Artikel I Protocol betreffende verontreiniging afkomstig van bronnen en activiteiten op het land bij het Verdrag inzake de bescherming en ontwikkeling van het mariene milieu in het Caraïbisch gebied, met bijlagen

Article I Definitions For the purposes of this Protocol: a) "Convention" means the Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region (Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, March 1983); b) "Organisation" means the United Nations Environment Programme as referred to in Article 2(2) of the Convention; c) "Pollution of the Convention area" means the introduction by humans, directly or indirectly, of substances or energy into the Convention area, which results or is likely to result in such deleterious effects as harm to living resources and marine ecosystems, hazards to human health, hindrance to marine activities, including fishing and other legitimate uses of the sea, impairment of quality for use of sea water and reduction of amenities; d) "Land-based sources and activities" means those sources and activities causing pollution of the Convention area from coastal disposal or from discharges that emanate from rivers, estuaries, coastal establishments, outfall structures, or other sources on the territory of a Contracting Party, including atmospheric deposition originating from sources located on its territory; e) "Most Appropriate Technology" means the best of currently available techniques, practices, or methods of operation to prevent, reduce or control pollution of the Convention area that are appropriate to the social, economic, technological, institutional, financial, cultural and environmental conditions of a Contracting Party or Parties; and f) "Monitoring" means the periodic measurement of environmental quality indicators.