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The State of the Marine Environment: Regional Assessments.
(2006)
The report identifies that countries have made considerable progress in developing and implementing appropriate policy responses at national, regional and international levels. Nevertheless, progress over the last decade ...
The State of the Marine Environment: Trends and Processes.
The purpose of this report is to give a broad global perspective on the situation, providing regional and sometimes national examples. The report provides an overview of the current state of the coastal and marine environment ...
Integrated Report on Ocean Remote Sensing for the NOWPAP Region
(NOWPAP Special Monitoring & Coastal Environmental Assessment Regional Centre (NOWPAP CEARAC), 2005)
The objective of this report is to provide and share information on the status of Ocean Remote Sensing in the NOWPAP Region, and to address issues to be tackled through activities carried out by NOWPAP Special Monitoring ...
Marine Spatial Planning of the Western Indian Ocean Blue Economy
(2017)
This report was compiled to demonstrate how ecosystem-based marine spatial planning (MSP) is an effective tool for the implementation of the WIO Blue Economy (Kelleher 2015) by the Contracting Parties of the UNEP-Nairobi ...
Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Pollution (GESAMP): The Review of the Health of the Oceans - GESAMP Reports and Studies No. 15
(1982)
Although the idea of summarizing the state of marine pollution in the world oceans is probably much older than one might imagine, the specific idea of reviewing the health of the oceans seems to have first arisen in the ...
State of the Marine Environment in Antarctica - UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 129
(Centre of International Projects, GKNT, 1990)
The better understanding of the changing problems facing the marine environment is a continuing goal of UNEP's ocean programme, as it provides the necessary scientific background for shaping UNEP's policy towards the ...
Impacts of Sand and Dust Storms on Oceans: A Scientific Environmental Assessment for Policy Makers
(2020)
Sand and dust storms (SDS) are common in deserts and semi-deserts when strong winds blow over dry soils with little or no vegetation. Dust generated by SDS is often raised high into the atmosphere and transported over long ...