Browsing Publications and Documents by Subject "EAST ASIA"
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Action Plan for the Protection and Development of the Marine and Coastal Areas of the East Asian Region. UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 24
(1983)The principal objective of the action plan is the development and protection of the marine environment and the coastal areas for the promotion of the health and well-being of present and future generations. The action plan ... -
Action Plan for the Protection and Sustainable Development of the Marine and Coastal Areas of the East Asian Region
(1994)During the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (Stockholm, 5-16 June 1972), the Action Plan for the Human Environment, including the General Principles for Assessment and Control of ... -
Assessment and Promotion of Human Resources for River Water Quality Management
(1995)East Asian countries have been experiencing an economic boom over the past several years. Industrial development and trade are on the rise, fuelled by healthy and vigorous foreign investment. Unfortunately, it is the very ... -
Co-operation for Environmental Protection in the Pacific - UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 97
(1988)The Regional Seas Programme was initiated by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in 1974 in response to the selection of the oceans as a priority area by the UNEP Governing Council. It is a global programme ... -
The East Asian Seas Action Plan: Evaluation of its Development and Achievements - UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 86
(1987)This document is an in-depth evaluation of the Action Plan for the Protection and Development of the Marine and Coastal Areas of the East Asian Region, covering the preparatory activities leading to its adoption in 1981, ... -
Let's Protect Our Seas: Guidelines for Youth Participation and Action
(1995)'Let's Protect Our Sea' focuses on the coast and seas of this part of the world, the East Asian Seas region. In all the countries of this region most people live near the coast and depend on the sea for their everyday life. ... -
Marine Environmental Centres: East Asian Seas
(1984)This document is a compilation of information on marine research centres in East Asian Seas region. -
Marine Litter in the East Asian Seas Region - A Report by the COBSEA Secretariat
(2008)The objectives of the review were to establish the current state-of-play in the East Asian Seas region, at both the regional and national levels, and to make recommendations and proposals for change with regard to: • ... -
Marine Litter: A Global Challenge
(2009)The objective of this document is (1) to present and analyse available information on marine litter discussed in documents produced by the 12 regional programmes with the help of regional consultants and technical experts ... -
Market Baseline Study on Low Sulphur Fuels: On Behalf of the ICCT and UNEP
(2016)This market baseline study provides a global overview of auto fuel (both crude and refined) and vehicle markets in various sub-regions where higher sulphur fuels (in particular, diesel fuel) are still in use (fuels above 50 ppm). -
Meera Lathmarajah: Pollution and the marine environment in the Indian Ocean - UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 13
(1982)This report attempts to provide a general idea of the sources, levels and effects of marine pol1utante in the Indian Ocean as well as the existence and extent of marine pollution monitoring systems at present available in ... -
Oil Pollution and its Control in the East Asian Seas Region - UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 96
(1988)The control of pollution by oil in the marine environment is based on the knowledge of the pathways and fate of this substance upon entering the sea. The fate and pathways of oil are largely governed by the physical processes ... -
Our Common Seas: Coasts in Crisis
(1990)Most of the world's population lives on or near the coasts. Every nation not completely landlocked has used the sea as its supposedly self-cleansing garbage dump. Now the effects are being felt. There is not a coast in the ... -
Overview on Land-based Sources and Activities Affecting the Marine Environment in the East Asian Seas. Regional Seas Reports and Studies no. 173
(2000)This report contains gaps, in which additional information is required for a complete analysis of land-based sources of pollution in the region in particular linkages between land-based activities and their impacts on ... -
Potential Impacts of Expected Climate Change on Coastal and Near-Shore Environment - UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 140
(1992)This issue of UNEPs Regional Seas Reports and Studies summarizes the main findings of the Regional Task Teams on implications of climate change on the marine environment and coastal areas as well as on the socio-economic ... -
Projections of Future Coral Bleaching Conditions using IPCC CMIP6 Models: Climate Policy Implications, Management Applications, and Regional Seas Summaries
(2020)The purpose of this report is threefold: 1. To present projections of coral bleaching conditions (i.e., exposure to the primary climate threat to coral reefs) and potential adaptation at a spatial scale that enables use ... -
Report of the International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) Regional Workshop for the East Asian Seas
(1996)The International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) was launched in 1994 as a partnership of developing and industrialized governments, non-government organizations (NGOs), international organizations, multilateral development ... -
Report of the International Workshop on Marine Pollution in East Asian Waters
(1976)East Asia is probably one of the most complicated areas of the world, with its great diversity of geography, races, societies, economies and environments. It contains the largest part of the world's population. Environmental ... -
Report of the Special Intergovernmental Session of the Coordinating Body on the Seas of East Asia (COBSEA) on the East Asian Seas Action Plan
(2007)Special Intergovernmental Session of the Coordinating Body on the Seas of East Asia (COBSEA) on the East Asian Seas Action Plan. Putrajaya, Malaysia, 5-6 September 2007 -
The Siren Number 25 - 29 September 1984 - Averting Disaster in Africa
(1984)The Siren is issued four times a year. It is intended as an informal presentation of the news from the Regional Seas Programme