Marine environment, marine resources, marine biodiversity and the protection of vulnerable marine ecosystems

Marine environment, marine resources and the protection of vulnerable marine ecosystems

Marine environment and marine resources

Marine environment, marine resources and sustainable development

XI. Marine environment, marine resources and sustainable development

V Marine safety and protection of the marine environment from accidental pollution

Marine science

Marine biodiversity

Marine transport

Marine debris

Marine debris

(b) Effects of marine debris (the effects of marine debris on human health, safety, tourism and other economic activities, navigation, marine species, the marine environment and fisheries) (see A 60 63, paras. 241 247)

Qin Shanghai, Dean of the Ocean University of China s International Education College, told reporters that marine science, marine organism, marine geology, aquaculture, and utilization of marine bio resource are the distinctive majors of the school.

Enhanced marine scientific research is critical for sustainable exploration and exploitation of marine resources.

(b) Marine debris

Global Marine Assessment

Marine debris, also referred to as marine litter, is any persistent, manufactured or processed solid material discarded, disposed of or abandoned in the marine and coastal environment.

We must strike a balance between marine resources exploitation and the conservation of the marine environment.

Effects of Pollution on Marine Mammals. Marine Mammal Commission Annual Report to Congress, Bethesda, Maryland, 1996.

Marine science and technology

Rapporteur Marine Davtyan (Armenia)

Sources of marine litter

Effects of marine litter

Prevention of marine pollution

As long as the input of non degradable litter into the marine environment continues, the result will be increased quantities of marine litter in the coastal and marine environments.

According to the United States Marine Mammal Commission, 136 marine species have been reported in entanglement incidents in the wider United States area, including 6 species of sea turtles, 51 species of seabirds and 32 species of marine mammals (Marine Mammal Commission, 1996).

Numerous countries use Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) to protect critical breeding grounds and migration routes for marine life.

VIII. Marine science and technology

(a) Protecting vulnerable marine ecosystems

Discussion Panel B Marine debris

State of the Marine Environment Report. Regional Organisation for the Protection of the Marine Environment, Kuwait, 2003, 217 pp.

Marine wildlife tourism generates many times more revenues from non extractive activities, such as visits to intact marine habitats.

86. Notes the contribution of the Census of Marine Life to marine biodiversity research, and encourages participation in this initiative

109. Notes the contribution of the Census of Marine Life to marine biodiversity research, and encourages participation in the initiative

(a) Marine science and the development and transfer of marine technology as mutually agreed, including capacity building in this regard

122. Notes the contribution of the Census of Marine Life to marine biodiversity research, and encourages participation in the initiative

We are disappointed that the participation of marine scientists from developing countries in marine scientific research has progressively become marginal.

These include assessments of marine litter as a land based pollutant and its impact on critical coastal and marine ecosystems.

The programme promoted the reduction of marine casualties, the elimination of substandard shipping and the protection of the marine environment.

Responsible fisheries in the marine ecosystem

Responsible fisheries in the marine ecosystem

Discussion Panel B (continued) Marine debris

Conservation and management of marine biodiversity

Marine Protected Areas Are Cost Effective

International collaboration in marine scientific research