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Remote Detection and Maritime Pollution
Chemical Spill Studies
Edited by
Stéphane Le Floch
Frédéric Muttin
First published 2020 in Great Britain and the United States by ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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Library of Congress Control Number: 2020942928
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ISBN 978-1-78630-639-5
Forewords
The challenges related to the protection and preservation of marine ecosystems rank among the top priorities of the French Ministry for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition. Over the past years, our involvement has led, at a national level, to the development of the French law on reclaiming biodiversity, which comprises several initiatives for the protection of the marine environment (recognition of the notion of ecological damage, creation of fishery conservation areas, requirement for ships traveling through the Pelagos and Agoa sanctuaries to be fitted with cetacean collision avoidance systems, supervision of the ballast water management of ships entering French waters, etc.).
At an international level, this involvement led to the selection of ocean protection as a theme for the debates held during COP 21 in Paris in 2015, and its inclusion in the Paris Agreement.
The ministry’s commitment towards preserving the quality of our oceans is also illustrated through the support provided to CEDRE ever since its creation in 1979. This support is both financial and technical, in particular through regular, active participation in its different actions, as illustrated by the Information Day from which this book developed, which underscores CEDRE’s position at the interface between science and the operational aspects inherent to spill response at sea.
Stéphanie CUBIER
Head of the Marine Environment Office at the
French Directorate of Water and Biodiversity
Ministry of the Environment, Energy and the Sea
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