Transboundary Lake - Basin Management: - Laurentian and African Great Lakes

The 2000 directive of the Council of were most visible to the public in the 1950s and 9 1960s, leading to public outcry and political action Decision making in North America in the 1970s, and to development of a large number appears to be a multi-organization and of environmental laws and regulations in the U. [...] Agreements such as the Great science and policy, and should encourage Lakes Water Quality Agreement (GLWQA), the Joint establishment of research institutions Strategic Plan (JSP) for the Management of Great such as a Council of Great Lakes Research Lake Fisheries, and the Protocol for Sustainable and Water Quality Boards; Development of the Lake Victoria Basin pledge to uphold obligations, and to. [...] about the dynamics and effects of toxic This led to difficulties in chemicals, the GLWQA codified the use data interpretation for the purpose of defining the of an ecosystem approach to achieve the problems and deducing trends in environmental objective that discharge of all persistent quality. [...] revealed that the centralized approach in developing countries has failed to sustainably manage the To complement the ecological aspect fishery, creating distrust of the government and of large lakes, the GLFC established of centralized fisheries management by the people the Human Dimensions of Great Lakes who depend on the resource for their livelihood. [...] for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments) and actions (in 2009 and The GLFC’s strategic vision takes the 2010 100% of vessels bound for the Seaway from ecosystem concept as the informing outside of the Exclusive Economic Zone received principle of fisheries management and ballast tank exams on each Seaway transit and research.