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Taking steps toward marine and coastal ecosystem based management - An introductory guide by UNEP

This guide by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) seeks to assist countries and communities to take steps towards making marine and coastal ecosystem-based management operational, from strategic planning to on-site implementation. An important aim of this guide is to facilitate the implementation of UNEP’s overarching Ecosystem Management Programme and new Marine and Coastal Strategy in countries and regions in line with its Medium Term Strategy 2010-13.Read More

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Content Type: Research
Category: Agriculture, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Coastal Ecosystems, Conflicts, Conservation, Dredging, Drinking Water, Ecosystems, Environment, Equity, Erosion, Estuaries, Eutrophication, Fishing, Food Security, Food Web, Freshwater, Governance, Health, Hurricanes, Hydrology, LIvelihoods, Mangroves, Marine Coastal Ecosystems, Marine Pollution, Mining, Poverty, Public Private Partnership (PPP), Sea, Storms, Sustainability, Trawling, Tsunami, Watershed Management, Wetlands
Associated People / Organizations: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Helsinki Commission (Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission) (HELCOM), Integrating Watershed and Coastal Areas Management Project (IWCAM), International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), International Maritime Organization (IMO), International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), United Nations Educational, United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)
Author: Tundi Agardy, Ole Vestergaard, Kristin Sherwood, John Davis
Source: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Location / Time: 2011
Difficulty Level: Intermediate

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