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Marine Ecology: Processes, Systems, and Impacts offers a carefully balanced and stimulating survey of marine ecology, introducing the key processes and systems from which the marine environment is formed, and the issues and challenges which surround its future conservation.
Author(s):
- Kaiser, Michael J.
- Attrill, Martin J.
- Jennings, Simon
Providing a comprehensive account of marine conservation, this book examines human use and abuse of the world's seas and oceans and their marine life, and the various approaches to management and conservation.
This publication is a result of Blue Solutions’ second Regional Forum on Solutions for Oceans, Coasts and Human Well-being in Latin America and the Wider Caribbean Region. This four-day workshop was held in Cancún, Mexico in April 2015.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Germany, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
- Germany, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety
- UNEP
Author(s):
- Agardy, Tundi
- Hicks, Frank
- Nistharan, Fathimath
Organization(s):
- Forest Trends, US
- IUCN Maldives
- Maldives, [Government]
- United States, USAID
Our oceans and coasts are the origin of life on earth, an important food source, and crucial for the global ecological equilibrium, yet despite their global significance, marine and coastal ecosystems face a wide array of threats.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Germany, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
- Germany, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety
- UNEP
The purpose of this publication is to provide naturalists, resource managers and scientists with a simple guide to identify all species of seagrasses in the Red Sea. Each species is described in detail using photographs of key and diagnostic features.
Author(s):
- Abdulla, Ameer
- El Shaffai, Amgad
- Rouphael, A.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Global Marine and Polar Programme
- Total Foundation
Organization(s):
- Mediterranean Coastal Foundation (MEDCOAST)
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Germany, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
- Germany, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety
- UNEP
Our oceans and coasts are the origin of life on earth, an important food source, and crucial for the global ecological equilibrium, yet despite their global significance, marine and coastal ecosystems face a wide array of threats.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Germany, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
- Germany, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety
- UNEP
This report explains the ecology and social profile of coastal systems in Kenya, Mozambique and Tanzania in order to contribute to the development of effective strategies to enhance the resilience of marine and coastal systems in the Western Indian Ocean.
Author(s):
- Andrew, Tim
- Pabari, Mine
- Samoilys, Melita
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Coastal Oceans Research and Development in the Indian Ocean (CORDIO)
- IUCN, Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO)
- Mangroves for the Future
- UNEP, Nairobi Convention
- Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association (WIOMSA)
Suite au 1er volume « contexte et enjeux » des services écologiques, le Comité français de l’UICN publie 6 brochures présentant les services écologiques fournis par 6 grands types d’écosystèmes français (métropole et outre-mer) présentés selon les 4 catégories définies dans le Millennium Ecosyste
Organization(s):
- Comité national des Membres de l’UICN de France
The Great Barrier Reef outlook report 2014 provides an overview of the current condition, use, factors influencing the condition, management effectiveness, resilience, risks to its future and likely outlook.
Organization(s):
- Australia, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
Esta publicación ha sido preparada por las Asociaciones GloBallast, la IOI, el CSIR-NIO y la UICN para que sirva de orientación a quienes tienen previsto hacer un reconocimiento biológico portuario de referencia, en especial en relación con la gestión del agua de lastre.
Author(s):
- Abdulla, Ameer
- Anil, Arga Chandrashekar
- Awad, A.
- Haag, F.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Global Environment Facility (GEF)
- GloBallast Partnerships
- IMO (International Maritime Organization)
- UNDP
This publication has been prepared by GBP, IOI, CSIR-NIO and IUCN in order to serve as guidance to those who are planning to carry out a port biological baseline survey, in particular in the context of Ballast Water Management.
Author(s):
- Abdulla, Ameer
- Anil, Arga Chandrashekar
- Awad, A.
- Haag, F.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Global Environment Facility (GEF)
- GloBallast Partnerships
- IMO (International Maritime Organization)
- UNDP
This publication presents 18 case studies to demonstrate how Protected Areas (PAs) can be better managed for disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA).
Author(s):
- Buyck, Camille
- Murti, Radhika
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Blue Solutions
- IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM)
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
Our oceans and coasts are the origin of life on earth, an important food source, and crucial for the global ecological equilibrium, yet despite their global significance, marine and coastal ecosystems face a wide array of threats.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Germany, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
- Germany, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety
- UNEP
Organization(s):
- Arctic Council
- Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna
The Greening Blue Energy project aims to facilitate well-balanced and science-based discussions on the impacts on the marine environment from offshore renewable energy developments and as such this publication provides a synthesis of current knowledge on the potential biodiversity impacts of offs
Author(s):
- Wilhelmsson, Dan
- Malm, Torleif
- Thompson, Richard
- Tchou, Jeremy
- Sarantakos, Georgios
- McCormick, Nadine
- Luitjens, Sabrina
- Gullström, Martin
- Edward, J. K. Patterson
- Amir, Omar
- Dubi, Alfonse
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- E.ON Climate and Renewables
- Sweden, SIDA
Ce document est un rapport technique relatif à létat de la question dans le bassin méditerranéen. Il décrit les spécificités de la mer Méditerranée et le phénomène du changement climatique observé à léchelle de cette région.
Author(s):
- Bazairi, Hocein
- Bianchi, Carlo Nike
- Boudouresque, Charles-François
- Buia, Maria Cristina
- Clabaut, Philippe
- Harmelin-Vivien, M. L. (Mireille L.)
- Mateo, Miguel Angel
- Montefalcone, Monica
- Morri, Carla
- Orfanidis, Sotiris
- Pergent, Gérard
- Pergent-Martini, Christine
- Semroud, Rachid
- Serrano, Oscar
- Verlaque, Marc
Organization(s):
- Fondation MAVA pour la nature
- IUCN, Global Marine Programme
- IUCN, Marine Programme
- Spain, Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID)
- Spain, Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores y Cooperación
- Total Foundation
- UNEP, Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP)
- UNEP, Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP), Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas (RAC/SPA)
- IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation
Although there is a common agreement on the importance of conservation of Mediterranean submarine canyons amongst international organizations, their governance is complex: the canyons' extension covers waters and seabeds under various types of jurisdictions (territorial waters, Fisheries Pro
Organization(s):
- IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation
- UNEP, Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP)
- UNEP, Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP), Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas (RAC/SPA)
- IUCN, Global Marine Programme
- France, Ministère de l'Ecologie, de l'Energie, du Développement Durable, des Transports et du Logement
- France, Ministère des Affaires Etrangères et Européennes
- France, Agence des aires marines protégées
- Fondation MAVA pour la nature
- Total Foundation
- Musée océanographique de Monaco, MC
- Musée océanographique
- Institut océanographique, Fondation Albert 1er, Prince de Monaco, MC
This document is a summary of the technical report on the current state of affairs in the Mediterranean basin. It describes the specific characteristics of the Mediterranean Sea and the phenemenon of climate change observed on the scale of this particular region.
Author(s):
- Bazairi, Hocein
- Bianchi, Carlo Nike
- Boudouresque, Charles-François
- Buia, Maria Cristina
- Clabaut, Philippe
- Harmelin-Vivien, M. L. (Mireille L.)
- Mateo, Miguel Angel
- Montefalcone, Monica
- Morri, Carla
- Orfanidis, Sotiris
- Pergent, Gérard
- Pergent-Martini, Christine
- Semroud, Rachid
- Serrano, Oscar
- Verlaque, Marc
Organization(s):
- Fondation MAVA pour la nature
- IUCN, Global Marine Programme
- IUCN, Marine Programme
- Spain, Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID)
- Spain, Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores y Cooperación
- Total Foundation
- UNEP, Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP)
- UNEP, Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP), Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas (RAC/SPA)
- IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation
Este documento es un resumen del informe técnico sobre esta temática en la cuenca mediterránea. Describe las especificidades del mar Mediterráneo y el fenómeno del cambio climático observado a escala de esta región.
Author(s):
- Bazairi, Hocein
- Bianchi, Carlo Nike
- Boudouresque, Charles-François
- Buia, Maria Cristina
- Clabaut, Philippe
- Harmelin-Vivien, M. L. (Mireille L.)
- Mateo, Miguel Angel
- Montefalcone, Monica
- Morri, Carla
- Orfanidis, Sotiris
- Pergent, Gérard
- Pergent-Martini, Christine
- Semroud, Rachid
- Serrano, Oscar
- Verlaque, Marc
Organization(s):
- Fondation MAVA pour la nature
- IUCN, Global Marine Programme
- IUCN, Marine Programme
- Spain, Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID)
- Spain, Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores y Cooperación
- Total Foundation
- UNEP, Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP)
- UNEP, Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP), Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas (RAC/SPA)
- IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation
Author(s):
- Loughland, Ronald A.
- Al-Abdulkader, Khaled A.
Ce guide a été rédigé afin d'accompagner les gestionnaires d'Aires Marines Protégées d'Afrique de l'ouest pendant la réalisation de leurs plans de gestion. Il se veut être un document clair, concis et illustré d'exemples de la sous-région. Il s'articule en deux parties distinctes.
Author(s):
- Rizk, Charbel
- Semelin, Julien
- Karibuhoye, Charlotte
Organization(s):
- Programme régional de conservation de la zone côtière et marine en Afrique de l'Ouest (PRCM)
- Fondation internationale du Banc d'Arguin (FIBA)
- Réseau régional d'Aires Marines Protégées en Afrique de l'Ouest (RAMPAO)
Seamounts in the central-west Pacific Ocean are known to have thick, cobalt-rich ferromanganese crusts. These are of commercial interest for mining.
Organization(s):
- International Seabed Authority, JM
This is a practical guide for undertaking a molecular survey of deep-sea nematodes including protocols for collecting deep-sea nematodes, preservation and shipping of samples, slide mounting, image capture and the production of individual barcodes.
Organization(s):
- International Seabed Authority, JM
Organization(s):
- International Seabed Authority, JM
Scientists used a network of interdisciplinary studies to investigate the ecological effects of marine managed areas (MMAs) dispersed widely across the tropics.
Author(s):
- Kaufman, L.
- Tschirky, John
Organization(s):
- Conservation International, Science and Knowledge Division
Through presentations, discussions and recommendations the workshop documented and described the cumulative effects of such impacts, how these commonly act in a negatively synergistic way, and why therefore concerted action is now needed to address the consequences set out in this report.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Marine Programme
- International Programme on the State of the Ocean (IPSO)
- IUCN Commission on National Parks and Protected Areas (CNPPA)
This publication is a report of the UCN/NRDC Workshop to Identify Areas of Ecological and Biological Significance or Vulnerability in the Arctic Marine Environment.
Author(s):
- Laughlin, Thomas L.
- Speer, Lisa
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), US
This publication synthesises a wide diversity of intofmration on economic pressures on the coastal sector, highlighting examples of impacts and providing a rationale for their responses, all from an economic perspective.
Author(s):
- Conner, Nicholas
- Lal, Padma Narsey
- Ram-Bidesi, Vina
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Oceania Regional Office (ORO)
- Pacific Regional Environmental Programme (SPREP), Secretariat
- Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), FJ
- University of the South Pacific, FJ
This report focuses on the outlook for the development of existing and new economic activity in the Arctic marine region, and on a range of different sectors.
Author(s):
- Williams, Alex
- O'Sullivan Darcy, Aisling
- Wilkinson, Angela
Organization(s):
- University of Oxford, Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment (SSEE), UK
- Shell Corporation
- IUCN
The purpose of this publication is to provide naturalists, resource managers and scientists with a simple guide to identify all species of seagrasses in the Red Sea. Each species is described in detail using photographs of key and diagnostic features.
Author(s):
- Abdulla, Ameer
- El Shaffai, Amgad
- Rouphael, A.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Global Marine Programme
- Total Foundation
This document summarizes discussions that were held during a workshop in December 2011 and which focused on making progress on the identification of Ecologically and Biologically Significant Areas for seamounts in the high seas.
Author(s):
- Clark, Malcolm R.
- Dunstan, Piers K.
- Guinotte, John
- Niklitschek, Edwin
- O'Hara, Tim
- Rowden, A. A.
- Schlacher, Thomas
- Tsuchida, Shinji
- Watling, Les
- Williams, Alan
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Global Ocean Biodiversity Initiative (GOBI)
- IUCN, Global Marine Programme
- Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab (MGEL), Duke University, US
For the Aichi Biodiversity Targets to be met in full, and for the other relevant processes to be successful, examples and guidelines for the identification of important pelagic areas must be made available to policy makers involved in the process of identifying ecologically or biologically signif
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN, Global Marine Programme
- Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab (MGEL), Duke University, US
- Global Ocean Biodiversity Initiative (GOBI)
Organization(s):
- Global Environment Facility (GEF)
- IUCN, Global Marine Programme
- UNDP
Of the current 750 marine and coastal protected areas that have been created in the Mediterranean, two thirds of these are along the northern coast of the sea. Therefore important habitats along the eastern and southern coast are under-represented.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation
- Libya, Environment General Authority (EGA)
- UNDP
- Fondation MAVA pour la nature
- Spain, Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional (AECI)
- UNEP
- UNEP, Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP)
- Total Foundation
This report builds on these and other efforts to bring to light the important carbon sequestration potential of coastal wetlands, and the significant and largely unaccounted for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions resulting from the disturbance, drainage, and conversion of these natural coastal carbon
Author(s):
- Herr, Dorothée
- Tamelander, Jerker
- Laffoley, D.
- Vandever, Justin
Organization(s):
- IUCN United States
- IUCN, Global Marine Programme
- World Bank
- ESA PWA, US
Although Bonaires coral reefs remain among the healthiest and most resilient in the Caribbean, this IUCN report based on the IUCN Resilience Assessment of Coral Reefs highlights some of the threats that exist to Bonaires coral reefs, and which could have serious implications for resilience to f
Author(s):
- Grimsditch, Gabriel D.
- Arnold, Suzanne
- Bey, Henry de
- Brown, Jeanne B.
- Engel, Sabine
- Leon, Ramon de
- Vermeij, Mark
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Global Marine Programme
- UNEP
- Nature Conservancy, US
- Caribbean Research and Management of Biodiversity (CARMABI)
- Stichting Nationale Parken Bonaire (STINAPA Bonaire)
This document reports on the results of a workshop on selective fishing and balanced harvest which took place in Nagoya in October 2010.
Author(s):
- Garcia, Serge
- Kolding, Jeppe
- Rice, J. C. (Jake C.)
- Rochet, Marie-Joëlle
- Zhou, Shijie
- Arimoto, Takafumi
- Beyer, Jan E.
- Borges, Lisa
- Bundy, Alida
- Dunn, Daniel
- Graham, Norman
- Hall, Martin
- Heino, Mikko
- Law, R. (Richard)
- Makino, Mitsutaku
- Rijnsdorp, Adriaan D.
- Simard, François
- Smith, A. D. M. (Anthony D. M.)
- Symons, Despina
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM)
- IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM), Fisheries Expert Group
- Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Secretariat
- European Bureau for Conservation and Development (EBCD), BE
- Census of Marine Life (COML)
This document constitutes a summary of the work, studies and reflection initiated by the Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas (RAC/SPA) following the recommendations of the Contracting Parties in Almeria in January 2008.
Organization(s):
- UNEP, Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP), Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas (RAC/SPA)
This document draws on marine managed area (MMA) experiences worldwide by synthesizing results from over 25 natural science studies conducted over the past five years in 18 tropical countries in 48 MMAs.
Author(s):
- Kaufman, L.
- Tschirky, John
Organization(s):
- Conservation International, Science and Knowledge Division
This volume has been compiled to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, which for half a century has been the UN organization responsible for fostering intergovernmental cooperation on global ocean science.
Author(s):
- Holland, Geoff
- Pugh, David
Organization(s):
- UNESCO, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC)
This report considers the status and trends of pan-European biodiversity in a range of ecosystems, and the implications of these trends for biodiversity management policy and practice.
Organization(s):
- European Environment Agency, DK
The ocean presently takes up one-fourth of the carbon dioxide emitted to the atmosphere by human activities, thereby increasing ocean acidity.
Author(s):
- Riebesell, Ulf
- Fabry, Victoria J.
- Hansson, Lina
- Gattuso, Jean-Pierre
Organization(s):
- European Commission
- European Project on Ocean Acidification (EPOCA)
- UNESCO, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC)
- Ocean Voice International, CA
- International Council for Science (ICSU), Scientific Committee on Oceanographic Research
Examines the process for the delineation of the outer continental shelf and speculates on the location and feasibility of extraction of the various non-living resources which may occur in these areas.
Organization(s):
- International Seabed Authority, JM
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Programme régional de conservation de la zone côtière et marine en Afrique de l'Ouest (PRCM)
Insert for a presentation folder on GOBI. Describes GOBI's online submission tool to accept information about ecologically or biologically significant areas in the open oceans and deep seas.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Secretariat
- UNEP-WCMC
- BirdLife International
- Germany, Federal Agency for Nature Conservation
- Census of Marine Life (COML)
- Duke University Marine Biospatial Ecology Lab, US
- Marine Conservation Biology Institute, CA
- United Nations University (UNU), Institute of Advanced Studies
- AquaMaps
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), AU
- UNESCO, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC)
Insert for a presentation folder on GOBI.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Secretariat
- UNEP-WCMC
- BirdLife International
- Germany, Federal Agency for Nature Conservation
- Census of Marine Life (COML)
- Duke University Marine Biospatial Ecology Lab, US
- Marine Conservation Biology Institute, CA
- United Nations University (UNU), Institute of Advanced Studies
- AquaMaps
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), AU
- UNESCO, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC)
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