Marine Pollution Contingency Planning : State Practice in Asia-Pacific States.

Intro -- Marine Pollution Contingency Planning: State Practice in Asia-Pacific States -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 UNCLOS Marine Pollution Contingency Planning: Can States Move from Disaster Relief to Disaster Risk Reduction? -- 2 Marine Contingency Planning in Australia -- 3 An Overview of Canada's "On-the-Water" Oil Spill Preparedness and Response Regime -- 4 China's Practice in Marine Environmental Contingency Planning -- 5 Japan's Legal Regime for Preventing and Controlling Accidental Discharges of Oil and Hazardous and Noxious Substances from Ships and Offshore Facilities -- 6 Marine Environmental Contingency Planning in Korea -- 7 Contingency Planning for Marine Pollution in Malaysia -- 8 The Evolution of Mexico's Marine National Contingency Plan -- 9 Marine Contingency Planning in the Republic of the Philippines -- 10 Marine Environmental Contingency Planning in Singapore -- 11 The United States National Contingency Plan: Learning from Gaps in the System -- 12 Conclusion: Improving National and Regional Marine Pollution Contingency Planning -- Index.

In Maritime Pollution Contingency Planning, authors from ten countries offer descriptions of national and regional contingency plans across the Asia-Pacific region and provide analysis of how contingency planning efforts can continue to be strengthened to avoid future marine pollution disasters.

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