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Coastal and Marine Environmental Problems of the United Republic of Tanzania. UNEP Regional Seas and Reports No. 106
(UNEP, 1989)
This report consists of summary describing specific coastal and marine environmental problems in the United Republic of Tanzania such as coral reefs destruction, mangroves cutting, fisheries over-exploitation and unnecessary ...
Implications of Expected Climate Changes in the South Pacific Region: Overview - UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 128.
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 1990)
In spite of the uncertainties surrounding the predicted climate changes, greenhouse gases seem to have accumulated in the atmosphere to such a level that the changes may have started already and their continuation may now ...
Implications of Climate Change in West and Central African Region: An Overview. UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 148
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 1994)
Despite the uncertainties that surround the predicted climate change, greenhouse gases seems to have accumulated in the atmosphere to a level that changes may have started already and their continuation may be inevitable. ...
Vanuatu - National Report for Third International Conference
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Resolution A/C.2/67/L.40 decided that theThird International Conference on sustainable development of small island developing states(SIDS) should convene to assess the progress ...
Nauru - National Report for Third International Conference
(Government of Nauru, 2013)
This report serves as a national input for Nauru for the 2014 SIDS Conference, the Pacific regional preparatory meeting and the Interregional preparatory meeting. The assessment includes a review of progress and gaps in ...
Ecosystem based approaches for climate change adaptation in Caribbean SIDS
(Universit de GenveCentre for Tropical Marine Ecologie (ZMT), Bremen, 2013)
Existing climate variability and global climate change are major threat stosustainable development in the Caribbean, particularly for the Small Island Developing States(SIDS). Hurricanes, storms urges and extreme rainfall ...
Marine Litter in the South Asian Seas Region
(South Asia Co-operative Environment Programme (SACEP), 2007)
The SAS Region includes the seas bordering Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka and comprises the Northern part of the Indian Ocean, along with parts of the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea. The countries ...
Regional Indicators Revision 2011 - ILAC
(UNEP, 2010)
The present publication presents regional data drawn from the indicators used in the Latin American and Caribbean Initiative for Sustainable Development (known by its Spanish acronym ILAC). This set of indicators covers, ...
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 ...
A global overview of tropical marine, coastal and small island ecosystems and the World Heritage List
(, 2001)
A Global Strategy for a balanced and representative World Heritage List was adopted by the World Heritage Committee in 1994. Its aim is to ensure that the List reflects the world's cultural and natural diversity of outstanding ...