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Global International Waters Assessment: Yellow Sea, GIWA Regional Assessment 34
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), GEF, University of Kalmar, Sweden, 2005)
This report presents the results of the GIWA assessment of the Yellow Sea region and the adjacent Bohai Sea sub-system. The Yellow sea is a semi-enclosed water body bordering the Chinese mainland to the west and the Korean ...
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 ...
Global International Waters Assessment: Sulu-Celebes (Sulawesi) Sea, GIWA Regional Assessment 56
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), GEF, University of Kalmar, Sweden, 2005)
This report presents the GIWA assessment of the Sulu-Celebes (Sulawesi) Sea region, which includes some of the land and sea areas of the three nations the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia. The region is situated in the ...
Global International Waters Assessment: Indonesian Seas, GIWA Regional Assessment 57
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), GEF, University of Kalmar, Sweden, 2005)
This report presents the GIWA assessment of the Indonesian Seas region, which comprises some 18 000 islands, is geologically and topographically diverse, and lies at the global centre of tropical marine biodiversity. The ...
Global International Waters Assessment: Humboldt Current, GIWA Regional Assessment 64
(University of Kalmar on behalf of United Nations Environment Programme, 2012)
This report presents the GIWA assessment of the Humboldt Current region, located along western South America, stretching from the Ecuadorian-Colombian border to the south of Chile. The world's largest upwelling area, ...
Global International Waters Assessment: Eastern Equatorial Pacific, GIWA Regional Assessment 65
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), GEF, University of Kalmar, Sweden, 2006)
This report presents the assessment of the GIWA Eastern Equatorial Pacific region, which includes parts of Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama and Colombia. Pollution in the Southwest Mexico sub-system, ...
Global International Waters Assessment_Sea of Okhotsk, GIWA Regional assessment 30
(University of Kalmar on behalf of United Nations Environment Programme, 2006)
This report presents the results of the GIWA assessment of the Sea of Okhotsk region. Rapid population growth and economic development have led to increasing pollution loads in the Amur River basin the region's largest ...
Global International Waters Assessment: Lake Chad Basin, GIWA Regional Assessment 43
(University of Kalmar on behalf of United Nations Environment Programme, 2004)
This report represents the GIWA Assessment of the Lake Chad Basin, which is located in one of the poorest and most drought prone regions in the world. Climatic variability and poor water governance has threatened the ...
Global International Waters Assessment: Oyashio Current-GIWA Regional Assessment 31
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), GEF, University of Kalmar, Sweden, 2006)
This report presents the results of the GIWA assessment of the Oyashio Current region-one of the most productive waters in East Asia. Changes in the hydrological cycle and ocean circulation have affected the productivity ...
Global International Waters Assessment: Russian Arctic, GIWA Regional Assessment 1a
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), GEF, University of Kalmar, Global International Waters Assessment (GIWA), 2012)
This report presents the results of the Global International Waters Assessment for the Russian Arctic (GIWA region 1a), as determined during three workshops. The first Scoping and Scaling Workshop was held in Zvenigorod ...