New Partnerships Needed to Ensure Future of Marine Environments: UN
On World Oceans Day, UN Environment Programme Launches Guide to Ecosystem-based Management
Nairobi, 8 June 2011 – Declines in marine and coastal ecosystems due to human activities such as overfishing and pollution could be reversed if organisations, communities and other stakeholders adopt a more integrated approach to managing coastal environments. Closer partnerships between different marine users – such as fishing communities, the tourism industry and conservationists – can also help coastal communities become better prepared for natural disasters and the impacts of global warming, such ocean acidification and changes in sea levels. Read the full article
To download a copy of Taking Steps Toward Marine and Coastal Ecosystem-Based Management: An Introductory Guide,please visit: http://www.unep.org/pdf/EBM_Manual_r15_Final.pdf
UNEP Regional Seas Programme: http://www.unep.org/regionalseas/
For more information, please contact:
Nick Nuttall, UNEP Spokesperson / Head of Media on Tel. + 254 733 632755 or +41 79 596 57 37, e-mail: [email protected]