Author: David SouterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 81
Book Description
Global International Waters Assessment
Author: David SouterGIWA Regional Assessments: Pacific Islands
Author: Regional Assessment 62, Pacific Islands
Author: Global International Waters Assessment
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Environmental policy
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
This report presents the GIWA assessment of the Pacific Islands region, which comprises 20 island nations or territories that exhibit enormous geomorphological, climatic, cultural and demographic diversity within a vast oceanic expanse. The region is unique because its inhabitants, who have close links with, and great cultural, economic and spiritual dependence on, their terrestrial and marine environment, are often the owners and users of these resources and ultimately govern their conservation and sustainable use. In addition to highlighting the overexploitation of fish and other living resources in densely populated areas, this report emphasises the vulnerability of many of these small island states to the impacts of climate change, particularly sea level rise and fluctuations in rainfall, which has enormous influence on the availability of freshwater in the region. The root causes of overexploitation and freshwater shortage are illustrated using several case studies, and potential policy options to mitigate these problems in the future are discussed.
Pacific Islands
Author: Graham Robin SouthPublisher: UNEP
ISBN:
Category : Environmental policy
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
This publication is one of a series of strategic impact assessments carried out as part of the Global International Waters Assessment Project (GIWA-UNEP/GEF) to evaluate the world's transboundary waters, in recognition of the links between freshwater and coastal marine environments and the effects of human activities. This report focuses on the Pacific Islands region, which is made up of 23 island nations or territories in Melanesia, Polynesia and Micronesia, and which covers about 12 per cent of the world's ocean space.
GIWA Regional Assessments: Eastern Equatorial Pacific
Author: GIWA Regional Assessments: Oyashio Current
Author: GIWA Regional Assessments
Author: Regional Assessment 65, Eastern Equatorial Pacific
Author: STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT (SEA): GUIDELINES FOR PACIFIC ISLAND COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES.
Author: Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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