The
oceans cover three quarters of the world’s surface, but we have only
just begun to comprehend the full significance of their ability to sustain
both humans and the natural environment. It is increasingly clear that the
marine environment plays a central role in supporting sustainable
development, especially once we begin to identify the many areas which
interact with the oceans and seas. This complex mix of coastal and marine
interaction calls for a substantial increase in policies, resources and
initiatives in order to better understand and enhance these systems. This paper concentrates
principally on two key areas:
- Unsustainable fisheries
- Marine pollution and degradation
The paper seeks to chart current approaches
for sustainably protecting and managing
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Coral
reefs
Fisheries
Protected
areas
Traditional
knowledge
WSSD
Organisations
Academic
Institutes and Information Resources
Business
International
agencies
Regional
agencies
Local
authorities
Media
Trade
Unions
Women
NGOs
Youth
Key
International Agreements and Conventions
ISSUES
Coral
reefs
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Status
of Coral Reefs of the World: 2000. Australian Institute of Marine
Science, Townsville, 363 pp. Wilkinson, C.R. (ed. 2000) http://www.reefbase.org
and http://www.aims.gov.au
Fisheries
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Fishing
for the Future. Governance for a Sustainable Future. Chapter 2.WHAT
(2000) http://www.earthsummit2002.org/governance
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The
state of the world’s fisheries and aquaculture. What can we do about
the Coming Food Crisis in the 21st Century?
FAO (2000) http://www.fao.org/sof/sofia/index_en.htm
Protected
areas
Traditional
knowledge
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Indigenous
Fishers’ Knowledge: Ownership, Predicaments and research. Isamu, T.
(2002) Communication from Wise Coastal Practices for
Sustainable Human Development. 15th January
2002. http://www.csiwisepractices.org
enter USERNAME: csi and
PASSWORD: wise
WSSD
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Coverage
of the Global Conference on Oceans and Coasts at
Rio+10: Assessing Progress, Addressing Continuing and New Challenges,
3-7 DECEMBER 2001 IISD (2001) SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTS. IISD Volume
68, Number 01 2001. http://www.iisd.ca/linkages/sd/ocrio+10/
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Global
Conference on Oceans and Coasts at Rio+10 http://www.udel.edu/CMS/csmp/rio+10/
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ORGANISATIONS
Academic
Institutes and information resources
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The Center for the
Study of Marine Policy (CSMP) http://www.udel.edu/CMS/csmp
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ICLARM - The World
Fish Centre http://www.iclarm.org/
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International Ocean
Institute http://www.ioinst.org/aboutioi.htm
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International
geosphere Biosphere programme http://www.igbp.kva.se/cgi-bin/php/frameset.php
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Marine and Environmental Law Programme,
Dalhousie Law School, Dalhousie University,Canada http://www.dal.ca/~wwwlaw/melp/index.html
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Reef base - provides
access to data and information on coral reefs and associated shallow
tropical habitats http://www.reefbase.org/
Business
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The
Maritime Group: a marine publishing group, serving
over 50,000 readers worldwide http://www.marinelink.com/
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Marine
transport http://logistics.about.com/cs/maritimeocean/index.htm
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Professional
Association of Diving Instructors http://www.padi.com/
International
agencies
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Food
and Agricultural Organisation Fisheries Global Information System http://www.fao.org/fi/default.asp
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UNDP
Strategic Initiative for Ocean and Coastal Management http://www.sdnp.undp.org/siocam/
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UNEP
Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine
Environment from Land Based Activities http://www.gpa.unep.org/seas/seas.htm
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UNEP
World Conservation Monitoring Centre: Marine habitats http://www.unep-wcmc.org/habitats/marine.htm
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IOC-UNESCO
GOOS: http://www.ioc.unesco.org/goos
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Intergovernmental
Oceanographic Commission (IOC) http://www.ioc.unesco.org/iocweb/
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International
Maritime Organisation http://www.imo.org/index.htm (including
conventions London, MARPOL etc)
Regional
agencies
- UNEP Regional Seas Programme http://www.unep.ch/seas
- PERSGA "The Regional Organisation
for the Conservation of the Environment of the Red Sea and Gulf of
Aden" http://www.persga.org/
Local
Authorities
Media
Trade
Unions
Women
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Women’s
Environment and Development Organization (WEDO):
www.wedo.org
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Women
exploring the ocean http://www.womenoceanographers.org/
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Women
fish traders http://www.ifad.org/gender/learning/sector/agriculture/26.htm
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Gender
and food security: fisheries http://www.fao.org/Gender/en/fish-e.htm
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Telefood
fund - fisheries project http://www.fao.org/food/tf2001/burkin-e.htm
NGOs
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Centre for Marine
Conservation http://www.cmc-ocean.org
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Climate Action
Network http://www.climatenetwork.org/
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Coral Cay
Conservation http://www.coralcay.org
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The Cousteau Society
http://www.cousteau.org/
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Earthwatch http://www.earthwatch.org/
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Global Coral Reef
Monitoring Network http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/gcrmn/
and http://www.reefcheck.org/
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Greenpeace - Ship
activities http://www.greenpeace.org/ships.shtml
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IUCN
- http://www.iucn.org
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The Marine
Stewardship Council http://www.msc.org/
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Ocean Futures http://www.oceanfutures.org
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Seaweb http://www.seaweb.org
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WWF
http://www.panda.org
Youth
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Key
International Agreements and Conventions
- Convention on Biological
Diversity, including the Jakarta Mandate on the conservation and
Sustainable Use of Marine and Coastal biodiversity
and the Biosaftey Protocol http://www.cbd.org
- Convention against the Illegal Trade of
Endangered Species (CITES) http://www.cites.org
- Convention on Migratory Species http://www.cms.org
- Convention concerning the Protection of
the World’s Cultural and Natural Heritage (World Heritage
Convention) http://www.unesco.org/whc/
- Convention for the Protection of
Underwater Heritage http://www.unesco.org/culture/legalprotection/water/html_eng/convention.shtml
- Framework Convention on Climate Change,
including the Kyoto Protocol http://www.fccc.int
- International Convention for the
Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol
of 1978 relating thereto (MARPOL 73/78) http://www.imo.org/Conventions/mainframe.asp?topic_id=260
- RAMSAR Wetlands Convention http://www.ramsar.org
- UNCED (1992) Chapter 17 and Rio
Principles, 4th and 7 th Sessions
of the UN CSD http://www.un.org/esa/susdev
- UNCLOS (1994) a framework for all
other marine related agreements, including the Agreement on Straddling
and Highly Migratory Fish stocks http://www.un.org/Depts/los/index.htm
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