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Official Records of the Report of the Economic and Social Council for 2002, General Assembly Official Records, Fifty-seventh session.


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...

Official Records of the Report of the Economic and Social Council for 2009, General Assembly Official Records, Sixty-fourth session.


Official Records of the Economic and Social Council for 2010, General Assembly Official Records, Sixty-fifth session.


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...

Official Records of the Report of the Economic and Social Council for 2015, General Assembly Official Records, Seventieth Session.


Official Records of the Report of the Economic and Social Council for 2014, General Assembly Official Records, Sixty-ninth session.


Official Records of the Report of the Economic and Social Council for 2011, General Assembly Official Records, Sixty-sixth session.


Official Records of the Report of the Economic and Social Council for 2012, General Assembly Official Records, Sixty-seventh session.

Official Records of the Report of the Economic and Social Council for 2013, General Assembly Official Records, Sixty-eighth session.

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 is the annual report of the Economic and Social Council submitted to the General Assembly on its 2016 session.

This is the annual report submitted to the General Assembly by the Economic and Social Council on its 2017 session.

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...

This is the annual report submitted to the General Assembly by the Economic and Social Council on its 2019 session.

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...

This publication provides an overview of activities affecting the Marine, coastal and freshwater environment in the Pacific Islands region. It identifies and assesses the problems related to each...