ABSTRACT
This chapter describes the case study to the deficiencies of the South Asian Sub region in controlling land-based sources of marine pollution (LBSMP) without an applicable global regime. It analyses the lessons for improved regional strategies for LBSMP control. The simple reason for the tardiness in adopting measures for LBSMP control is that where people are struggling for their basic needs, they cannot act as protectors of the environment. National initiatives undertaken by India and Bangladesh are generally related to the overall protection of the marine environmental protection rather than LBSMP control specifically. Marine and coastal waters in the Bay of Bengal Sub-region receive a large amount of pollutants from land, including domestic and industrial wastes, agricultural run-off and river discharges. People involved in this process can establish a network, taking into account the local social and marine environmental conditions. As a result pollutants, particularly from land-based sources, enter the seas widely and openly and affect the regional marine environment.
