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For more than three decades, the Helsinki Commission (HELCOM) has acted as the main environmental policy-maker for the Baltic Sea area by developing specific measures to protect and conserve its unique marine environment. The Commission, working through intergovernmental co-operation between all the coastal countries, has produced many environmental gains over the past 30 years. These gains validate the belief that the deterioration of one of the most polluted seas in the world can be arrested and the state of the marine environment improved.
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Brusendorff, A.C. (2007). HELCOM’s Contribution to the Prevention of Marine Pollution. In: Basedow, J., Magnus, U. (eds) Pollution of the Sea — Prevention and Compensation. Hamburg Studies on Maritime Affairs, vol 10. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73396-6_7
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