RT Report T1 Overview on Land-based Sources and Activities Affecting the Marine, Coastal and Associated Freshwater Environment in the Upper Southwest Atlantic Ocean: UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 170 A1 United Nations Environment Programme, K1 Atlantic Ocean K1 marine environment K1 pollution K1 Brazil K1 Uruguay K1 Argentina K1 land-based resource K1 freshwater ecosystem K1 coastal area K1 marine pollution K1 marine ecosystem YR 2000 FD 2000 LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/31458 UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/31458 NO The present overview was prepared at the request of the UNEP/GPA Coordination Office in response to decision 19114: B of the 19th Session of the Governing Council of UNEP (Nairobi, 27 January-7 February 1997) on the expansion of the activities related to the Global Programme of Action to all Regional Seas Programmes and the support to the implementation and strengthening of a programme of cooperation between Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay for the Upper Southwest Atlantic, focusing this support on projects and activities related directly to the GPA. This Overview was prepared based on documents, publications and reports made available by researchers, international organisations and the scientific literature. DS UN Environment Document Repository RD Sep 17, 2026