Environment
Article 52
1. The Parties shall encourage cooperation in preventing deterioration of the environment, controlling pollution and ensuring the rational use of natural resources, with a view to ensuring sustainable development and guaranteeing the quality of the environment and the protection of public health. 2. Cooperation shall in particular focus on: — issues related to desertification, — rational water resource management, — salinisation, — the impact of agriculture on soil and water quality, — the appropriate use of energy and transport, — the impact of industrial development on the environment, in particular the safety of industrial plant, — waste management, in particular toxic waste, — the integrated management of sensitive areas, — the control and prevention of urban, industrial and marine pollution, — use of advanced environmental management and monitoring tools, particularly environmental information and statistical systems, — technical assistance, in particular for the preservation of bio-diversity.