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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 ...
Available online: https://www.meted.ucar.edu/training_module.php?id=772
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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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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Available online: http://www.fao.org/fi/oldsite/eims_search/1_dett.asp?calling=simple_s_result&lan [...]
Published by: FAO ; 2008
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.
Collection(s) and Series: FAO Fisheries Report- No. 829
Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free)Tags: Environment and landscape ; Oceans ; Fishing ; Ecosystem ; Environmental degradation ; Fisheries
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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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Available online: http://www.fao.org/fi/oldsite/eims_search/1_dett.asp?calling=simple_s_result&lan [...]
Published by: FAO ; 2008
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, (...)
Collection(s) and Series: FAO Fisheries Report- No. 860
Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free)Tags: Environment and landscape ; Oceans ; Fishing ; Fisheries
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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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Available online: http://www.fao.org/3/i0203e/i0203e00.htm
Published by: FAO ; 2008
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.
Collection(s) and Series: FAO Fisheries Report- No. 870
Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free)Tags: Climate ; Oceans ; Fishing ; Fisheries ; Climate change
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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.
Report of the Expert Consultation on International Guidelines for the Management of Deepsea Fisheries in the High Seas
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Available online: http://www.fao.org/3/i0003e/i0003e00.htm
Published by: FAO ; 2008
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.
Collection(s) and Series: FAO Fisheries Report- No. 855
Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free)Tags: Environment and landscape ; Oceans ; Fishing ; Fisheries
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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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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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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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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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