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Global International Waters Assessment: South China Sea, GIWA Regional Assessment 54

dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Environment Programme
dc.coverage.spatialChina
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-11T20:08:28Z
dc.date.available2016-10-11T20:08:28Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.identifier.urihttps://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/8816
dc.descriptionThis report presents the GIWA assessment of the South China Sea region, which lies in the global centre of tropical marine biodiversity and comprises nine nations: China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Brunei and the Philippines. The region supports a rapidly growing coastal population, and has rapidly deteriorating marine ecosystems with the likely immediate collapse of many of its coral reefs and pelagic fish populations. Habitat modification and overexploitation of living resources were found to cause the most severe transboundary environmental and socio-economic impacts in the region. The past and present status and future prospects of these issues are discussed, and they are traced back to their root causes. Policy options to mitigate these problems are proposed that aim to provide solutions to these fundamental issues, in order to enhance the management of the region's aquatic environment.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherUnited Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), GEF, University of Kalmar, Sweden
dc.rightsPublicen_US
dc.subjectnatural resourceen_US
dc.subjectresource conservationen_US
dc.subjectresource managementen_US
dc.subjectwateren_US
dc.subjectwater analysisen_US
dc.subjectwater conservationen_US
dc.subjectwater consumptionen_US
dc.subjectwater demanden_US
dc.subjectwater managementen_US
dc.subjectwater monitoringen_US
dc.subjectwater protectionen_US
dc.subjectwater qualityen_US
dc.subjectwater resourceen_US
dc.subjectwater utilisationen_US
dc.subjectenvironmental assessmenten_US
dc.subjectfreshwater conservationen_US
dc.subjectfreshwater degradationen_US
dc.subjectfreshwater ecosystemen_US
dc.subjectfreshwater monitoringen_US
dc.subjectfreshwater pollutionen_US
dc.subjectfreshwater resourceen_US
dc.subjectpollution controlen_US
dc.subjectpollution costen_US
dc.subjectwater pollutionen_US
dc.subjectenvironmental conservationen_US
dc.subjectenvironmental impacten_US
dc.subjectenvironmental impact assessmenten_US
dc.subjectenvironmental protectionen_US
dc.subjectcoast protectionen_US
dc.subjectcoastal areaen_US
dc.subjectcoastal ecosystemen_US
dc.subjectcoastal environmenten_US
dc.subjectcoastal pollutionen_US
dc.subjectcoastal wateren_US
dc.subjectmarine conservation areaen_US
dc.subjectmarine ecosystemen_US
dc.subjectsea resourceen_US
dc.subjectsea water protectionen_US
dc.subjectcoastal fishingen_US
dc.subjectcoastal managementen_US
dc.subjectriver basin developmenten_US
dc.subjectriver managementen_US
dc.subjectwater resource conservationen_US
dc.subjectwater resource developmenten_US
dc.subjecttransboundary pollutionen_US
dc.subjectenvironmental pollutionen_US
dc.titleGlobal International Waters Assessment: South China Sea, GIWA Regional Assessment 54
dc.typeReports, Books and Bookletsen_US
wd.identifier.sdgSDG 14 - Life Below Wateren_US
wd.identifier.sdgiohttp://purl.unep.org/sdg/SDGIO_00000048


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