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Ocean Acidification
The chemistry of the world’s oceans is changing. Ocean acidity is creeping upward, a result of rising atmospheric carbon dioxide. The added carbon dioxide depletes seawater of carbonate, a chemical constituent of minerals that form the shells and structures of animals including corals, molluscs, plankton, and others. The accelerating impacts are expected to reverberate through the marine food web. Most people are unaware of ocean acidification and its expected impacts. This lesson will educate policy makers and university students about its causes and consequences. The lesson explains the chem ...
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Published by: The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research ; 2016
The chemistry of the world’s oceans is changing. Ocean acidity is creeping upward, a result of rising atmospheric carbon dioxide. The added carbon dioxide depletes seawater of carbonate, a chemical constituent of minerals that form the shells and structures of animals including corals, molluscs, plankton, and others. The accelerating impacts are expected to reverberate through the marine food web. Most people are unaware of ocean acidification and its expected impacts. This lesson will educate policy makers and university students about its causes and consequences. The lesson explains the chemistry and examines ecosystem impacts. A review of the historic and geologic record provides context for today’s observations and future projections of a high-CO2 world.
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Format: Digital (Standard Copyright)Tags: Climate ; Climate change ; Marine meteorology ; Climate services ; Coral ; Lesson/ Tutorial ; Competencies for Provision of Climate Services ; Marine Weather Forecasters
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Understanding Marine Customers, 2nd Edition
Understanding Marine Customers, 2nd edition, introduces the different marine forecast customers and discusses what forecast information they need to know and why they need to know it. A better understanding of the needs of the marine forecast customer will lead to better daily forecasts. The 2nd edition expands upon marine customer base to include more nearshore users, such as beachgoers, surfers, and sea kayakers.
Available online: https://www.meted.ucar.edu/training_module.php?id=1121
Published by: The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research ; 2015
Understanding Marine Customers, 2nd edition, introduces the different marine forecast customers and discusses what forecast information they need to know and why they need to know it. A better understanding of the needs of the marine forecast customer will lead to better daily forecasts. The 2nd edition expands upon marine customer base to include more nearshore users, such as beachgoers, surfers, and sea kayakers.
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Format: Digital (Standard Copyright)Tags: Marine meteorology ; Fishing ; Lesson/ Tutorial ; Marine Weather Forecasters
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L'accumulation inquiétante des polluants dans l'Arctique: In lemonde.fr
2012S'il est vrai, comme le pense l'ex-première ministre norvégienne Gro Harlem Brundtland, que "les régions polaires demeurent celles du monde sur lesquelles on a le moins de connaissances", les travaux présentés du 22 au 27 avril à Montréal, lors de la conférence de l'Année polaire internationale 2012, ont permis de mesurer les avancées scientifiques réalisées.
C'est particulièrement le cas pour les études concernant la présence en Arctique de métaux - comme le mercure - et de polluants organiques persistants (POP), dont les impacts sur la santé et l'environnement sont très nocif ...
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Available online: http://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/2012/04/27/l-accumulation-inquietante-des- [...]
S'il est vrai, comme le pense l'ex-première ministre norvégienne Gro Harlem Brundtland, que "les régions polaires demeurent celles du monde sur lesquelles on a le moins de connaissances", les travaux présentés du 22 au 27 avril à Montréal, lors de la conférence de l'Année polaire internationale 2012, ont permis de mesurer les avancées scientifiques réalisées.
C'est particulièrement le cas pour les études concernant la présence en Arctique de métaux - comme le mercure - et de polluants organiques persistants (POP), dont les impacts sur la santé et l'environnement sont très nocifs.
Même si, en Arctique, les niveaux de mercure et de certains POP sont stables ou en baisse dans l'atmosphère depuis une vingtaine d'années, ils s'accumulent de plus en plus, à la faveur du réchauffement climatique, dans les plantes et les animaux, comme les poissons, les bélugas, les phoques et les ours polaires.Language(s): French
Format: Digital (Free)Tags: Environment and landscape ; Water pollution ; Pollution ; Wildlife ; Arctic ; Arctic Ocean
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Training package on natural hazards and early warning for training of trainers’ in Kenya
UN/ISDR, 2012The overall aim of the training package is to increase awareness on natural hazards and disaster risk reduction (DRR) to key stakeholders with knowledge on disaster management to empower the actors to support their organizations in developing disaster resilient programs and projects.
This training manual is for use in DRR training aimed at building the capacity of sub-national government officials, NGOs, academia and other actors responsible for delivering, implementing, planning, researching or coordinating programs/policies and projects by raising awareness on DRR issues. The ...
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United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
Published by: UN/ISDR ; 2012The overall aim of the training package is to increase awareness on natural hazards and disaster risk reduction (DRR) to key stakeholders with knowledge on disaster management to empower the actors to support their organizations in developing disaster resilient programs and projects.
This training manual is for use in DRR training aimed at building the capacity of sub-national government officials, NGOs, academia and other actors responsible for delivering, implementing, planning, researching or coordinating programs/policies and projects by raising awareness on DRR issues. The knowledge shared through this toolkit will help participants increase their knowledge of preparedness, response, recovery, rehabilitation and development projects programs that incorporate DRR concerns.
At the same time, the package also aims at raising awareness of DRR practitioners on various hazards in Kenya, their potential impacts, temporal and spatial distribution and possible mitigation measures.Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free)Tags: Capacity development ; Early warning systems ; Disaster Risk Management (DRM) ; Drought ; Earthquake ; Flood ; Landslide ; Tsunami ; Wildlife ; Kenya
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Coastal Climate Change
As climate changes, dynamic coastal regions are experiencing a wide range of impacts. Sea levels, ocean acidification, sea surface temperatures, ocean heat, and ocean circulation have all been changing in ways unseen for thousands of years. Arctic sea ice melted significantly more during summers in the last 30 years, and storms are intensifying. Coastal ecosystems stand to be damaged, and coasts will likely erode from rising sea levels, intensified storm surges, and flooding that climate change may amplify. Coastal communities will need to prepare adaptation strategies to cope, and many who li ...
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Published by: The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research ; 2011
As climate changes, dynamic coastal regions are experiencing a wide range of impacts. Sea levels, ocean acidification, sea surface temperatures, ocean heat, and ocean circulation have all been changing in ways unseen for thousands of years. Arctic sea ice melted significantly more during summers in the last 30 years, and storms are intensifying. Coastal ecosystems stand to be damaged, and coasts will likely erode from rising sea levels, intensified storm surges, and flooding that climate change may amplify. Coastal communities will need to prepare adaptation strategies to cope, and many who live or work in coastal regions are wondering what climate change might mean for them. This module provides an overview of the impacts coastal regions are experiencing and may continue to experience as a result of Earth’s changing climate. A video series within the module demonstrates effective strategies for communicating climate science.
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Format: Digital (Standard Copyright)Tags: Climate change ; Adaptation ; Global warming ; Water management ; Storm surge ; Sea ice ; Erosion ; Climate services ; Fisheries ; Lesson/ Tutorial ; Competencies for Provision of Climate Services
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How trees and people can co-adapt to climate change : reducing vulnerability in multifunctional landscapes
In this section we provide a more in-depth look at the role trees play in the provision of goods and services in multifunctional landscapes. Tree growth is, however, vulnerable to climate variability, depending on the physiological properties of the tree and characteristics of the site. A further quantification of climate variability and climate change is needed to advise on what types of trees can be grown where, to be ready for the likely local climate-change during their lifetime. This leads to a discussion of the two-way relationship between climate change adaptation and rewards for enviro ...
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Reefs at Risk Revisited | World Resources Institute
This report provides a detailed assessment of the status of and threats to the world’s coral reefs. It evaluates threats to coral reefs from a wide range of human activities, and includes an assessment of climate-related threats to reefs. It also contains a global assessment of the vulnerability of nations and territories to coral reef degradation.
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2010/No. 3/4 - December 2010 - Global framework for climate services at COP 16
is an issue of MeteoWorld. WMO, 2010Contains:
- Global framework for climate services at COP 16
- Record greenhouse gas levels
- Ozone: two-way link with climate change
- More coral reefs under threat from climate change
- UN Secretary-General at MeteoWorld
- Working with farmers
- Haiti update
- Latest weather and climate terms online
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Growth pattern of a common feather moss, Hylocomium splendens, from contrasting water regimes in a high Arctic tundra
Antarctic Record, Vol. 54, No. 2. Ueno Takeshi; Kanda Hiroshi - Scholarly and Academic Information Navigator (CiNii), 2010Hylocomium splendens, a widespread feather moss, is one of the major plant species found in high-Arctic tundra. It occupies a variety of habitats ranging from exposed dry ground to swampy areas. To clarify the effect of the water regime on the growth pattern of H. splendens, the shoot morphology of H. splendens growing in contrasting water regimes, i.e. hydric, mesic and xeric sites, was investigated using retrospective analyses of growth. The derived growth parameters for H. splendens differed considerably among the sites. The growing period at the hydric, mesic and xeric sites was 1 year, 2 ...
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2010/No. 2 - April 2010 - African Ministers resolve to strengthen meteorological and hydrological services
is an issue of MeteoWorld. WMO, 2010Contains:
- African Ministers resolve to strengthen meteorological and hydrological services
- Building a new GCOS Reference Upper-Air Network
- World Meteorological Day
- Trinidad and Tobago Commissions High Tech Radar
- Volcanic ash
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IUCN/NRDC Workshop to Identify Areas of Ecological and Biological Significance or Vulnerability in the Arctic Marine Environment : Workshop Report
Human activity is expanding in the Arctic marine environment, in part due to warming ocean temperatures and the dramatic loss of summer sea ice. New and expanding human uses include fishing, shipping and offshore oil and gas development. All have the potential to place major additional stress on ocean ecosystems which are already undergoing profound change related to warming, sea ice loss, and alterations in ocean chemistry.
Because activities conducted in one nation's waters can affect other parts of the region, effective management of some human uses in the Arctic marine environmen ...
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Why monitor the Arctic Ocean? Services to society from a sustained ocean observing system
Bates Peter; Alverson Keith; Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC); et al. - UNESCO, 2010Never has accurate information been more important, yet at
present we know very little about the Arctic Ocean. Critical physical processes are poorly understood, ecosystems remain unstudied and undiscovered, and indigenous voices go unheard. This lack of knowledge thwarts efforts to detect, predict or manage the interrelated physical, biological and social impacts of climate change, making sustainable development almost impossible. A coordinated observing system must therefore be
created for the Arctic Ocean and its coasts, to provide baseline data and ensure sustained monitor ...
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The status and distribution of freshwater biodiversity in the Eastern Himalaya
IUCN, 2010Biodiversity within inland water ecosystems in the Eastern Himalaya region is both highly diverse and of great regional importance to livelihoods and economies. However, development activities are not always compatible with the conservation of this diversity, and the ecosystem requirements of biodiversity are frequently not considered in the development planning process. One of the main reasons cited for inadequate representation of biodiversity is a lack of readily available information on the status and distribution of inland water taxa. In response to this need for information, the IUCN Spe ...
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Climate, Carbon and Coral Reefs
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) - WMO, 2010 (WMO-No. 1063)This brochure summarizes the CO2 threat to coral reefs, the science supporting projections and the solutions that are needed to prevent the loss of one of the world’s natural wonders.
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Для чего необходим мониторинг северного Ледовитого океана?
Bates Peter; Alverson Keith; Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC); et al. - UNESCO, 2010
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Pourquoi surveiller l'océan Arctique? Services fournis à la société par un système permanent d'observation de l'océan
Bates Peter; Alverson Keith; Commission Océanographique Intergouvernementale (COI); et al. - UNESCO, 2010Jamais l’exactitude de l’information n’a été plus importante
qu’aujourd’hui et pourtant, nous savons encore très peu de choses sur l’océan Arctique. Certains processus physiques essentiels sont mal connus, des écosystèmes ne sont pas étudiés– ou pas découverts – et les voix autochtones demeurent ignorées. Ce manque de connaissances nuit aux initiatives visant à identifier, prédire ou gérer les conséquences physiques, biologiques et sociales – qui sont liées entre elles– du changement climatique, ce qui rend le développement
durable pratiquement impossible. Il est donc nécessair ...
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Blue Carbon : The Role of Healthy Oceans in Binding Carbon
This report explores the potential for mitigating the impacts of climate change by improved management and protection of marine ecosystems and especially the vegetated coastal habitat, or blue carbon sinks. The objective of this report is to highlight the critical role of the oceans and ocean ecosystems in maintaining our climate and in assisting policy makers to mainstream an oceans agenda into national and international climate change initiatives. While emissions’ reductions are currently at the centre of the climate change discussions, the critical role of the oceans and ocean ecosystems ha ...
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Report of the Workshop on Vulnerable Ecosystems and Destructive Fishing in Deep-sea Fisheries
FAO, 2008 (FAO Fisheries Report-No. 829)The FAO Workshop on Vulnerable Ecosystems and Destructive Fishing in Deep-sea Fisheries reviewed available information on national, institutional and personal experiences in relation to this issue. Relevant ecological considerations were reviewed and suggestions as how to consider these issues in terms of International Guidelines for the Management of Deep-sea Fisheries in the High Seas were discussed and documented.
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Report of the Workshop on Data and Knowledge in Deep-sea Fisheries in the High Seas
FAO, 2008 (FAO Fisheries Report-No. 860)This document contains the report of the Workshop on Data and Knowledge in Deep-sea Fisheries in the High Seas held in Rome from 5 to 7 November 2007. The Workshop was convened to review an initial draft of the International Guidelines as called for by the FAO Committee on Fisheries at its twenty-seventh session in 2007. This expert consultation was preceded by the Expert Consultation on Deep-sea Fisheries in the High Seas, (...)
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Report of the Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization and FAO National Stakeholders' Workshops on Fishing Effort and Capacity on Lake Victoria (2006) : Mwanza, United Republic of Tanzania, 9–10 October 2006, Kisumu, Republic of Kenya, 12-13 October 2006, Mukono, Republic of Uganda, 17-18 October 2006.
FAO, 2008 (FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Report-No. 817)The Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization (LVFO) and FAO National Stakeholders’ Workshops on Fishing Effort and Capacity on Lake Victoria (2006) were held to: (i) develop a shared understanding amongst participants regarding the LVFO Regional Plan of Action for the Management of Fishing Capacity in Lake Victoria and its Basin (LVFO RPOA-Capacity) and the use of rights-based management approaches as a vehicle for ensuring the (...)
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Report of the Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization and FAO Regional Stakeholders’ Workshop on Fishing Effort and Capacity on Lake Victoria. Mukono, Republic of Uganda, 8 November 2006
FAO, 2008 (FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Report-No. 818)The Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization (LVFO) and FAO National Stakeholders’ Workshop on Fishing Effort and Capacity on Lake Victoria was held in Mukono, Republic of Uganda on 8 November 2006. The main objectives of the workshop were to share and include the national stakeholders’ perspectives and concerns that had been provided by national stakeholders at national workshops in the respective Partner States regarding the (...)
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Report of the FAO Expert Workshop on Climate Change Implications for Fisheries and Aquaculture
FAO, 2008 (FAO Fisheries Report-No. 870)This report includes an overview of the presentations and discussions held during the Expert Workshop and presents the conclusions and recommendations agreed upon by participants. Three background documents commissioned by FAO formed the basis for the technical discussions. The authors of those papers, Neil Adger, Marie-Caroline Badjeck, Manuel Barange, Katrina Brown, Tim Daw, Sena De Silva, Doris Soto and Ian Perry, are thanked for their valuable contributions to the Workshop.
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Report of the Expert Consultation on International Guidelines for the Management of Deepsea Fisheries in the High Seas
FAO, 2008 (FAO Fisheries Report-No. 855)The FAO Workshop on Vulnerable Ecosystems and Destructive Fishing in Deep-sea Fisheries reviewed available information on national, institutional and personal experiences in relation to this issue. Relevant ecological considerations were reviewed and suggestions as how to consider these issues in terms of International Guidelines for the Management of Deep-sea Fisheries in the High Seas were discussed and documented.
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Report of the Expert Consultation on Improving Planning and Policy Development in Aquaculture
FAO, 2008 (FAO Fisheries Report-No. 858)The Expert Consultation was convened by FAO upon recommendation of the twenty-seventh session of the FAO Committee on Fisheries (COFI), in 2007, and the third session of the FAO COFI Sub-Committee on Aquaculture, in 2006, in order to elaborate guidelines on how to improve the process of aquaculture policy formulation and policy implementation. The Expert Consultation recommended that two outputs be produced by FAO: (i) an FAO (...)
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Report of the Expert Consultation on the Assessment of Socio-economic Impacts of Aquaculture
FAO, 2008 (FAO Fisheries Report-No. 861)This Expert Consultation was convened with the aim of identifying socio-economic impacts of aquaculture and a universally acceptable method for assessing them. The goal was also to advise FAO on future work in the area of socio-economics of aquaculture. The Consultation debated on the many positive and negative impacts of aquaculture, including those on land and land-based habitats, water and wild species, the downstream and (...)
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Human dimensions of the ecosystem approach to fisheries : an overview of context, concepts, tools and methods
FAO, 2008 (FAO Fisheries technical paper-No. 489)This document aims to provide a better understanding of the role of the economic, institutional and sociocultural components within the ecosystem approach to fisheries
(EAF) process and to examine some potential methods and approaches that may facilitate the adoption of EAF management. It explores both the human context for the ecosystem approach to fisheries and the human dimensions involved in implementing the EAF. For the former, the report provides background material essential to understand prior to embarking on EAF initiatives, including an understanding of key concepts and issues ...
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Report of the Regional Workshop on the 1995 FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries in the Central Asian Region: a Call to Action = Региональная конференция «Кодекс ведения ответственного рыбного хозяйства ФАО 1995 года в Центрально-азиатском регионе: Призыв к действию», Ташкент, Узбекистан, 8-10 апреля 2008 г.
FAO, 2008 (FAO Fisheries Report-No. 866)The Regional Workshop on the 1995 FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries in the Central Asian region: a call to action was organized by the Center for Development of Fishery of the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources of Uzbekistan, in close technical collaboration with FAO and with organizational support from the State Committee for Nature Protection of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Institute of Water Problems of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
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Enhancement of greenhouse gas sinks : a Canadian science assessment
"The Program of Energy Research and Development [PERD] decided to conclude its funding of research into greenhouse-gas sinks at the end of the 2006-07 fiscal year."--Page 10 of 112.
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Amélioration des puits de gaz à effet de serre : évaluation scientifique du Canada
Hengeveld Henry - Environnement Canada, 2008
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Increasing the contribution of small-scale fisheries to poverty alleviation and food security
FAO, 2007 (FAO Fisheries technical paper-No. 481)The objectives of this Technical Paper are to highlight the contribution that inland and coastal small-scale fisheries can make to poverty alleviation and food security and to make practical suggestions on ways that this contribution can be maximized. This paper is organized into three main sections.
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Report and documentation of the Expert Workshop on Marine Protected Areas and Fisheries Management: Review of Issues and Considerations
FAO, 2007 (FAO Fisheries Report-No. 825)The Expert Workshop on Marine Protected Areas and Fisheries Management: Review of Issues and Considerations was held in Rome from 12 to 14 June 2006. The workshop is a response to the FAO Committee on Fisheries’ call for technical guidelines for marine protected areas (MPAs) to assist Members to establish representative networks of MPAs by 2012, as agreed at the World Summit on Sustainable Development. During the workshop, invited experts and FAO staff discussed characteristics of marine protected areas (MPAs) relevant to fisheries management. Their discussions were informed and stimulated by ...
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Rapport et documents de l’atelier régional sur les facteurs de non durabilité et de surexploitation des pêches maritimes de l’Afrique de l’ouest et du sud de la Méditerranée
FAO, 2007 (Rapport sur les pêches-No. 822)The Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization (LVFO) and FAO National Stakeholders’ Workshop on Fishing Effort and Capacity on Lake Victoria was held in Mukono, Republic of Uganda on 8 November 2006. The main objectives of the workshop were to share and include the national stakeholders’ perspectives and concerns that had been provided by national stakeholders at national workshops in the respective Partner States regarding the (...)
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Monitoring land cover dynamics in Sub-Saharan Africa : a Pilot Study using Earth Observing Satellite Data from 1975 and 2000
human welfare (Foley et al. 2005). In many developing countries populations are heavily dependant on freshwater, forests croplands and fisheries (Homer-Dixon and Blitt 1998) to which we should add pastures. Shortages in these sectors can give rise to increased poverty, environmental refugees (Jacobson, 1988) and even conflict. Some authorities have even suggested a new age of insecurity (HomerDixon, 1991 ), the so-called “neo-Malthusian” theory. There is a growing body of literature on environmental scarcity and conflict (Raleigh and Urdal, 2005, Urdal, 2005) which reflects not only cur ...
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CAgM Report, 100. Impact of the Use of Meteorological and Climatological Data on Fisheries and Aquaculture
Report of the Joint Rapporteurs on the Impact of Agrometeorological Advisories and Information on Operational Aspects of Forestry Planning, with Emphasis on Wildland Fire Ecology, Including the Use of Prescribed Fire in Rangelands and Forests Preventing and Combating Wildfires in Forests and Rangelands.
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Agricultural Meteorology Programme (AgMP), 100. Impact of the Use of Meteorological and Climatological Data on Fisheries and Aquaculture
There are two sections of this report. The first section gives an overview of the relationship between climate and fisheries and aquaculture in China and Vietnam. Specifically, the first section elaborates on the distribution of various freshwater and saltwater aquatic resources, the various climate related issues involved in aquaculture such as raising fish in pools, prawn farming, pearl farming, and harvesting open-water and artificially-raised fish, and the transportation and processing of aquatic products. The section concludes by discussing the various climatic problems with aquaculture a ...
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Report and documentation of the Expert Consultation on Deep-sea Fisheries in the High Seas
FAO, 2006 (FAO Fisheries Report-No. 838)This Expert Consultation was convened in order to address continuing global concerns regarding deep-sea fisheries in the high seas and to build on outputs from previous conferences. The impetus for the consultation also emerged from recommendations of the twenty-sixth session of COFI (2005). Four main aspects of deep-sea fisheries in the high seas were highlighted: the overall resource, management of the resource, legal issues, and high seas marine protected areas. The consultation sought to improve knowledge of management issues and constraints. Activities that build on this information will ...
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Agricultural Meteorology Programme (AgMP), 91. Interactions Between Climate and Biological Diversity
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; Korsakova S.; Gringoryan V.; et al. - WMO, 2003 (WMO/TD-No. 1166)The potential impact of climate change on biological diversity is overshadowed by the overwhelming effect of human-induced modifications of terrestrial ecosystems that are responsible for major losses in biological diversity. Therefore, it is necessary to discriminate between the more immediate and more obvious effects of habitat modification by humans and the longer-term, more subtle effects of climate change. Despite varying opinion about the nature and extent of the impact of climate change on biological diversity, there is a general agreement that biological diversity will decline worldw ...
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Papers presented at the Workshop and exchange of views on fiscal reforms for fisheries - to promote growth, poverty eradication and sustainable management
Cunningham Stephen; Bostock Tim; Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) - FAO, 2003 (FAO Fisheries Report-No. 732)This supplement to the Report of the Workshop and Exchange of Views on Fiscal Reforms for Fisheries - to Promote Growth, Poverty Eradication and Sustainable Management, No. 732, presents a compilation of country papers prepared by workshop participants - all key policy-makers from ministries of finance and fisheries, and researchers in their countries of origin.
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Report of the Workshop and exchange of views on fiscal reforms for fisheries - to promote growth, poverty eradication and sustainable management
Cunningham Stephen; Bostock Tim; Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) - FAO, 2003 (FAO Fisheries Report-No. 732)This report presents a synthesis of the workshop. Discussions were organized first on a thematic basis (mix of fiscal instruments, use of resource rent and managing fiscal reform processes) and then on a regional basis (thematic priorities, coordination, and recommendations for improvement and follow-up). The report summarizes these discussions as well as the presentations made by participants of the situation in each country represented at the meeting. It ends with the conclusions and recommendations adopted by the participants.
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Informe de la Consulta de Expertos sobre los Procesos de Regulación del Acceso a la Pesca y la Sostenibilidad de las Pesquerías en Pequeña Escala en América Latina
FAO, 2003 (FAO, Informe de Pesca-No. 803)Con respecto al análisis de las políticas específicas para la pesca en pequeña escala, la Consulta identificó una serie de limitantes que se observan en la región y recomendó que se hicieran los esfuerzos pertinentes para mejorar la formulación y aplicación de políticas económicas y sociales en este sector y que, al elaborar políticas para la pesca en pequeña escala, se tuvieran en cuenta los principios del Código de Conducta para la Pesca Responsable y la visión de futuro para estas pesquerías formulada por el Comité Asesor de la FAO sobre Investigaciones Pesqueras. También se recomendó que s ...
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Documents présentés à l'atelier et échanges de vues sur les réformes fiscales dans le secteur des pêches - promouvoir la croissance, l'éradication de la pauvreté et la gestion durable
Cunningham Stephen; Bostock Tim; Organisation des Nations Unies pour l'Alimentation et l'Agriculture (FAO) - FAO, 2003 (Rapport sur les pêches-No. 732 suppl.)Ce Supplément au Rapport de l'Atelier et échanges de vues sur les réformes fiscales dans le secteur des pêches - promouvoir la croissance, l'éradication de la pauvreté et la gestion durable, No. R732, présente une série d'études de cas préparées par les participants à l'atelier - tous responsables principaux des politiques auprès des ministères des finances et des pêches ainsi que des chercheurs, dans leur pays d'origine.
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Rapport de l'atelier et échanges de vues sur les réformes fiscales dans le secteur des pêches - promouvoir la croissance, l'éradication de la pauvreté et la gestion durable
Cunningham Stephen; Bostock Tim; Organisation des Nations Unies pour l'Alimentation et l'Agriculture (FAO) - FAO, 2003 (Rapport sur les pêches-No. 732)Ce rapport présente une synthèse de l’atelier. Les débats ont été organisés d’abord sur une base thématique (combinaison d’instruments fiscaux, utilisation de la rente halieutique et gestion des processus de réforme fiscale) et ensuite sur une base régionale (priorités thématiques, coordination et recommandations pour l’amélioration et le suivi). Le rapport résume ces débats ainsi que les présentations faites par les participants de la situation régnant dans chaque pays représenté à la réunion. Il s’achève sur les conclusions et recommandations adoptées par les participants.
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GCOS, 78. Sistema Mundial de Observación del Clima en América Central y el Caribe: observando el clima desde los extremos del tiempo hasta los arrecifes coralinos
Organización Meteorológica Mundial (OMM); Programa de Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente (PNUMA); Consejo Internacional para la Ciencia (ICSU); et al. - OMM, 2002
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GCOS, 78. Report of the GCOS Regional Workshop for Central America and the Caribbean: Observing Climate from Weather Extremes to Coral Reefs
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); International Council for Science (ICSU); et al. - WMO, 2002 (WMO/TD-No. 1126)
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Living marine resources and their sustainable development : some environmental and institutional perspectives
Caddy J.F.; Griffiths R.C.; Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) - FAO, 1995 (FAO Fisheries technical paper-No. 353)This document provides a broad perspective on issues related to living marine resources, their environment and management in the post-UNCED context provided by Agenda 21 and the Cancun Conference. The document begins with a sectorial discussion of sustainable development of living resources of nearshore and estuarine, semi-enclosed seas, coastal and shelf waters, the high seas and Antarctic waters. Constraints on harvesting, impacts of marine pollution, and potentials for further development of resources are addressed. Each section concludes with a discussion of elements that can be included i ...
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Les ressources marines vivantes et leur développement durable : quelques perspectives environnementales et institutionnelles
Caddy J.F.; Griffiths R.C.; Organisation des Nations Unies pour l'Alimentation et l'Agriculture (FAO) - FAO, 1995 (FAO Document technique sur les pêches-No. 353)Ce document offre une perspective ouverte sur les questions ayant trait aux ressources marines vivantes, à leur environnement et à leur gestion dans le contexte de l'après-CNUED tel que défini par l'Agenda 21 et la Conférence de Cancún. Le document commence par une discussion sectorielle sur les ressources vivantes des zones côtiéres et estuariennes, des mers semi-fermées, le plateau continental, des eaux océaniques et antarctiques. Les contraintes s'exercent sur l'exploitation, l'impact des pollutions marines et le potentiel des ressources en termes de développement futur sont abordés. Chaque ...
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Recursos marinos vivos y su desarrollo sostenible : perspectivas institucionales y medioambientales
Caddy J.F.; Griffiths R.C.; Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura y la Alimentación (FAO) - FAO, 1995 (FAO Documento tecnico de pesca-No. 353)En este documento se traza una amplia perspectiva sobre temas relacionados con los recursos marinos vivos, su medio ambiente y su ordenación en el marco post-CNUMAD delineado por el Programa 21 y la Conferencia de Cancún. El documento comienza con un análisis sectorial del desarrollo sostenible de los recursos vivos de las aguas ribereñas y de estuarios, de mares semicerrados, de aguas costeras y de la plataforma continental, de aguas marinas de altura y del Antártico. Se abordan cuestiones sobre limitaciones en materia de capturas, efecto de la contaminación marina y potencial de desarrollo d ...
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IOC/FAO Workshop on Recruitment in Tropical Coastal Demersal Communities : Submitted papers = Taller COI/FAO sobre repoblación en las comunidades demersales costeras tropicales
UNESCO, 1986 (Workshop Report-No. 44 - Supplement)
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Weather and airborne organisms
An outline of commonly observed weather changes which are important in aerobiology, followed by the background information required to understand the take-off, displacement, dispersion and landing of airborne organisms, as well as their death in the air. Reviews from literature have been included to show the many kinds of organisms, scales of effect and kinds of observing and analysis techniques used. Finally, conclusions and recommendations for further work in the field are given.
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Agrometeorology of the rice crop
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; The International Rice Research Institute - WMO, 1980 (WMO-No. 541)
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Review of present knowledge of plant injury by air pollution : report of the CAgM Rapporteur on non-radioactive pollutants of the biosphere and their injurious effects on plants, animals and yields
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CAgM. The influence of weather conditions on the occurence of apple scab : report of a working group of the Commission for Agricultural Meteorology
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; Allison C.C.; Burckhardt H.; et al. - WMO, 1963 (WMO-No. 140)
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CAgM. Climatic aspects of the possible establishment of the japanese beetle in Europe : (report prepared by Mr. P. Austin Bourke, president of the Commission for Agricultural Meteorology); followed by: Technical Note n° 42, Forecasting for forest fire services (report of a working group of the Commission for Agricultural Meteorology)
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The forecasting from weather data of potato blight and other plant diseases and pests; followed by: The standardization of the measurement of evaporation as a climatic factor
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