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Latvia has agreed to participation in two
Conventions associated with transboundary pollution:
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1992 Helsinki Convention On the Protection and
Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (since
1995).
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1991 Espoo Convention On the Environmental
Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (since 1998).
During the 1990's the government of Latvia signed
three international treaties:
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Treaty on Co-operation between the Government
of the Republic of Latvia and the Government of Belarus in the
Field of Environmental Protection (1994).
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Treaty between the Ministry of Environmental
Protection of the Republic of Latvia and the Ministry of the
Environmental of the Republic of Lithuania on Environmental
Management in the Lielupe River Basin (1995).
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Treaty between the Republic of Latvia,
Republic of Estonia, and the Republic of Lithuania On
Co-operation in the Field of Environmental Protection (1995).
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