Oceans and Coastal Areas Network (UN Oceans)

This claim is the deferred portion of claim No. 5000259 relating to remediation of coastal mudflats.

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.

It also looked at integrated coastal area and river basin management, which links freshwater and coastal and marine systems, highlighting land based sources of activities affecting the quality and uses of the coastal and marine environment.

Considering the very slow rate of degradation of most marine litter items, a continuous input of large quantities of marine litter will result in a gradual increase of litter in the coastal and marine environment.

The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea recognizes the responsibility of coastal States for the sustainable management of living resources in their maritime zones.

Marine scientific research can lead to a better understanding and utilization of the ocean and its resources in almost all aspects, including fisheries, marine pollution and coastal zone management.

107. Encourages continued updates to Member States by UN Oceans regarding its priorities and initiatives, in particular with respect to the proposed participation in UN Oceans

127. Encourages continued updates to Member States by UN Oceans regarding its priorities and initiatives, in particular with respect to the proposed participation in UN Oceans

This means that, in fact, the majority of marine waste comes from coastal areas.

Under the item coordination and cooperation, a report was provided by the Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, Coordinator of UN Oceans, outlining progress to date on the establishment and the work of UN Oceans.

Other threats to the marine and coastal ecosystems from marine litter include smothering of the seabed and disturbance of habitats from mechanical beach cleaning.

Saudi Arabia explains that it will not be able to adequately manage its existing protected areas with its own funds.

The implementation of cooperation plans to protect the Mediterranean environment, both coastal and marine, is therefore a priority.

Kuwait determines the areas requiring remediation by identifying areas of high levels of oil contamination (TPH at or above 100mg kg ) that correspond to low levels of RSA species richness (three or less in areas which, according to Kuwait, normally contain a richness of 10 to 14).

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.

It spoils, fouls and destroys the beauty of the sea and the coastal zone.

The large population in our coastal areas and in the islands has always looked to the sea for sustenance.

There is a need to differentiate between measures aimed at preventing marine litter at the source and measures taken to deal with marine litter once it is already present in the marine and coastal environment.

Kuwait states that its coastal environment was damaged by millions of barrels of oil deliberately released into the Persian Gulf by Iraqi forces.

The Division of Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea will also continue to participate actively in the mechanisms of cooperation and coordination established by the High Level Committee on Programmes (oceans) to replace the Subcommittee on Oceans and Coastal Areas of the Administrative Committee on Coordination.

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

(c) Coastal and marine resource issues should be addressed through the adoption of integrated coastal area management for the sustainable development of the marine environment and resources, including fisheries and aquaculture at the national and regional levels

In that regard, we expect that the Oceans and Coastal Areas Network will continue to strengthen its work.

Studies from various parts of the world have confirmed that marine litter is found everywhere in the marine and coastal environment, from the poles to the equator and from continental coastlines to small remote islands.

42. Encourages coastal States to enhance their national capacity and establish or improve their marine management systems in order to promote integrated marine management, the protection of the marine environment and ecosystem, and the sustainable development and utilization of marine resources, and invites the relevant agencies of the United Nations system and regional organizations to take effective measures to assist the coastal States in this regard

Almost 58 per cent of the coastal marine litter found could be attributed to shoreline and recreational activities, such as beach picnicking and general littering.

Our oceans and their resources provide a foundation for our coastal communities and play a key role in our identity as Canadians.

Within our coastal and marine areas, we have established national marine parks and reserves in order to enhance protection and conservation of the diverse and highly productive ecosystems therein.

The representative of the Permanent South Pacific Commission said that its plan of action to protect the marine environment, including vulnerable marine ecosystems, and the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and Coastal Area of the South East Pacific and its Protocols provided the basis for action with respect to marine debris.

They identified the main sources of debris in the ocean and in coastal areas as poorly managed landfills, waste carried by wind from urban areas and by sewage systems and rivers into the ocean, as well as shipping.

106. Welcomes the work done by the secretariats of relevant United Nations specialized agencies, programmes, funds and bodies and the secretariats of related organizations and conventions to enhance inter agency coordination and cooperation on ocean issues, including through UN Oceans, the inter agency coordination mechanism on ocean and coastal issues within the United Nations system

Climate change, ocean acidification, dissolved oxygen, carbon cycle, coastal upwelling, fishing dynamics the full spectrum of earth science and ocean science simultaneously in the same volume.

At its initial meeting, in January 2005, the United Nations Ocean and Coastal Areas network, the general mechanism for inter agency cooperation in ocean affairs, established four task forces dealing with, among other things, the tsunami disaster and marine biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction.

The Caspian Sea being a body of water having no natural link with the global ocean in other words, a lake it is therefore not subject to the provisions of the international law of the sea, including those of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, unless agreed upon mutatis mutandis by all coastal States.

93. Notes the establishment of the Oceans and Coastal Areas Network (UN Oceans), a new inter agency mechanism for coordination and cooperation on issues relating to oceans and coastal issues, called for in paragraph 69 of resolution 58 240

You see the rivers which are coming along the coast, and you see that white area which looks like Catalina Island, and that looks like an ocean.

Today, challenges in the coastal zone are especially severe, but impacts from human activities are expanding throughout the oceans.

It should respect the sovereign rights and jurisdiction of coastal States over maritime zones under their jurisdiction, in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. It is not intended that the Assessment of Assessments should make recommendations about the management of human activities that affect the oceans.

Methyl mercury bio accumulates up the marine food chain to create high concentrations in predatory species of fish such as shark, swordfish and tuna, as well as marine mammals such as whales, dolphins and porpoises.

The first meeting of UN Oceans was held in Paris at the headquarters of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) from 25 to 29 January 2005.

Marine litter comes from both sea based sources and land based sources and it is obvious that measures to reduce or prevent it in the marine and coastal environment have to be taken in many communities, as part of a large number of activities over a wide range of societal sectors, and by many individuals in many different circumstances.

The Coordinator of the Oceans and Coastal Areas Network (UN Oceans) will be invited to provide information on recent developments regarding the new inter agency mechanism for cooperation and coordination on issues concerning oceans and coastal issues between the secretariats of international organizations, funds, programmes as well as specialized agencies of the United Nations system and secretariats of relevant international conventions.

25. Emphasizes the importance of the implementation of Part XII of the Convention in order to protect and preserve the marine environment, including coastal areas, and its living marine resources against pollution and physical degradation

The Chinese mainland's coasts are surrounded by the Bohai sea, the Yellow Sea, the East China sea and the South China sea.