UN officials push for creation of monitoring system for marine environment
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31 Aug 2009 - 18 Jan 2016
Significant gaps exist in the understanding and management of the complex processes and trends at work in the world's oceans and seas, which cover 70 per cent of the Earth's surface, warned senior United Nations officials today as they urged governments to approve expert recommendations establishing a system that plugs the holes.
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