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What does OSPAR mean? In legal practice, OSPAR refers to the Oslo‑paris convention for the Protection of the Marine environment of the North‑East Atlantic and the OSPAR Commission, which set regional rules and standards to prevent and control marine pollution. It is an international treaty, not a statutory definition, but is implemented in the UK and Ireland through domestic permitting and marine licensing. OSPAR requires contracting parties (including the UK and Ireland) to apply best available techniques and best environmental practice to reduce pollution from land‑based sources, offshore oil and gas activities and dumping at sea, and to protect biodiversity. OSPAR binding Decisions...

OSPAR, the London Convention and London Protocol: legal and regulatory framework, EU/UNCLOS context, NEAES 2030, reporting and marine licensing—implementation in England and Wales

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The OSPAR Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic 1992 (OSPAR) is an international agreement rooted in the 1972 Oslo Convention against dumping and the 1974 Paris Convention, which expanded Oslo's scope to land-based marine pollution and the offshore sector. Those two instruments were later consolidated and developed through OSPAR, which further extended their combined reach. In 1998, a Biodiversity and ecosystems annex was agreed to cover non-polluting human activities capable of harming the sea. For further details, see Practice Note: Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic (OSPAR)—snapshot. OSPAR deals with every source of contamination of the marine environment and the harmful impacts of human activities on it, applies the Precautionary principle, and enhances regional co-operation through co-operative regional action across the North-East Atlantic region...

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Nicola is an environmental lawyer specialising in marine, energy and public law. She has advised on judicial reviews, public inquiries and a wide range of regulatory and planning matters. She has broad experience of advising on issues relating to the marine environment, including licensing, planning, regulation and enforcement, and conservation matters. Nicola was called to the Bar by the Inner Temple in 2006. She has a dual-capacity practice (i.e. operating as both an employed and a self-employed barrister), and has broad experience of working at both the self-employed Bar in Chambers and the employed Bar as a part of a law firm, at the national energy regulator Ofgem advising on renewable energy schemes, and is currently at the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero advising on nationally significant infrastructure planning. Nicola provided the update for the titles on the Foreshore, and on...

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