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Category : Caribbean Area
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Regional Assessment 4, Caribbean Islands
Author: Global International Waters Assessment
Author: Global International Waters Assessment
Author: Pierre BlimeGlobal International Waters Assessment
Author: Matthew FortnamGIWA Regional Assessments: Caribbean Islands: Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico
Author: Global International Waters Assessment
Author: Antonio VillasolPublisher:
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Category : Caribbean Area
Languages : en
Pages : 111
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This report presents the GIWA assessment of the Caribbean Islands region, an archipelago comprising drainage basins and coastal areas that contain some of the world's most diverse and productive habitats. A variety of human activities are impacting the region's sensitive and unique ecosystems, upon which the population is so dependent for their social well-being and economic survival. Pollution, originating from both land-based sources and marine traffic, is of particular concern, but despite considerable and widespread environmental and socio-economic impacts, there has been a lack of appropriate measures aimed at mitigating this concern. The past and present status and future prospects are discussed, and the transboundary issues of pollution are traced back to their root causes. Policy options are analyzed that aim to address these driving issues in order to significantly improve environmental quality and secure the region's future prosperity.
Global International Waters Assessment
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Category : Caribbean Area
Languages : en
Pages : 102
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This report presents the GIWA assessment of the Small Islands sub-system of the Caribbean Sea region - an area particularly vulnerable to human activities owing to the fragility of the island ecosystems and their limited carrying capacities. Habitat and community modification, as a result of anthropogenic pressures, was found to cause the most severe transboundary environmental and socio-economic impacts in the sub-system. The governments regard rapid economic growth as a priority, which they have failed to balance with the conservation and protection of important ecosystems. The Causal chain analysis discusses the root causes of habitat and community modification by investigating the cause-effect pathways of the concern. Policy options are proposed that aim to provide solutions to these fundamental issues, in order to enhance the management of the region's aquatic environment.--Publisher's description.
GIWA Regional Assessments
Author: Caribbean Sea/small Islands
Author: United Nations Environment ProgrammePublisher: UNEP
ISBN: 9789211586992
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Languages : en
Pages : 96
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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 worlds transboundary waters, in recognition of the links between freshwater and coastal marine environments and the effects of human activities. This report focuses on the Caribbean Sea small islands region sub-system includes Antigua and Barbuda, Anguilla, Aruba, United States Virgin Islands, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Saint Vincent & the Grenadines, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, Turks & Caicos and Trinidad & Tobago
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