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| | This Worldview of the UN Atlas of the Oceans presents material by geographic areas. |  | | | | Geographic search | | | The interactive world map allows a geographic search of all topics and knowledge objects in the UN Atlas. Geographic areas have been developed using the AGROVOC Thesaurus, published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), as a global standard.
Click here to access the interactive search map. | | | | Boundaries and names shown and the designations used on the map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. | | | | Maps | | | Maps, Statistics and Databases offers an entry point to all maps currently available from the UN Atlas. Following the links below, the user can directly access maps on particular topics and external collections of maps related to the oceans.
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| | | Title | Global Map of Human Impacts on Marine Ecosystems
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| | Description | The sea represents the last major scientific frontier on planet earth - a place where expeditions continue to discover not only new species, but even new phyla. The role of these species in the ecosystem, where they sit in the tree of life, and how they respond to environmental changes really do constitute mysteries of the deep. Despite technological advances that now allow people to access, exploit or affect nearly all parts of the ocean, we still understand very little of the ocean's biodiversity and how it is changing under our influence. The goal of the research presented here is to estimate and visualize, for the first time, the global impact humans are having on the ocean's ecosystems. Scientists from 6 academic institutions and 6 non-governmental or government organizations contributed to this project. | | Keywords |  HUMAN IMPACTS; OCEAN ECOSYSTEMS | |
| Content Language(s) | English | | Web Address (URL) | http://globalmarine.nceas.ucsb.edu/ | |
| Type of Website | Thematic website | | Contact | | | Email |  | |
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| Access Rights | National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis | | Part Of | University of California, Santa Barbara | | Related to Topics | GEOGRAPHY
(geography); Ecosystems
(2385); Environmental impacts of fishing
(figis12273); Pollution and Degradation
(438); Sustainable Development
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979 Topics - 5275 Related Knowledge - 11277 Members - 48 Editors |
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