Cleaning Up the Seas. UNEP Environment Brief No. 5.

Institution	United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi (Kenya).
Titel	Cleaning Up the Seas. UNEP Environment Brief No. 5.
Quelle	(1987), (9 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Conservation (Environment); Ecological Factors; Environmental Education; Global Approach; International Cooperation; International Organizations; Marine Biology; Marine Education; Oceanography; Science and Society; Waste Disposal; Water Pollution; Water Resources; Wildlife + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Conservation; Environment; Konservierung; Bewahung; Umwelt; Ökologischer Ansatz; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Globales Denken; Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; International organisation; International organisations; International organization; Internationale Organisation; Meeresbiologie; Ozeanografie; Garbage removal; Abfallentsorgung; Entsorgung; Gewässerverschmutzung; Wasserressourcen
Abstract	While the open oceans remain relatively unpolluted, many coastal areas are suffering from oil, sewage, industrial wastes, and agricultural run-off. This document presents some of the key facts related to these kinds of water pollution. It focuses on the major sources of contamination in the world's seas, and provides an overview of how these pollutants reach the oceans. A major portion of the brief summarizes what the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is doing, beginning with the UN Conference on the Human Environment in 1972, and focusing on the development of regional action plans. It discusses the ocean monitoring activities of several international organizations and describes some of the actions taken to protect marine mammals. The document also provides a status report of the ten regional seas programs now in existence through UNEP. These programs focus upon: (1) the Mediterranean; (2) the Kuwait region; (3) the Wider Caribbean; (4) West and Central Africa; (5) Eastern Africa; (6) East Asia; (7) the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden; (8) the South Pacific; (9) the South-east Pacific; and (10) South Asia. (TW)
Anmerkungen	United Nations Environment Programme, P.O. Box 30552, Nairobi, Kenya.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC