Iraq also agrees that the coastal oil trench and oil deposit areas in Kuwait Bay are possible sources of oil impacting these locations.

Among other things, these measurements will help to assess how much carbon dioxide transferred to the ocean from the atmosphere is being transformed into oceanic plant biomass.

Marine environment and marine living resources

European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO)

Discussion Panel A (continued)

Discussion Panel B (continued) Marine debris

Marine debris

The pyramid of ocean life ...

Besides cartographic applications, the IRS 1C mission mainly addressed the following areas crops and vegetation applications with specific reference to mixed crops and vegetation discrimination biological parameters and oceanographic applications, in particular observations of physical oceanographic parameters such as winds, sea surface temperature, waves etc. and atmospheric applications for monitoring global changes such as the depletion of the ozone layer over the Antarctic region.

Marine and coastal living resources

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).

Under an agreement with NASA, there would be direct ground reception of data from the OrbView 2 satellite SeaWIFS (Sea Viewing Wide Field Sensor) on aerosols and ocean colour and biology, thus making it possible to monitor concentrations of sea phytoplankton.

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.

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)

We also encourage the International Seabed Authority to undertake the necessary measures with regard to the protection of the flora and fauna of the seabed, as provided for in article 145 of the Convention on the Law of the Sea.

EPPO European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization

Marine biodiversity

Marine living resources

SeaWiFS, scheduled for launch in 1995, is designed to provide global observations of photosynthetic pigment concentrations contained in the microscopic marine plants called phytoplankton.

According to Kuwait, Iraq created large minefields, planted over a million mines around the country, and left many remnants of war that were often camouflaged and booby trapped.

Various chemicals and other dangerous substances from illegal laboratories are polluting lakes, rivers and seas and are harming both flora and fauna.

Non living marine resources include beach and nearshore minerals, deep sea minerals, offshore oil and gas, and chemicals and freshwater from the sea. Deep sea minerals

The Galle Maritime Museum

Pieces of marine litter can also transport invasive species between seas.

(a) Marine mineral resources scientific advances and economic perspectives (in collaboration with the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea)

(a) Sources of marine debris (the main land based and sea based sources of marine debris, including fisheries activities) (see A 60 63, paras. 236 240)

Turning to emerging issues, the practice of farming marine species mariculture is spreading rapidly.

Invites Member States to double humanitarian relief and assistance to Somalia, given the destruction caused by the tsunami and the poisonous wastes which led to the spread of epidemics among humans, plants and marine life.

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.

The OCI mission is to conduct worldwide ocean colour monitoring for the study of marine biology.

The Biotechnology Action Council programme of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is focused on the applications of biotechnology in plants and marine life.

Recently, another source of food which is sustaining a major community of sea creatures has been discovered on the deep ocean floor an unexpected variety of marine organisms growing on whale skeletons.

A. Marine and coastal biological diversity

1. Marine and coastal biodiversity

The carbon becomes part of the marine food web and may be stored in the oceans for decades.

436. For the first time, marine organisms have been found on the icy gas hydrate mounds on the deep ocean floor.

299. The Convention, while establishing an international ocean regime, provides a framework for the sustainable development and rational management of the living and non living resources of the ocean.

318. A variety of terms are used for marine protected areas,69 such as marine sanctuary , marine reserve , marine park , protected seascape or wildlife sanctuary .

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

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

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

One delegation noted that where marine protected areas were related to the resources of the deep seabed, the participation of the International Seabed Authority with regard to scientific research, the protection and conservation of the natural resources of the Area and the prevention of damage to the flora and fauna of the marine environment in the Area should be respected as well.

(d) Request further studies and consideration of the impacts of ocean noise on marine living resources