Mediterranean Dumping
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The countries that surround the Mediterranean are a diverse group economically and politically. Some, such as France and Spain, are well developed economically and have relatively stable governments. Others, such as Syria and Libya, are emerging economies characterized by unstable governments. Other countries, such as Turkey and Greece, fall somewhere in between with regard both to their economies and their political situations. Nearly all countries indulge in some type of waste dumping into the Mediterranean, although on different levels; while the international community as a whole agrees in principle that such dumping is not in the long-term interest of the world, individual countries have been slow to change their ways. Given that the Mediterranean, in particular, has a thriving fishing industry and many countries surrounding it have thriving tourist industries, the reasons that nations have not reduced dumping become of keen interest. This research examines some of the reasons that dumping continues in this area, even when it runs counter to a nation's own perceived interests.One of the primary reasons that nation's have refrained from enforcing, or even implementing, a no-dumping policy is the issue of perceived costs versus actual costs. While the perceived costs of dumping include the long-term deterioration of the fishing and tourist industries, the actual costs of implementing a no-dumping policy is the very real expense to be charged to industry. The anti
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Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page)
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