Global International Waters Assessment: Canary Current, GIWA Regional Assessment 41

United Nations Environment Programme

dc.contributor.author	United Nations Environment Programme
dc.coverage.spatial	West Africa
dc.date.accessioned	2016-10-11T20:07:54Z
dc.date.available	2016-10-11T20:07:54Z
dc.date.issued	2012
dc.identifier.uri	https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/8748
dc.description	This report presents the GIWA assessment of the Canary Current region, which covers the Canary Current Large Marine Ecosystem and the river systems draining into it. The region has several drainage systems of both national and international significance and are exploited for crop and livestock development, rural as well as urban domestic water needs and industrial development. The environmental impacts of stream flow modification and changes in the water table have led to serious socio-economic impacts that often have significant transboundary implications. Overexploitation of living resources in the marine waters is another major issue in the region and most of the coastal countries in the region have already taken steps in terms of regulating fisheries at national and international level. The root causes of freshwater shortage in the Senegal River and Souss-Massa River basins as well as for the overexploitation issues in the marine part of the region are identified and potential remedial policy options are presented.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	University of Kalmar on behalf of United Nations Environment Programme
dc.rights	Public	en_US
dc.subject	natural resource
dc.subject	resource conservation
dc.subject	resources management
dc.subject	water
dc.subject	water analysis
dc.subject	water conservation
dc.subject	water consumption
dc.subject	water demand
dc.subject	water management
dc.subject	water monitoring
dc.subject	water protection
dc.subject	water quality
dc.subject	water resource
dc.subject	water resources management
dc.subject	water utilisation;environmental assessment
dc.subject	freshwater conservation
dc.subject	freshwater degradation
dc.subject	freshwater ecosystem
dc.subject	freshwater monitoring
dc.subject	fresh water pollution
dc.subject	freshwater resource
dc.subject	pollution control
dc.subject	pollution cost
dc.subject	water pollution
dc.subject	environmental conservation
dc.subject	environmental impact
dc.subject	environmental impact assessment
dc.subject	environmental protection
dc.subject	coast protection
dc.subject	coastal area
dc.subject	coastal ecosystem
dc.subject	coastal environment
dc.subject	coastal pollution
dc.subject	coastal water
dc.subject	marine conservation area
dc.subject	marine ecosystem
dc.subject	sea resource
dc.subject	sea water protection
dc.subject	coastal fishing
dc.subject	coastal management
dc.subject	river basin development
dc.subject	river management
dc.subject	water resources conservation
dc.subject	water resources development
dc.subject	transboundary pollution
dc.subject	environmental pollution
dc.title	Global International Waters Assessment: Canary Current, GIWA Regional Assessment 41
dc.type	Reports, Books and Booklets	en_US
wd.identifier.sdgio	http://purl.unep.org/sdg/SDGIO_00000048