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Governance: Coastal Communities
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International pacts: a powerful tool for sharing resources
 
By their nature, marine systems frequently extend beyond political borders and ocean problems usually involve more than one dimension and more than one source. International law, particularly the formulation of legal agreements between nations with commonly shared resources, therefore can provide a powerful tool for regulating access to those resources and for controlling activities with potentially destructive impacts on the environment.
 
Several international agreements and a series of regional and national agreements are directly relevant to the conservation of marine biodiversity. These include agreements to regulate pollution resulting from maritime activity, control trade in endangered marine species, curb the hunting of endangered whales, protect coastal sites of universal value, trace the effects of climate change on marine ecosystems, and deal with pollution from land-based activities.
 
The United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) Regional Seas Programme at present includes 14 regions and has over 140 participating coastal States and Territories. In addition, three non-UNEP regional seas (Arctic, OSPAR for the North-East Atlantic, and HELCOM for the Baltic) are independent partners of the Regional Seas Programme. All these programmes are conceived as action-oriented. They are concerned not only with the consequences but also with the causes of environmental degradation. They promote comprehensive approaches to combating such problems through sound management of marine and coastal areas. Each regional action plan is formulated according to the needs of the region as perceived by the Governments concerned. The action plans promote the parallel development of regional legal framework agreements and of action-oriented programme activities.   See More...
 
 
 
 
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Websites
Website on FAO's Special Programme for Food Security Special Programme for Food Security Website on FAO's Special Programme for Food Security Editor's ChoiceEditor's Choice
three-year sustainable coastal and marine resources program that will combine global marine issues with a focus on people and fishing communities WRI launches new marine strategy three-year sustainable coastal and marine resources program that will combine g...  
Documents
Good practices in the formulation, design, and implementation of ICM Initiatives. (Extracts; Source: IWICM, 1996) Good practices in the formulation, design, and implementation of ICM Initiatives Good practices in the formulation, design, and implementation of ICM Initiative...  
Land and Sea Management Strategy for Torres Strait Torres Strait Regional Authority Management Strategy Land and Sea Management Strategy for Torres Strait 
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An overview of sustainable resource methods used by traditional peoples. Sustainable use of wildlife by Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders An overview of sustainable resource methods used by traditional peoples....  
Multimedia
A film in DVD-VIDEO CD format recently produced by ICSF looks at turtle conservation efforts along the Orissa coast and examines in parallel the situation of artisanal fish workers in turtle conservation areas. The Right to Survive: Turtle conservation and Fisheries livelihoods A film in DVD-VIDEO CD format recently produced by ICSF looks at turtle conserv...  
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