Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 654 pages
File Size : 11,51 MB
Release : 2019-01-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9251306079
This report indicates that climate change will significantly affect the availability and trade of fish products, especially for those countries most dependent on the sector, and calls for effective adaptation and mitigation actions encompassing food production.
Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 15,9 MB
Release : 2016-04-27
Category :
ISBN : 9264251723
This report explores the growth prospects for the ocean economy, its capacity for future employment creation and innovation, and its role in addressing global challenges. Special attention is devoted to the emerging ocean-based industries.
Author : Michael L. Weber
Publisher :
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 24,83 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Fishery management
ISBN :
Author : L. Carter
Publisher : UNEP/Earthprint
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 43,43 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780956338723
There are many things and services in our everyday life that we take for granted, and telecommunications is one of them. We surf the internet, send emails to friends and colleagues abroad, talk to family members in foreign countries over the phone, book airline seats and make banking transactions without actually realizing and appreciating the sophisticated technology that enables us to do so. This report covers the history and nature of cables, their special status in international law, their interaction with the environment and other ocean users and, finally, the challenges of the future. It is an evidence-based synopsis that aims to improve the quality and availability of information to enhance understanding and cooperation between all stakeholders. UNEP-WCMC in collaboration with the International Cable Protection Committee and UNEP has prepared this new report to provide an objective, factual description of the sub-marine cable industry and the interaction of submarine telecommunications (which route 95% of all international communications traffic) with the marine environment. This important report seeks to focus and guide deliberations and decision making on the wise conservation and protection of the oceans in concert with their sustainable management and use.
Author : Douglas J. Kennett
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 15,93 MB
Release : 2005-04-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520931435
Colonized as early as 13,500 years ago, the Northern Channel Islands of California offer some of the earliest evidence of human habitation along the west coast of North America. The Chumash people who lived on these islands are considered to be among the most socially and politically complex hunter-gatherers in the world. This book provides a powerful and innovative synthesis of the cultural and environmental history of the chain of islands. Douglas J. Kennett shows that the trends in cultural elaboration were, in part, set into motion by a series of dramatic environmental events that were the catalyst for the unprecedented social and political complexity observed historically.
Author : J.Walter Milon
Publisher : MDPI
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 30,63 MB
Release : 2019-12-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 3039280163
The practical importance of economic valuation information can hardly be overstated. Coastal and marine resource policy planning and management benefit from complete information on the impact of policy decisions. In addition, proper accounting of the impacts of these policy decisions is necessary for benefit-cost analyses and measurements of economic growth over time. This special issue focuses on economic valuation of coastal and marine ecosystem services. Economic valuation provides methods and techniques to determine how changes in coastal and marine ecosystem services can be translated into benefits and costs to society. Economic values play an important role in everyday life and provide useful information about human welfare and happiness. Valuation provides a consistent framework to understand human-nature interactions across a broad range of coastal and marine resources, and to evaluate the costs and benefits of these interactions. The focus on ecosystem services provides new research on this perspective of human-nature interactions that has profoundly changed the academic dialogue on natural systems, but has had limited impact on public dialogue and the policy process.
Author : John N. Kittinger
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 18,27 MB
Release : 2014-12-24
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0520276949
"This volume provides a blueprint for managing the challenges of ocean conservation using marine historical ecology--an area of study evolving as societies confront ocean ecosystems that are being drastically altered by human activity. Applying the practice of historical ecology developed in terrestrial environments, Marine Historical Ecology guides the creation of historical baselines for marine species and ecosystems in order to inform and improve conservation and management efforts"--Provided by publisher.
Author : André Freiwald
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 1242 pages
File Size : 38,51 MB
Release : 2006-01-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 3540276734
Cold-water coral ecosystems figure the formation of large seabed structures such as reefs and giant carbonate mounds; they represent unexplored paleo-environmental archives of earth history. Like their tropical cousins, cold-water coral ecosystems harbour rich species diversity. For this volume, key institutions in cold-water coral research have contributed 62 state-of-the-art articles on topics from geology and oceanography to biology and conservation, with some impressive underwater images.
Author : K. L. Cochrane
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 28,41 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789251063477
An overview of the current scientific knowledge available on climate change implications for fisheries and aquaculture is provided through three technical papers that were presented and discussed during the Expert Workshop on Climate Change Implications for Fisheries and Aquaculture (Rome, 7-9 April 2008). A summary of the workshop outcomes as well as key messages on impacts of climate change on aquatic ecosystems and on fisheries- and aquaculture-based livelihoods are provided in the introduction of this Technical Paper. The first paper reviews the physical and ecological impacts of climate change relevant to marine and inland capture fisheries and aquaculture. The paper begins with a review of the physical impacts of climate change on marine and freshwater systems and then connects these changes with observed effects on fish production processes. It also outlines a series of scenarios of climate change impacts on fish production and ecosystems through case studies in different regions and ecosystems. The second paper tackles the consequences of climate change impacts on fisheries and their dependent communities. It analyses the exposure, sensitivity and vulnerability of fisheries to climate change and presents examples of adaptive mechanisms currently used in the sector. The contribution of fisheries to greenhouse gas emissions is addressed and examples of mitigation strategies are given. The role of public policy and institutions in promoting climate change adaptation and mitigation is also explored. Finally, the third paper addresses the impacts of climate change on aquaculture. It provides an overview of the current food fish and aquaculture production and a synthesis of existing studies on climate change effects on aquaculture and fisheries. The paper focuses on the direct and indirect impacts of climate change on aquaculture, in terms of biodiversity, fish disease and fishmeal. Contribution of aquaculture to climate change is addressed (carbon emission and carbon sequestration), as well as possible adaptation and mitigation measures that could be implemented.
Author : William P. Dempsey
Publisher : Nova Science Pub Incorporated
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 14,37 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781611221923
Thermoelectric power of a material is a measure of the magnitude of an induced thermoelectric voltage in response to a temperature difference across that material. The term thermopower is a misnomer since it measures the voltage or electric field (not the electric power) induced in response to a temperature difference. This book presents current research in the study of thermoelectric power, including the thermoelectric power in quantum confined optoelectronic materials; the reliability and availability evaluation of equipment installed in thermoelectric power stations; innovations in organic-fueled thermoelectric generators; thermoelectric water withdrawals in the U.S.; theoretical studies of the thermoelectric power of metallic complexes; and the gradient and contact theories of thermoelectricity.
