This list contains 21 entry(ies).
Reducing the environmental footprint of aquaculture has become a high priority as part of the drive for greater sustainability in modern society.
Author(s):
- Le Gouvello, Raphaëla
- Simard, François
Organization(s):
- Comité français de l'UICN
- IUCN, Global Marine and Polar Programme
Author(s):
- Laffoley, Daniel D'A.
- Le Gouvello, Raphaëla
- Simard, François
Organization(s):
- IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM), Ecosystem-based Aquaculture Group (EbAG)
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
- IUCN, Global Marine and Polar Programme
- Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation
The 1972 UNESCO World Heritage Convention unites nations behind a shared commitment to preserve the world’s outstanding cultural and natural heritage for the benefit of present and future generations.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Global Marine and Polar Programme
- Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), US
- UNESCO
Plastic has penetrated everyday life, and the disadvantages of plastics are becoming more and more visible: large quantities of plastics leak into rivers and oceans, with adverse effects to marine ecosystems and related economic activities.
Author(s):
- Boucher, Julien
- Friot, Damien
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Global Marine and Polar Programme
The value and role of mangroves, saltmarshes and seagrasses for climate change mitigation was established back in 2009 by reports by IUCN and UNEP to focus attention on addressing a critical gap in national carbon accounting and management.
Author(s):
- Herr, Dorothée
- Himes-Cornell, Amber H.
- Laffoley, Daniel D'A.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Global Environment Facility (GEF)
- GRID-Arendal
- IUCN, Global Marine and Polar Programme
- Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation
- 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
The ocean is a major player in the regulation of the world’s climate system. The purpose of the report is to provide information to underpin the outcomes of COP21 and in particular to demonstrate the importance of the role of MPAs in climate change adaptation and mitigation.
Author(s):
- Baxter, J. M.
- Laffoley, Daniel D'A.
- Simard, François
Organization(s):
- France, Agence des aires marines protégées
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
- IUCN, Global Marine and Polar Programme
- Scottish Natural Heritage, UK
Ocean warming may well turn out to be the greatest hidden challenge of our generation. This report represents the most comprehensive review to date on ocean warming.
Organization(s):
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
- IUCN, Global Marine and Polar Programme
- La Fondation d'enterprise Total
- XL Catlin
Ocean warming may well turn out to be the greatest hidden challenge of our generation. This report represents the most comprehensive review to date on ocean warming.
Author(s):
- Baxter, J. M.
- Laffoley, Daniel D'A.
Organization(s):
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
- IUCN, Global Marine and Polar Programme
- La Fondation d'enterprise Total
- XL Catlin
Organization(s):
- Conservation International
- Forest Trends, US
- IUCN, Global Marine and Polar Programme
- Nature Conservancy, US
- Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions
- Wetlands International
Author(s):
- Rovere, Marzia
- Würtz, Maurizio
Organization(s):
- Fondation MAVA pour la nature
- IUCN, Global Marine and Polar Programme
- IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation
In this publication, several case studies from the African continent illustrate the "nature-based solutions" approach and offer hope that effective solutions to the climate change dilemma can be addressed through local responses that also achieve mutual benefits for biodiversity conservation and
Author(s):
- Fischborn, Marie
- Herr, Dorothée
Organization(s):
- Agence Française de Développement, FR
- IUCN, Global Marine and Polar Programme
- IUCN, Global Protected Areas Programme
Following the first international workshop on the economics of ocean acidification organized by the Centre Scientifique de Monaco and the International Atomic Energy Agency in 2010, a second international workshop was held in November 2012, which explored the level of risk, and the resilience or
Author(s):
- Allemand, Denis
- Hilmi, N.
- Kavanagh, C.
- Laffoley, Daniel D'A.
- Metian, Marc
- Osborn, D.
- Reynaud, S.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Centre Scientifique de Monaco (CSM)
- IAEA Environmental Laboratories (IAEA-EL)
- IUCN, Global Marine and Polar Programme
Plastic debris has now become the most serious problem affecting the marine environment, not only for coastal areas of developing countries but also for the world's oceans as a whole.
Author(s):
- Carroll, Chris
- Sousa, João
- Thevenon, F.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN, Global Marine and Polar Programme
This report sets out the importance of carbon in the open ocean and, through examples, illustrates the significance and values of some of its major carbon pools and sinks.
Author(s):
- Baxter, J. M.
- Laffoley, Daniel D'A.
- Oliver, James
- Thevenon, F.
Organization(s):
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
- IUCN, Global Marine and Polar Programme
- La Fondation d'enterprise Total
- The Ocean Foundation, US
This report sets out the importance of carbon in the open ocean and, through examples, illustrates the significance and values of some of its major carbon pools and sinks.
Author(s):
- Baxter, J. M.
- Laffoley, Daniel D'A.
- Oliver, James
- Thevenon, F.
Organization(s):
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
- IUCN, Global Marine and Polar Programme
- La Fondation d'enterprise Total
- The Ocean Foundation, US
As the carbon dioxide level in the atmosphere rises, an increasing amount of the gas is absorbed by the ocean, making it more acidic.
Author(s):
- Harrould-Kolieb, E.
- Herr, Dorothée
- Isensee, K.
- Turley, C.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN, Global Marine and Polar Programme
This publication presents proposals from a management workshop on conservation and management measures applicable to high seas areas in the Southern Indian Ocean regarding: (i) a biodiversity initiative; (ii) the principles, objectives and process included in the draft road map developed in suppo
Author(s):
- Cohen, Harlan
- Freestone, David
- Garcia, Serge
- Martinez, Carole
- Oral, Nilüfer
- Rogers, Alex
- Verlaan, Philomène
- Vousden, David
Organization(s):
- Agulhas and Somali Current Large Marine Ecosystems Project (ASCLME)
- Global Environment Facility (GEF)
- IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM)
- IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM), Fisheries Expert Group
- IUCN Commission on Environmental Law (CEL)
- IUCN, Global Marine and Polar Programme
- UNDP
- University of Oxford, UK
This publication presents a legal and institutional gap analysis of the project area, covering five seamount regions, two of which are inside proposed Benthic Protected Areas (BPAs), Atlantis Bank and Coral Seamount, and three outside BPAs.
Author(s):
- Lugten, Gail
- Verlaan, Philomène
- Warner, Robin
Organization(s):
- Agulhas and Somali Current Large Marine Ecosystems Project (ASCLME)
- Global Environment Facility (GEF)
- IUCN Commission on Environmental Law (CEL)
- IUCN, Global Marine and Polar Programme
- UNDP
The individual and cumulative threats to and effects of the full range of human activities on marine ecosystems and biodiversity in general, and seamounts in particular, in areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ) are still largely unknown.
Author(s):
- Simard, François
- Spadone, Aurélie
Organization(s):
- Global Environment Facility (GEF)
- IUCN Commission on Environmental Law (CEL)
- IUCN, Global Marine and Polar Programme
- UNDP
Seamounts are topographic rises of the seabed with a limited extent across the summit. There is evidence that seamounts form hotspots of biological activity in the oceans. Why seamounts host abundant populations of fish and other pelagic and aquatic predators is still uncertain.
Organization(s):
- Global Environment Facility (GEF)
- IUCN, Global Marine and Polar Programme
- UNDP
- University of Oxford, Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, UK
- Zoological Society of London, UK
