Legal Measure for Prevention and Control of Pollution from Dumping in Thailand

Abstract

Abstract

Dumping is the process of eliminating waste or anything else that is useless from human activities on land-based source into the marine. Dumping is a global environmental problem. Many states around the world used the sea for waste disposal. International law provided the general obligations of the flag state, coastal state, and port state for protection and preservation of the marine environment that is The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, 1982. Dumping is one source of marine pollution.  By 1996 Protocol to the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter, 1972 is specific law. According to a research founded that Thailand is a party in protocol. However, Thailand has not been implemented that specific law. As a result, legal measures in Thailand are inconsistent with the International law whether it is a law enforcement, dumping definition. Thailand should be provided Legal measure according to International law for the efficient and sustainable prevention and control pollution from Dumping.