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    • Ecology and Environmental Protection in the Pacific Region 

      United Nations Environment Programme (1981)
      The main theme of the Congress, Natural Resources of the Pacific Ocean for the Benefit of Mankind, demonstrates an enormous interest in the Pacific region which is in many respects vitally important for mankind. This ...
    • The State of Ocean Governance in the Western Indian Ocean 

      United Nations Environment Programme / Nairobi Convention
      The State of Ocean Governance in the Western Indian Ocean Region, developed in partnership with the Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association, reviews the status and trends in ocean governance in the Western Indian ...
    • Sustaining Life: How Human Health Depends on Biodiversity 

      United Nations Environment Programme (Oxford University Press, 2008)
      Recent discussion of biodiversity loss has focused on its expected ecological consequences, as well as on the aesthetic, ethical, sociological, and economic effects this loss will have on our world. Sustaining Lfe is the ...
    • UNEP Emerging Issues: Environmental Consequences of Ocean Acidification: A Threat to Food Security 

      United Nations Environment Programme
      Carbon dioxide is altering the chemistry of the surface oceans and causing them to become more acidic. From scientists and marine resource managers, to policy and decision-makers, there is growing concern that the process ...