Browsing UNEP Knowledge Repository by Subject "mangrove"
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Analyzing Environmental Trends using Satellite Data: Selected Cases
(UNEP, 2004)An analysis of recent and historical satellite imagery collected over the past forty years was carried out for Lake chad in West Africa, the Sundarbans along the India-Bangladesh border, Papua in Indonesia, the Paranaense ... -
Economic Analysis of mangrove forests: a case study in Gazi Bay, Kenya
(UNEP, 2011)This study was undertaken as part of UNEP efforts of promoting forests as a significant green economy asset for Kenya. Forests should be taken into account when calculating the national accounts because the global rush for ... -
Farming the flow: innovative approaches to understand, protect and value ecosystem services across linked habitats
(UNEP, 2010)This publication presents a framework for an understanding of the connectivity between tropical coastal ecosystems (including mangroves, seagrasses and coral reefs) ac- ross environmental, economic, social, and management ... -
GEO Haiti 2010 state of the environment report
(UNEP, 2010)The GEO Haiti 2010 Report assesses the state of the country's natural resources and the problems encountered in trying to preserve them from the uncontrolled urban development of the main towns and an excessive use of ... -
Global Mangrove Extent Much Smaller than Previously Estimated - UNEP Global Environmental Alert Services (GEAS) - October 2010
(2010)As confirmed by the impacts of the December 2004 Asian tsunami and Hurricane Katrina in 2005 intact mangroves help stabilize shorelines and thus protect lives and property from such natural disasters. They also provide ... -
Global Marine Assessments: A Survey of Global and Regional Assessments and Related Scientific Activities of the Marine Environment
(2007)The report provides a very useful starting point for conducting the Assessment of Assessments. It highlights the fact that the data available to assess the different ocean processes is patchy in both time and space. It ... -
Global Synthesis: A report from the Regional Seas Conventions and Action Plans for the Marine Biodiversity Assessment and Outlook Series
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2010)The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Regional Seas office released the Marine Biodiversity Assessment and Outlook: Global Synthesis, which provides the first systematic overview at a sub-global scale of the state of knowledge ... -
Integrated assessment of black carbon and tropospheric ozone: summary for decision makers
(UNEP, 2011)This document summarizes findings and conclusions of the assessment report: Integrated Assessment of Black Carbon and Tropospheric Ozone. The assessment looks into all aspects of anthropogenic emissions of black carbon ... -
Mangroves of East Africa
(UNEP, 2003)This publication provides a concise account of the available information and current issues facing mangroves in East African countries. It comprises a regional summary of the factors and activities that affect mangroves ... -
Mangroves of Western and Central Africa
(UNEP, 2007)This report presents new spatial data for mangrove area coverage in West Africa, and brings together for the first time information on the uses of mangroves, current drivers of change and threats to mangroves at the national ... -
Our precious coasts: marine pollution, climate change and the resilience of coastal ecosystems
(UNEP, 2006)Scientists studying reefs that were bleached in the late 1990s by high surface sea temperatures have found a link between recovery rates and the levels of contamination entering coastal waters from developments on the land. ... -
Pacific Islands: GIWA regional assessment
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2004)This report presents the GIWA assessment of the Pacific Islands region, which comprises more than 20 Island nations or territories that exhibit enormous geomorphological, climatic, cultural and demographic diversity within ... -
Regional Seas reports and studies no. 168
(1999)Overview on land based sources and activities affecting the marine environment in the ROPME Sea area. -
Sri Lanka post-tsunami environmental assessment
(UNEP, 2005)The Tsunami disaster of the 26th December 2004 was the worst natural calamity to have befallen Sri Lanka since historical times. It caused the loss of tens of thousands of lives, property and livelihood damage costing many ... -
The importance of mangroves to people: a call to action
(UNEP, 2014)Mangroves are a type of tropical forest, uniquely positioned at the dynamic interface of land and sea. They are found along coasts and estuaries throughout the tropics and subtropics and are capable of thriving in salt water -