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Awards for Improving the Coastal Environment: The Example of the Blue Flag
(1996)
This publication describes one way in which tourism is being better integrated with the coastal environment: the European Blue Flag campaign. Now a decade old, the Blue Flag campaign is an award system in which European ...
Environmental Quality Criteria for Coastal Zones in the Wider Caribbean Region - CEP Technical Report 14
(1992)
The present document was prepared with the co-operation of the participants attending the workshop on Environmental Quality Criteria and Effluent Guidelines convened in San Juan, Puerto Rico, 5-15 November 1990. The document ...
Combating Oil Pollution In The Kuwait Action Plan Region - United Nations Environment Programme Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 44
(1984)
This paper estimates that, during 1979, a total of about 144,000 metric tonnes of oil polluted the Kuwait Action Plan (KAP) Region and that, during the 10 years from 1980 to 1989, more than 1.5 million metric tonnes will ...
Coastal Erosion in West and Central Africa - UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 67
(1985)
This report was conceived with a naturalistic approach, i.e. global and inter-regional, incorporating different parameters which shape the coastal zone. It is subdivided into 3 main parts. The first one takes into account ...
Integrated Coastal Area and River Basin Management: ICARM Technical Report Series No. 1
(1997)
This paper intends to explore the relationship of integrated coastal zone management and river basin management. To achieve this it is necessary to investigate the characteristics if coastal areas and river basins and their ...
Integrated Management of Watersheds in Relation to Management and Conservation of Nearshore Coastal and Marine Areas in the East Asian Seas Region: Phase 1 - Assessment of Effects of River Discharges of Sediments, Nutrients and Pollutants on Coastal Wetlands, Seagrass Beds and Coral Reefs; A Regional Overview – RCU/EAS Technical Reports Series No. 13
(1997)
This document synthesizes the national inventories and synopses in four thematic overviews on coral reefs, seagrass beds, coastal wetlands, and watersheds and attempts to focus on the linkages between the sources of SNP ...
Methodology for Assessment and Control of Coastal Erosion in West and Central Africa: UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 107
(1989)
The objectives of the manual are: i) to present scientific information necessary to understand the formation and dynamic behaviour of coastal sedimentary features; and ii) to allow the national experts in each country of ...
A Coast in Common: an Introduction to the Eastern African Action Plan
(1989)
The coastline of Eastern Africa is an area of great physical beauty, rich in living resources. Palm fringed beaches of white coral sand lead down to tranquil lagoons enclosed by spectacular coral reefs with their wealth ...
Action Plan for the Conservation of the Marine Environment and Coastal Areas of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 81
(1986)
The conservation of the marine environment and coastal areas of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden for the benefit of the present and future generations will be the main objective of, the action plan which sets forth a framework ...
Assessment and Monitoring of Climatic Change Impacts on Mangrove Ecosystems - UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 154
(1994)
As mangroves are one of the most prominent coastal ecosystems in tropical and many subtropical areas around the world, it is likely that the impact by climate change on mangroves will have greater economic and social ...