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Article: Cleaning up the Western Indian Ocean.(EnvironmentWatch)
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- UN Chronicle
- Article date:
- September 1, 2004
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Environmental ministers met on 6 July 2004 in Antananarivo, Madagascar, for the Fourth Conference of the Parties to the Nairobi Convention for the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Eastern African Region and agreed on a new project aimed to reduce pollution in the Western Indian Ocean. According to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the three-year $1 l-million project, funded by the Global Environment Facility and the Government of Norway, will improve the safe disposal of wastes, develop wetlands to naturally filter and detoxify sewage, and enhance recycling systems.
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