Kuwait Regional Convention for Cooperation on the Protection of the Marine Environment from Pollution (Kuwait Convention)


A UNEP Regional Seas Convention for the ROPME Sea Area. The Convention is the basic legal instrument binding the eight States of the Region to coordinate their activities towards protection of their common marine environment. The Convention was adopted with the objective to ensure that development projects and other human activities do not in any way cause damage to the marine environment, jeopardize its living resources or create hazards to human health. It was adopted in 1978 and entered into force in 1979.

Regional Organization for the Protection of the Marine Environment (ROPME) 2013 1

Its biodiversity relevance stems from the highly detrimental effect that pollution can have on marine organisms, therefore by preventing the pollution of the sea the Convention contributes towards the maintenance of marine biodiversity. It also includes a Protocol concerning the conservation of biological diversity and the establishment of protected area. 1