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Book
 | Coral Reef Protected Areas in International Instruments - by Bernard Salvat, Jessica Haapkylä and Muriel Schrimm
Consolidated list and standard-format description of coral reef sites which have protection under three instruments: natural sites under the World Heritage Convention, biosphere reserves under the MAB Programme and wetland sites under the Ramsar Convention. More |
| El Niño: Fact and Fiction - by Bruno Voituriez and Guy Jacques
Third volume in the IOC Ocean Forum Series, designed to make scientific knowledge on and understanding of the ocean-climate interface more accessible to the general public. More |
| Status of Coral Reefs of the World: 2002 - by by Clive Wilkinson
Book published by the Australian Institute of Marine Sciences on behalf of a range of institutions taking part in the International Coral Reef Initiative. Includes an introductory review of coral bleaching and mortality during the period 1998-2002, as well as overviews of the status of coral reefs in individual SIDS. More |
Documents
| Remote Sensing Handbook for Tropical Coastal Management - by
Guidance on the capabilities and cost-effectiveness of the most widely used sensors for a range of coastal management applications and step-by-step advice on how to achieve various management goals. Linked to the Handbook is a computer-based remote sensing distance-learning module: Applications of Satellite and Airborne Image Data to Coastal Management.More |
| 'Ocean & Coastal Management' Special Issue on ICM Indicators - by
Double-issue of the journal Ocean & Coastal Management (Volume 46, Issues 3-4, pages 221-390, 2003), with twelve papers devoted to the role of indicators in integrated coastal management (ICM). Based on presentations at workshop cosponsored by IOC and the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans (Ottawa, 29 April-2 May 2002).More |
| Poverty and Reefs : A World of Science - by
Four-page overview in UNESCO’s Natural Science Quarterly Newsletter of a recently published (late 2003) study of poverty and sustainable-livelihood issues affecting coral reef-dependent communities in the Indian Ocean region.More |
| Coastal Land Tenure: A Small-Islands' Perspective - by Gillian Cambers, Annette Muehlig-Hofmann and Dirk Troost
Drawing on case studies from Barbados, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Seychelles and Thailand, wise practice agreements are proposed as a way of reducing conflicts in access and use rights.More |
| IOC Manual and Guides Series - by
Several numbers deal with coastal regions, including a methodological guide to integrated coastal zone management (No. 36, 1997, and No. 42, 2001), guidelines for vulnerability mapping of coastal zones in the Indian Ocean (No. 38, 2000), guidelines for the study of shoreline change in the Western Indian Ocean region (No .40, 2000).More |
|  Poverty and Reefs - by E. Whittingham, J. Campbell and P. Townsley
Two-part report published by UNESCO-IOC, the UK’s Department of International Development (DFID) and IMM Ltd. Combines a global review of existing literature on coral reefs and poverty with case studies from reef locations in South Asia (Gulf of Mannar, South Andaman Island, Lakshadweep) and East Africa (northern Mozambique).More |
| Wise Practices for Coping With Beach Erosion - by
Series of ten illustrated coloured booklets on shoreline change in Caribbean islands, with individual booklets on Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda , Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, Nevis, St Kitts, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Turks and Caicos Islands.More |
Projects
| Benthic Indicators |
| IOC study group established in 1999. Developing health indicators of coastal benthic communities, including combining datasets on coastal benthos and environmental conditions from different coastal regions into a global database. >> More
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| Caribbean Coastal Marine Productivity Programme (CARICOMP) |
| Network of 29 sites in 22 countries and territories, for determining the factors that regulate productivity of three main coastal ecosystems in the Caribbean (mangroves, seagrasses, coral reefs) and assessing the nature and influence of land-sea interactions. >> More
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| Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN): South Asia Node |
| Five-year project funded by UK's Department of International Development (DFID) and executed by IOC, in India, Maldives and Sri Lanka, focusing on the development of capacity among national and regional counterparts to develop and implement coral reef monitoring and management programmes. >> More
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| Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB) |
| IOC programme which fosters the effective management of, and scientific research on, harmful algal blooms, in order to understand their causes, predict their occurrences and mitigate their effects. >> More
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| Managing Beach Resources and Planning for Coastline Change in the Caribbean |
| Feedback-driven, long-term initiative (started 1985), known locally by an old acronym (COSALC), which includes beach monitoring in 13 countries/territories, development of a generic methodology, training in environmental video production and broadcasting, and educating schoolchildren in the use of scientific monitoring and wise management of beach resources. >> More
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| Ocean Carbon |
| Joint Advisory Panel of IOC and ICSU's Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR), promoting observations needed for understanding and monitoring the role of oceans in the global carbon cycle. Current work includes maintaining a watching brief on carbon sequestration and promoting ocean carbon modelling. >> More
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| Performance of Exclusive Economic Zones (PEEZ) |
| One of the ‘flagship activities’ of Institutional Dimensions of Global Environmental Change (IDGEC), itself one of the core projects of the International Human Dimensions Programme of Global Environmental Change (IHDP). PEEZ symposia include that on the sustainable use of national EEZs in the seas of the Asia-Pacific region, held in Bali in June 2002. >> More
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| Sandwatch |
| Project involving ASPnet's Caribbean Sea Project and CSI, which seeks to train students in the scientific monitoring of all aspects of beaches, and using the information together with local communities to enhance local beaches and reduce the level of pollution in the Caribbean Sea, established in 16 Caribbean countries. >> More
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| Small Islands Voice |
| Encouraging the involvement of the general public as a driving force for island development. Inter-regional initiative, launched in early 2002, with pilot activities in the Caribbean (St Kitts and Nevis, St Vincent and the Grenadines, San Andres Archipelago), Indian Ocean (Seychelles) and Pacific (Cook Islands, Palau). >> More
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Websites
| IOCARIBE: IOC Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions
Issues addressed include Caribbean planning for adaptation to climate change, visual surveys of humpback whales, and monitoring, assessment and sustainable management of the large marine ecosystem of the Caribbean and adjacent regions.
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| IOCEA: IOC Regional Committee for the Central Eastern Atlantic Ocean
Activities include collaborative work on marine and coastal pollution and on ocean dynamics and impacts on coastal processes.
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| IOCINCWIO: IOC Regional Committee for the Cooperative Investigation in the North and Central Western Indian Ocean
. Topics addressed in recent publications and training courses include potentially harmful microalgae and developing skills for coastal management.
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| IOCINDIO: IOC Regional Committee for the Central Indian Ocean
Responsible for the coordination and supervision of the scientific and service activities of the IOC in the Central Indian Ocean.
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| Oceana
International non-profit organization dedicated to protecting and restoring the world’s oceans, through public policy advocacy, science and economics, legal action, grassroots mobilization and public education. Includes an international scientific advisory committee and networks of activists in 150 countries. Recent publications include ‘Oceans at risk’.
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| SeaWeb
Washington D.C.-based initiative to raise awareness of the world ocean and the life within it, providing information and opinion from a broad spectrum of sources. Projects and activities include an aquaculture clearing house, a briefing book on oceans, a monthly newsletter on marine and coastal environments and wildlife, and a listing of ocean-related web-sites.
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| UNEP’s Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities (GPA).
Web-site of the UNEP-GPA Coordination Office in The Hague (Netherlands).
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| WESTPAC: IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific
Formally established in 1989, promotes and coordinates programmes that demonstrate and enhance the value of marine scientific research and systematic observations of the ocean in resolving the needs of society as expressed and agreed upon by 20 Member States.
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Events
| Ocean Margin
(Paris 15-09-2003 - 17-09-2003)
European Commission-UNESCO sponsored conference, aimed at enhancing knowledge about the functioning of ocean margin ecosystems. More |
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