollution, prevention and response
Organisations with Memorandum of Understanding and/or Agreement of Cooperation
- European Environment Agency (EEA)
- International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)
- International Maritime Organisation (IMO)
- North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC)
- United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
OSPAR Observers - inter-governmental organisations
- Agreement on the conservation of small cetaceans of the Baltic and North Seas (ASCOBANS)
- Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP)
- Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission (Helsinki Commission)
- Common Wadden Sea Secretariat (CWSS)
- Cooperative Programme for Monitoring and Evaluation of Long-Range Transmission of Air Pollutants in Europe (EMEP)
- European Environment Agency (EEA)
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- International Commission for the Protection of the Rhine
- International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)
- International Maritime Organisation (IMO)
- North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission (NAMMCO)
- North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC)
- Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
- United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
- United Nations Environment Programme - Mediterranean Action Plan for the Barcelona Convention
- UNESCO - Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (UNESCO-IOC)
OSPAR Observers - non-governmental organisations:
- Advisory Committee on the Protection of the Sea (ACOPS)
- BirdLife International
- Central Dredging Association (CEDA)
- Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI)
- Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions of Europe (CPMR)
- Conseil Européen des Fédérations de l'Industrie Chimique (CEFIC)
- EUCC - the Coastal Union
- European Union of National Associations of Water Suppliers and Waste Water Services (EUREAU)
- EURO CHLOR Federation
- European Apparel and Textile Organisation (EURATEX)
- European Boating Association (EBA)
- European Crop Protection Association (ECPA)
- European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA)
- European Fertilisers Manufacturers Association (EFMA)
- European Oilfield Speciality Chemicals Association (EOSCA)
- European Soap and Detergent Industry (AISE)
- EUROPECHE, Association of National Fisheries Organisations
- Friends of the Earth (FOE)
- Greenpeace International
- International Association of Oil and Gas Producers (OGP)
- International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) / European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO)
- International Chamber of Shipping (ICS)
- International Navigation Association (PIANC)
- Kommunenes Internasjonale Miljøorganisasjon (KIMO)
- Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
- Oil Companies' European Organisation for Environmental and Health Protection (CONCAWE)
- Robin des Bois
- Seas at Risk
- Union européenne des producteurs de granulats/European Aggregates Association (UEPG)
- Union of the Electricity Industry (EURELECTRIC)
- BUSINESSEUROPE
- World Nuclear Association
- World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
Websites held on behalf of OSPAR
Environmental Impacts of Offshore Renewable Energy Developments for the Exchange of Information (on behalf of OSPAR)
http://www.environmentalexchange.info/
Ecological Quality Objectives (on behalf of OSPAR)
http://www.noordzeeloket.nl/ecoqos/en/
Maps showing the distribution of habitats on the Initial OSPAR List of Threatened and/or Declining Species and Habitats
http://www.searchnbn.net/hosted/ospar/ospar.html
Other useful links
- International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
- International Seabed Authority (ISA)
- Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization
Biological diversity and Ecosystems relevant links:
Carbon Capture and Storage relevant links:
Climate change relevant links:
- Arctic Council
- International Polar Year
- IPCC
- United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009: COP 15 Copenhagen 2009
- ICES report on biodiversity impacts of climate change (publication pending)