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Solutions for Sustainable Mariculture - Avoiding the Adverse Effects of Mariculture on Biological Diversity

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Technical Advice on the Establishment and Management of a National System of Marine and Coastal Protected Areas

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Integrated Marine and Coastal Area Management (IMCAM) Approaches for Implementing the Convention on Biological Diversity

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Marine and Coastal Biological Diversity

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Report of the Meeting on Sustainable Ocean Initiative Programme Development

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UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/8/9<br>Marine and coastal biodiversity: review, further elaboration and refinement of the programme of work

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UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/9/14/Add.3<br>Outcome-oriented targets for the implementation of the elaborated programme of work on marine and coastal biological diversity

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Report of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Marine and Coastal Protected Areas<br>by Ms. Sarah George

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WWF (1999) Developing a framework for marine protected areas in the North East Atlantic. Report from the workshop held 13-14 November 1999 in Brest, France

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TFMPA (1999) Understanding and applying the principles of comprehensiveness, adequacy and representativeness for the NRSMPA, Version 3.1. Report prepared by the Action Team for Australian and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council (ANZECC) Task Force on Marine Protected Areas (TFMPA). ...

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Thiel, H. and Koslow, A. (Eds) (2001) Managing risks to biodiversity and the environment on the high sea, including tools such as marine protected areas - Scientific requirements and legal aspects. Proceedings of the Expert Workshop held at the International Academy of Nature Conservation, Isle ...

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Day, J.C. and Roff, J.C. (2000) Planning for representative marine protected areas: A framework for Canada’s Oceans. Report prepared for World Wildlife Fund Canada

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Pearce, J. (2002) The future of fisheries - marine protected areas - A new way forward or another management glitch? Marine Pollution Bulletin (44) 89-91

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Salm, R.V. (2002) Preparing marine protected areas to survive global change: Additional guidelines to address coral bleaching. First draft for comment

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WWF/IUCN (2001) The status of natural resources on the high-seas. WWF/IUCN, Gland, Switzerland

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CIESM (1999) Scientific design and monitoring of Mediterranean marine protected areas - outcome of the workshop held in Porto Cesareo, Italy, 23-26 October 1999. CIESM Workshop Series n°8

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The FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries

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Decision IV/5: Conservation and sustainable use of marine and coastal ecosystems, including a programme of work

Documentary commissioned by Rolex explores the need for ocean conservation

As fashion embraces sustainability, more efforts are being taken to spread awareness on the subject. Rolex's latest endeavour is a documentary telling the story of ocean conservation.

Drifting woods: the voyage from Eastern Africa to Nagoya

Climate change, a truly global challenge, has brought the strong interconnectivity of global ecosystems to the highest political agenda. Yet, in other environments, the understanding of global ecosystem functioning may be relatively well understood by scientists, sometimes recognized by Governme ...

Dutch build artificial islands to bring wildlife back

Dutch ranger Andre Donker sighs as he looks out at the rippling grey waters of the Markermeer, one of Europe's largest freshwater lakes. "Once upon a time it was teeming with fish here," he says.

EBSA Briefing: organizing regional workshops to describe ecologically or biologically significant marine areas (EBSAs)

29 - 30 April 2012, Montreal, Canada

Earth now has a 5th ocean, according to National Geographic, which upgraded the status of the waters around Antarctica

National Geographic announced this week that it is officially recognizing a fifth ocean: the Southern Ocean. This body of water lies around the Antarctic, stretching from the coastline to the 60 degrees latitude mark.

East Africa’s reefs being fished at unsustainable rates, study finds

Fish populations in coral reefs off Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique are being harvested at unsustainable rates, new research has found.In the study published in the journal Marine Ecology Progress Series, researchers calculate that 70% of the region’s coral reefs have fish stocks below levels nee ...

East Africa’s reefs being fished at unsustainable rates, study finds

Fish populations in coral reefs off Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique are being harvested at unsustainable rates, new research has found.

East Asia coastal wetlands in ecological crisis

Recognizing the crucial need for improving marine habitats protection, the CBD approved at its COP4 the Marine and Coastal Biodiversity Programmes of Work, adopting the ecosystem approach as key for its implementation and recognizing the implication of the water cycle in sediment levels and ecos ...

East Asian Seas Conference 2009 (EAS)

23 - 27 November 2009, Manila, Philippines

Eastern Tropical and Temperate Pacific Regional Workshop to Facilitate the Description of Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSAs)

27 - 31 August 2012, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador

Eastern Tropical and Temperate Pacific Regional Workshop to Facilitate the Description of Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSAs), 27-31 August 2012, Galapágos Islands, Ecuador

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JL/JG/79653 (2012-061)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points in the Eastern Tropical and Temperate Pacific region: Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama and Peru; competent organizations and regional initiatives

Eco-engineered tiles enhance marine biodiversity on seawalls in Hong Kong and beyond

A joint-study led by a team of marine ecologists from City University of Hong Kong (CityU) has found that the eco-engineered tiles can increase habitat complexity on seawalls in Hong Kong, thereby effectively enhancing the marine biodiversity.

Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas

Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas

Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas in World Oceans

This event will update the results of seven regional EBSA workshops held in various regions around the world, convened by the CBD Secretariat together with various global and regional partners, involving more than 100 Parties and other Governments.

Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism Conference 2015

27 - 30 April 2015, Quito, Ecuador

Effects of sand mining on coastal biodiversity

The event includes presentations from Awaaz Foundation, Bombay Natural History Society and various organizations on the effects of sand mining on biodiversity in various parts of the world. Sand is a necessary component to fuel the construction boom and rapid pace of urbanization in many parts o ...

Eighteen Things We’ve Learned About the Oceans in the Last Decade

In the past 10 years, the world’s oceans have faced new challenges, revealed new wonders, and provided a roadmap for future conservation.

Eighteenth meeting of the United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea

15 - 19 May 2017, New York, United States of America

Eighth International Wildlife Law Conference: International Wildlife Law and the Protection of the Marine Environment

19 - 20 November 2004, Louisiana, United States of America

Elephant seal native to Antarctica spotted for first time in tropical Sri Lanka

COLOMBO — Uthpala Adaranga, a ranger with Sri Lanka’s Department of Wildlife Conservation (DWC), was initially doubtful about the call he received of a seal spotted near Unawatuna, off the country’s southern coast on Nov. 20.

Eleventh Intergovernmental Meeting to the Action Plan for the Caribbean Environment Programme and the Eigth Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region

28 September - 2 October 2004, Montego Bay, Jamaica

Eleventh Session of the International Seabed Authority

15 - 26 August 2005, Kingston, Jamaica

Emergency Marine Rescue Plan: Implementing the Roadmap to Recovery

Oceans are the least protected areas of the planet and progress is lamentably slow, with less than 1% of the world’s oceans given comprehensive protection. The current rate of protection means that there is little chance of the world’s governments meeting the 2012 target to establish a global ne ...

Enough is Enough. African nations must unite against illegal fishing

As the continent arguably most affected by the problem of ‘stolen fish’, Africa could secure food for its people while providing the blueprint for victory, according to the findings of a Blue Paper commissioned by the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy and launched this February at ...

Environmentally friendly control of common disease infecting fish and amphibians

Aquatic organisms in marine systems and freshwaters are threatened by fungal and fungal-like diseases globally.

European Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture Advisory Commission (EIFAAC) - 27th Session

11 - 15 June 2012, Hameenlinna, Finland

Exclusive photos show deep-sea canyon in U.S. waters teeming with life

A stunning array of biodiversity lies at the depths of a marine region that some fear the Trump administration will open to fishing and mining.

Executive Secretary Welcomes Opening of a Training and Education Centre for Marine Biodiversity in South-eastern China.