Global International Waters Assessment: Indonesian Seas, GIWA Regional Assessment 57

Global International Waters Assessment: Indonesian Seas, GIWA Regional Assessment 57

This report presents the GIWA assessment of the Indonesian Seas region, which comprises some 18 000 islands, is geologically and topographically diverse, and lies at the global centre of tropical marine biodiversity. The region supports a rapidly growing coastal population, and has rapidly deteriorating marine ecosystems with the likely imminent collapse of many of its coral reef-associated and pelagic fish populations. Unsustainable exploitation of living resources has caused severe environmental and socio-economic impacts across much of the region, and the major transboundary influence of the live food fish and aquarium trades, particularly poison fishing using cyanide, are further discussed. The causal chain analysis discusses the root causes of destructive fishing practices by investigating the cause-effect pathways of the issue. Policy options are analysed in order to enhance the management and improve the environmental quality of the region’s aquatic environment.

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Main Author: United Nations Environment Programme, GEF, University of Kalmar, Sweden
Format: Reports and Books biblioteca
Language:English
Published: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), GEF, University of Kalmar, Sweden 2005
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,
Online Access:https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/8812
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Summary:This report presents the GIWA assessment of the Indonesian Seas region, which comprises some 18 000 islands, is geologically and topographically diverse, and lies at the global centre of tropical marine biodiversity. The region supports a rapidly growing coastal population, and has rapidly deteriorating marine ecosystems with the likely imminent collapse of many of its coral reef-associated and pelagic fish populations. Unsustainable exploitation of living resources has caused severe environmental and socio-economic impacts across much of the region, and the major transboundary influence of the live food fish and aquarium trades, particularly poison fishing using cyanide, are further discussed. The causal chain analysis discusses the root causes of destructive fishing practices by investigating the cause-effect pathways of the issue. Policy options are analysed in order to enhance the management and improve the environmental quality of the region’s aquatic environment.

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