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Action Plan for the Protection and Sustainable Development of the Marine and...
During the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (Stockholm, 5-16 June 1972), the Action Plan for the Human Environment, including the General Principles for... -
Meera Lathmarajah: Pollution and the marine environment in the Indian Ocean...
This report attempts to provide a general idea of the sources, levels and effects of marine pol1utante in the Indian Ocean as well as the existence and extent of marine... -
Potential Impacts of Expected Climate Change on Coastal and Near-Shore...
This issue of UNEPs Regional Seas Reports and Studies summarizes the main findings of the Regional Task Teams on implications of climate change on the marine environment and... -
Report of the Special Intergovernmental Session of the Coordinating Body on...
Special Intergovernmental Session of the Coordinating Body on the Seas of East Asia (COBSEA) on the East Asian Seas Action Plan. Putrajaya, Malaysia, 5-6 September 2007 -
Projections of Future Coral Bleaching Conditions using IPCC CMIP6 Models:...
The purpose of this report is threefold: 1. To present projections of coral bleaching conditions (i.e., exposure to the primary climate threat to coral reefs) and potential... -
State of the Marine Environment Report for the East Asian Seas 2009
The 2009 East Asian Seas State of the Marine Environment Report (EAS SOMER) presents current information regarding the present state of and outlook for the region’s marine and... -
The East Asian Seas Action Plan: Evaluation of its Development and...
This document is an in-depth evaluation of the Action Plan for the Protection and Development of the Marine and Coastal Areas of the East Asian Region, covering the preparatory... -
Co-operation for Environmental Protection in the Pacific - UNEP Regional...
The Regional Seas Programme was initiated by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in 1974 in response to the selection of the oceans as a priority area by the UNEP... -
Market Baseline Study on Low Sulphur Fuels: On Behalf of the ICCT and UNEP
This market baseline study provides a global overview of auto fuel (both crude and refined) and vehicle markets in various sub-regions where higher sulphur fuels (in particular,... -
Assessment and Promotion of Human Resources for River Water Quality Management
East Asian countries have been experiencing an economic boom over the past several years. Industrial development and trade are on the rise, fuelled by healthy and vigorous... -
Marine Plastic Litter in East Asian Seas: Gender, Human Rights and Economic...
This report fills and identifies some of the existing information gaps by providing a synthesis of social and economic impacts and their gender and human rights dimensions.... -
Action Plan for the Protection and Development of the Marine and Coastal...
The principal objective of the action plan is the development and protection of the marine environment and the coastal areas for the promotion of the health and well-being of... -
Desk Review on Nutrient Pollution as a Regional and Transboundary Challenge...
The Coordinating Body on the Seas of East Asia (COBSEA), one of the UNEP-administered Regional Seas Programme, commissioned a desk review from January to March 2021, to compile... -
Oil Pollution and its Control in the East Asian Seas Region - UNEP Regional...
The control of pollution by oil in the marine environment is based on the knowledge of the pathways and fate of this substance upon entering the sea. The fate and pathways of... -
Marine Litter in the East Asian Seas Region - A Report by the COBSEA Secretariat
The objectives of the review were to establish the current state-of-play in the East Asian Seas region, at both the regional and national levels, and to make recommendations and... -
Our Common Seas: Coasts in Crisis
Most of the world's population lives on or near the coasts. Every nation not completely landlocked has used the sea as its supposedly self-cleansing garbage dump. Now the... -
Report of the International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) Regional Workshop...
The International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) was launched in 1994 as a partnership of developing and industrialized governments, non-government organizations (NGOs),... -
Report of the International Workshop on Marine Pollution in East Asian Waters
East Asia is probably one of the most complicated areas of the world, with its great diversity of geography, races, societies, economies and environments. It contains the... -
Situation Analysis on Marine Protected Areas in the East Asian Seas - 2022
The objectives of this study were to (i) Define the focus, scope, and activities of a COBSEA network of MPAs to strengthen biodiversity conservation and increase resilience to... -
The Siren Number 25 - 29 September 1984 - Averting Disaster in Africa
The Siren is issued four times a year. It is intended as an informal presentation of the news from the Regional Seas Programme