Global International Waters Assessment: South China Sea, GIWA Regional Assessment 54
This report presents the GIWA assessment of the South China Sea region, which lies in the global centre of tropical marine biodiversity and comprises nine nations: China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Brunei and the Philippines. The region supports a rapidly growing coastal population, and has rapidly deteriorating marine ecosystems with the likely immediate collapse of many of its coral reefs and pelagic fish populations. Habitat modification and overexploitation of living resources were found to cause the most severe transboundary environmental and socio-economic impacts in the region. The past and present status and future prospects of these issues are discussed, and they are traced back to their root causes. Policy options to mitigate these problems are proposed that aim to provide solutions to these fundamental issues, in order to enhance the management of the region's aquatic environment.
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| Main Author: |
United Nations Environment Programme, GEF, University of Kalmar, Sweden |
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| Format: | Reports and Books
biblioteca
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| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), GEF, University of Kalmar, Sweden
2005
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| Subjects: | natural resource,
resource conservation,
resources management,
water,
water analysis,
water conservation,
water consumption,
water demand,
water management,
water monitoring,
water protection,
water quality,
water resource,
water resources management,
water utilisation;environmental assessment,
freshwater conservation,
freshwater degradation,
freshwater ecosystem,
freshwater monitoring,
fresh water pollution,
freshwater resource,
pollution control,
pollution cost,
water pollution,
environmental conservation,
environmental impact,
environmental impact assessment,
environmental protection,
coast protection,
coastal area,
coastal ecosystem,
coastal environment,
coastal pollution,
coastal water,
marine conservation area,
marine ecosystem,
sea resource,
sea water protection,
coastal fishing,
coastal management,
river basin development,
river management,
water resources conservation,
water resources development,
transboundary pollution,
environmental pollution,
Ecosystem Management,
Environmental Governance, |
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| Online Access: | https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/8816
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