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- This report studies the coastal area planning and management practices in Asian tsunami-affected countries of Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand following the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. It includes a regional perspective on pre- and post-tsunami coastal planning and land-use policies for each of these countries as well as examples of improved coastal zone planning and management and a range of perspectives on coastal zone planning and management. This report was published by the FAO in 2007.
- Author
- Jeremy S. Broadhead; Robin N. Leslie (editors)
- Publisher
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- http://www.fao.org/docrep/010/ag124e/AG124E00.htm#Contents
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- This report examines the land-based sources and activities that affect the quality and uses of the marine, coastal and associated freshwater environment including the most serious problems of alteration and destruction of habitats and ecosystems, effects of sewage on human health, widespread and increased eutrophication, declines of fish stocks and other renewable resources and changes in sediment flows due to hydrological changes. It was published in 2001.
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- GESAMP (IMO/FAO/UNESCO-IOC/UNIDO/WMO/IAEA/UN/UNEP Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection)
- http://www.gesamp.org/publications/publicationdisplaypages/rs71
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- This report analyses the threats to coral reefs around the world, focusing particularly on the countries of the Coral Triangle - including Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. It examines present pressures on coral reefs, including overfishing and destructive fishing, coastal development, and pollution from land and sea, as well as projected threats from climate-related ocean warming and acidification. It also studies the social and economic vulnerability of countries to reef loss and examines existing management efforts.
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- Lauretta Burke; Kathleen Reytar; Mark Spalding; Allison Perry
- Publisher
- World Resources Institute (WRI)
- http://www.wri.org/publication/reefs-risk-revisited-coral-triangle
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- This report presents a summary of regional information on fisheries and aquaculture in Asia and the Pacific, including trends in marine capture fisheries in the South China Sea and the Bay of Bengal and aquaculture across the South and Southeast Asia subregions. It also discusses species in the region, aquaculture and fishery production and international and regional agreements. This report was published by the FAO in 2013.
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- Simon Funge-Smith; Matthew Briggs; Weimin Miao
- Publisher
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- http://www.fao.org/docrep/017/i3185e/i3185e00.htm
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- This report explores the regional strategic framework developed to coordinate rehabilitation and development efforts of fisheries and aquaculture in tsunami-affected countries in the southern Bay of Bengal, particularly the coastal communities most severely affected, following the Sumatran earthquake and subsequent tsunami waves in 2004. It discusses the purpose of the framework, describes the framework, explores the strategic elements that support the framework and discusses the framework's implementation.This report was published by the FAO in 2005.
- Publisher
- Food and Agriculture Organization for the United Nations (FAO)
- http://www.fao.org/docrep/008/ae548e/ae548e00.htm
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- This report reviews the scientific literature that has been published on the extent of mangrove and seagrass habitats and their relationship to fisheries production. The principal findings reveal that the linkages between fisheries and mangrove or seagrass vary by species and life stage and recommends the need for a more holistic approach to the management of coastal environments and the fisheries they contain. This report was published by the FAO in 2013.
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- P. Saenger; D. Gartside; S. Funge-Smith
- Publisher
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- http://www.fao.org/docrep/018/i3355e/i3355e00.htm
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- This paper presents a study conducted in Bangladesh, which quantifies the prospective relationship between climate-induced changes in sea level, temperature, rainfall, and altered riverine flows from the Himalayas, and the spread and intensity of salinization on river water in the coastal zone for 2050. It predicts that these changes will lead to significant drinking water shortages in coastal urban areas and scarcity of water for irrigation for dry-season agriculture. This report was published by the World Bank in 2014.
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- Susmita Dasgupta; Farhana Akhter Kamal; Zahirul Huque Khan; Sharifuzzaman Choudhury; Ainun Nishat
- Publisher
- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/17735
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- This report (in two parts) follows the aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and evaluates the effectiveness of planting or managing trees and forests as a method of shielding coastlines from the physical aspects of tsunamis. It examines whether the devastation caused by this tsunami could have been reduced, the effectiveness of coastal forests as a solution, how coastal forests work as a barrier, implications for coastal forest management and whether coastal forests could become a liability. This report was published by the FAO in 2007.
- Author
- Keith Forbes; Jeremy Broadhead
- Publisher
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- http://www.fao.org/docrep/010/ai389e/ai389e00.htm
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- Title
- Description
- This report (in two parts) follows the aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and evaluates the effectiveness of planting or managing trees and forests as a method of shielding coastlines from the physical aspects of tsunamis. It examines whether the devastation caused by this tsunami could have been reduced, the effectiveness of coastal forests as a solution, how coastal forests work as a barrier, implications for coastal forest management and whether coastal forests could become a liability. This report was published by the FAO in 2007.
- Author
- Keith Forbes; Jeremy Broadhead
- Publisher
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- http://www.fao.org/docrep/010/ai389e/ai389e00.htm
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- Description
- This information sheet covers sea level rise over the past 100 years, factors affecting sea level rise and a forecast for the next 100 years. It is one of a series of information sheets from the Climatic Research Unit of the University of East Anglia, England.
- Author
- Sarah Raper
- Publisher
- Climatic Research Unit (CRU), University of East Anglia
- http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/cru/info/slr/
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- This report analyses the impacts and costs of a predicted 1 metre sea-level rise on coastal wetland areas in East Asia and the Pacific, as well as North Africa and the Middle East. It discusses the importance of these areas and the causes of wetland loss and then goes on to provide figures for the amount of predicted wetland loss in a number of regions. It concludes by describing the economic losses that this wetland loss would cause. This report was published by the World Bank in 2012.
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- Brian Blankespoor; Susmita Dasgupta; Benoit Laplante
- Publisher
- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/16383
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- This report examines carrageenan seaweed farming in six countries (including Indonesia, the Philippines and India) evaluating and comparing the technical and economic performance, discussing the positive and negative social impacts, reviewing issues related to governance and identifying challenges and constraints in future development. This report was published by the FAO in 2013.
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- Diego Valderrama; Junning Cai; Nathanael Hishamunda; Neil Ridler (editors)
- Publisher
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- http://www.fao.org/docrep/019/i3344e/i3344e00.htm
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- This report includes an overview of fisheries and aquaculture in Asia; a profile and economics of aquaculture and fisheries technologies; technical efficiency of aquaculture systems in Asia; policies, support services and institutional environment in fisheries; a profile of fish farmers, fishers and traders; analysis of fish demand, supply and trade; projections for fish supply and demand; potential impacts of various technology and policy options and priority technologies and national strategies. This report was published by The WorldFish Center in 2008. The appendices to this report are available in a separate document.
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- Madan M. Dey; Roehlano M. Briones; Yolanda T. Garcia; Ayut Nissapa; U. Primo Rodriguez; Rezaul Karim Talukder; Athulah Senaratne; Ishak Hj. Omar; Sonny Koeshendrajana; Nguyen Tri Khlem; Tai Shzee Yew; Miao Weimin; D. S. Jayakody; Praduman Kumar; Ramachandra Bhatta; Muhammad Sirajul Haque; Muhammad A. Rab; Chen Oai Li; Luping Li; Ferdinand J. Paragus
- Publisher
- The WorldFish Center
- http://www.worldfishcenter.org/resource_centre/WF_1798-A4.pdf
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- Title
- Description
- This document includes the appendices for a report which includes an overview of fisheries and aquaculture in Asia; a profile and economics of aquaculture and fisheries technologies; technical efficiency of aquaculture systems in Asia; policies, support services and institutional environment in fisheries; a profile of fish farmers, fishers and traders; analysis of fish demand, supply and trade; projections for fish supply and demand; potential impacts of various technology and policy options and priority technologies and national strategies. This report was published by The WorldFish Center in 2008.
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- Madan M. Dey; Roehlano M. Briones; Yolanda T. Garcia; Ayut Nissapa; U. Primo Rodriguez; Rezaul Karim Talukder; Athulah Senaratne; Ishak Hj. Omar; Sonny Koeshendrajana; Nguyen Tri Khlem; Tai Shzee Yew; Miao Weimin; D. S. Jayakody; Praduman Kumar; Ramachandra Bhatta; Muhammad Sirajul Haque; Muhammad A. Rab; Chen Oai Li; Luping Li; Ferdinand J. Paragus
- Publisher
- The WorldFish Center
- http://www.worldfishcenter.org/resource_centre/WF_1798-A4a.pdf
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- This report presents the results of a workshop held in 2011 which reviewed how existing capture fisheries assessment can contribute to fisheries management and considered how to develop standards for environmental impact assessments to support ecosystem approaches to aquaculture management, particularly how to to tailor these assessments to regional characteristics. A summary of recommendations are included with a number of case studies of fishery and aquaculture assessments and country examples of fisheries assessments (including Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand and Viet Nam). This report was published by the FAO in 2012.
- Publisher
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- http://www.fao.org/docrep/016/i2783e/i2783e00.htm
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- Description
- Using case studies from countries including Cambodia and Bangladesh, this report provides a framework to analyze the governance context for aquatic agricultural system development focusing on stakeholder representation, distribution of power and mechanisms of accountability. This report was published by The WorldFish Center in 2012.
- Author
- Blake D. Ratner; Benoy Barman; Philippa Cohen; Mam Kosal; Joseph Nagoli; Edward H. Allison
- Publisher
- The WorldFish Center
- http://www.worldfishcenter.org/resource_centre/WF_3121.pdf
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- This information sheet explains how water circulation is governed and the main processes that make the oceans circulate. It gives details about thermohaline circulation and its effects on climate, and considers the causes and effects of its eventual collapse. Explanations are accompanied by graphs and illustrations. This is one of a series of information sheets from the Climatic Research Unit of the University of East Anglia, England.
- Author
- Tim Osborn; Thomas Kleinen
- Publisher
- Climatic Research Unit (CRU), University of East Anglia
- http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/cru/info/thc/
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- Description
- This brief report examines the potential impact of current and future environmental changes at the Third Pole (the Arctic, the Antarctic, the Tibetan Plateau and surrounding mountains) on the lives of people living downstream in the basins of Asia's major river systems which are fed by the glacier meltwater. It considers the biodiversity changes, the hydrological hazards and the social and economic impacts. This report was published in 2011.
- Author
- T. D. Yao; L. G. Thompson; V. Musbrugger; Y. M. Ma; F. Zhang; X. X. Yang; D. Joswiak
- Publisher
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE); United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
- http://www.unesco.org/new/fileadmin/MULTIMEDIA/HQ/SC/pdf/sc_env_Third_Pole_EN.pdf
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- This report examines how the fisheries and aquaculture sector is affected by climate change including the significance of fisheries and aquaculture, the nature of the climate change threat, the need to adapt to climate change and strategies for coping with climate change. This report was published by The WorldFish Center in 2007.
- Publisher
- The WorldFish Center
- http://www.worldfishcenter.org/resource_centre/ClimateChange2.pdf
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- Description
- This document studies the role of gender equity in improving the outcomes in aquatic agricultural systems, presents one approach to gender and social analysis and examines gender disparities in five countries including Bangladesh, Cambodia and the Philippines. This report was published by The WorldFish Center in 2012.
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- N. Weeratunge; T. M. Chiuta; A. Choudhury; A. Ferrer; S. M. C. Husken; Y. Kura; K. Kusakabe; E. Madzudzo; R. Maetala; R. T. Naved; A. Schwarz; P. Kantor
- Publisher
- The WorldFish Center
- http://www.worldfishcenter.org/resource_centre/WF_3348.pdf
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- Description
- This document presents guidance on conducting surveys of beach litter, benthic litter, floating litter and rapid beach litter including site selection and characterization, sampling units, sampling frequency, layout of a typical survey, data sheets, data management and equipment needs. This document was published in 2009.
- Author
- Anthony Cheshire; Ellik Adler
- Publisher
- United Nations Environment Programme
- http://www.unep.org/regionalseas/marinelitter/publications/docs/Marine_Litter_Survey_and_Monitoring_Guidelines.pdf
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- Description
- This report identifies countries that are most highly exposed to natural hazards, are highly dependent on the fisheries sector and have limited societal abilities to respond and adapt to the impacts of natural hazards and resulting disasters in order to determine the relative vulnerabilities of fisheries in these economies to the impacts of disasters. It defines the concept of vulnerability, identifies the frequency and mortality of natural disasters by country, determines adaptive capacity and vulnerability by country with recommendations for future research in this area. This report was published by the FAO in 2013.
- Author
- Marie-Caroline Badjeck; Allison Perry; Silvia Renn; David Brown; Florence Poulain
- Publisher
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- http://www.fao.org/docrep/018/i3328e/i3328e00.htm
