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The ecosystem approach to the management of oceans and their resources was consolidated in Agenda 21. Practical application of this approach is still in early stages of development by regional...

This publication presents a regional overview on land-based sources and activities affecting the marine, coastal and associated freshwater environment in the Wider Caribbean Region. The report...

Part I of this report assesses trends and developments in regional trade and investment flows and policies in an attempt to provide the insights and information necessary to separate the cyclical from...

The Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment Report (APTIR) is a major annual publication of the Trade, Investment and Innovation Division of United Nations ESCAP. It aims to deepen understanding of trends...

While the natural resources of this part of the Middle East have supported the coastal populations for thousands of years, the marine environment has recently been degraded as a result of a wide range...

The Global Programme of Action of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities was adopted in November 1995. The goal of this programme is to prevent the degradation of the marine environment...

This report aims to deepen understanding of trends and developments in trade, investment and regional integration in the Asia-Pacific region; emerging issues in trade, investment and trade...

This reference book covers whale distribution, behaviour and migration; highlighting the threats that small cetaceans are exposed to. With the exception of the sperm whale, all 72 species of toothed...

The FAO Trade Yearbook presents a compilation of statistical data on basic food and agricultural products for all countries and territories of the world. The Yearbook contains commodity trade tables...

Digital technologies are revolutionizing the landscape of international trade and investment. As digital trade gains momentum, disparities in readiness are accentuating pre-existing inequalities...

This report aims at deepening understanding of trends and developments in trade, investment and regional integration in the Asia-Pacific region. It looks at emerging issues in trade, investment and...

The FAO Production Yearbook presents a compilation of statistical data on basic agricultural products for all countries and territories of the world. The Yearbook includes data series on area, yield...

The Food and Agricultural Organizations (FAO) Yearbook of Fishery Statistics (2001), is a compilation of statistics on nominal catches of fish, crustaceans, mollusks and other aquatic animals...

This volume of The FAO Yearbook of Fishery Statistics: Aquaculture Production, includes summary tables and revisions for data on fish, crustaceans, mollusks and other aquatic animals and plants...

The Food and Agricultural Organizations (FAO) Yearbook of Fishery Statistics (2001), is a compilation of annual statistical data on production and foreign trade of fisheries commodities for all...

The FAO Trade Yearbook presents a compilation of statistical data on basic food and agricultural products for all countries and territories of the world. The Yearbook includes commodity trade tables...

When the economic crisis hit Asia and the Pacific in the course of 2008, exports and economic growth rates tumbled while unemployment rose sharply and results for 2009 look set to be even worse. The...

This publication aims at assisting the countries of the West and Central African region in their efforts to protect the marine environment and achieve sustainable development. It provides data and...

Coral Reefs are among the world’s richest and most spectacular ecosystems. Their contribution to marine biodiversity is enormous. More than one billion people in the tropics benefit directly from...

The Regional Seas Programme, launched in 1974 in the wake of the 1972 United Nations Conference on the Human Environment held in Stockholm, aims to address the accelerating degradation of the world’s...