International Legal Framework for Protecting the Black Sea Environment: Historical Traits

Iryna S. Glushchenko

Although well-chartered for thousands of years before the Common Era, the waters of the Black Sea had to wait a long time before specific legal instruments for protecting its environment were adopted. In the long-term perspective the protection of the marine environment in the Black Sea region has become a source of concern for the international community due to growing deleterious and destructive effects taking place…