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Strategic Action Plan for the Environmental Protection and Rehabilitation of the Black Sea

Policy Document
This document represents an agreement between the six Black Sea Coastal states (Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, the Russian Federation, Turkey and Ukraine) to act in concert to assist in the continued recovery of the Black Sea.  Black Sea Commission 2009

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