Browsing Knowledge Repository by Subject "ocean"
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A Review of the Geology of Coral Reefs in the Red Sea: UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 152
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A sea of troubles: GESAMP reports and studies
(UNEP, 2001)The draft of this report was peer reviewed by numerous specialists with different scientific backgrounds, managers and policy-makers. Their comments and suggestions were taken into account prior to endorsement of the report ... -
Assessment and Monitoring of Climate Change: UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 154
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Blue carbon: the role of healthy oceans in binding carbon
This report explores the potential for mitigating the impacts of climate change by improved management and protection of marine ecosystems and especially the vegetated coastal habitat, or blue carbon sinks. The objective ... -
Climate for Life - Our Planet November 2014
The interaction between biodiversity, climate change and protected areas are the focus of this issue of Our Planet. Protected areas are important carbon storage facilities, so their maintenance and expansion is a key ... -
Continental shelf: the last maritime zone
During the past decade, many coastal States have been engaged in peacefully establishing the limits of their maritime jurisdiction. This represents an historical milestone towards the definition of maritime sovereignty, ... -
Green economy in a blue world
The Green Economy in a Blue World report analyzes how key sectors that are interlinked with the marine and coastal environment – the blue world – can make the transition towards a Green Economy. The findings underline that ... -
Impacts of Ocean Fertilization on Marine Biodiversity
On behalf of the CBD Executive Secretary, UNEP-WCMC has compiled and synthesized available scientific information on ocean fertilization and its observed and predicted impacts on marine biodiversity and habitats. The study ... -
Implications of Expected Climate Change: UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 155
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In dead water
The new rapid response report entitled In Dead Water has for the first time mapped the multiple and combined impacts of pollution -
Marine and Coastal Conservation in the East African region - Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 039
Marine and coastal conservation in African region. -
Marine Mammal Database Review: UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 141
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Our Planet: seas, oceans and small islands
The United Nations Environment Programme's flagship magazine. -
Protecting the Oceans from Land-based Activities: Land-based Sources and Activities Affecting the Quality and Uses of the Marine, Coastal and Associated Freshwater Environment - GESAMP Reports and Studies No. 71
(2001)Land-based sources and activities affecting the quality and uses of the marine, coastal and associated freshwater environment. -
State of the Marine Environment in the Mediterranean Region: UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies no. 132
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Symphony of the Seas: The Marine Environment - Our Planet December 2007
The United Nations Environment Programme's flagship magazine. -
The West and Central African Action Plan: UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 101
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UNEP Regional Seas Programme: The Eastern African Experience - UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 53
Regional Seas Reports and Studies by UNEP