Ecosystems And Biodiversity In Deep Waters And High Seas

Author : Kristina M. Gjerde
Publisher : UNEP/Earthprint
ISBN 13 : 9280727346
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ecosystems and Biodiversity in Deep Waters and High Seas written by Kristina M. Gjerde and published by UNEP/Earthprint. This book was released on 2006 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ecosystems and Biodiversity in Deep Waters and High Seas outlines a number of options for the conservation and sustainable management of the deep seas and open oceans, including actions and measures that reflect an integrated approach to oceans management based on "ecological boundaries" rather than just political ones, giving higher levels of protection to vulnerable species like deep sea fish as well as to biologically and ecologically significant ecosystems such as cold water corals and hydrothermal vent communities.

Author : P.A. Tyler
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 9780080494654
Total Pages : 582 pages
Book Rating : 4.5X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ecosystems of the Deep Oceans written by P.A. Tyler and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2003-03-27 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines the deep sea ecosystem from a variety of perspectives. The initial chapters examine the deep-sea floor, the deep pelagic environment and the more specialised chemosynthetic environments of hydrothermal vents and cold seeps. These environments are examined from the perspective of the relationship of deep-sea animals to their physico-chemical environment. Later chapters examine the biogeography of the main deep oceans (Atlantic, Pacific and Indian) with particular attention to the downward flux of surface-derived organic matter and how this drives the processes within the deep-sea ecosystem. The peripheral deep seas including the polar seas and the marginal deep seas (inter alia the Mediterranean, Red, Caribbean and Okhotsk seas) are explored in the same context. The final chapters examine the processes occurring in the deep sea and include an analysis of why the deep sea has high species diversity, how the fauna respond to organic input and how species have adapted reproductive activity in the deep sea. The volume concludes with an analysis of the anthropogenic impact on the deep sea.

Author : Catherine Banet
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004391568
Total Pages : 637 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Law of the Seabed written by Catherine Banet and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-01-29 with total page 637 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Law of the Seabed reviews the most pressing legal questions raised by the use and protection of natural resources on and underneath the world’s seabeds. While barely accessible, the seabed plays a major role in the Earth’s ecological balance. It is both a medium and a resource, and is central to the blue economy. New uses and new knowledge about seabed ecosystems, and the risks of disputes due to competing interests, urge reflection on which regulatory approaches to pursue. The regulation of ocean activities is essentially sector-based, and the book puts in parallel the international and national regimes for seabed mining, oil and gas, energy generation, bottom fisheries, marine genetic resources, carbon sequestration and maritime security operations, both within and beyond the national jurisdiction. The book contains seven parts respectively addressing the definition of the seabed from a multidisciplinary perspective, the principles of jurisdiction delimitation under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), the regimes for use of non-living, living and marine biodiversity resources, the role of state and non-state actors, the laying and removal of installations, the principles for sustainable and equitable use (common heritage of mankind, precaution, benefit sharing), and management tools to ensure coexistence between activities as well as the protection of the marine environment.

Author : Matthew Gianni
Publisher : IUCN
ISBN 13 : 9782831708249
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book High Seas Bottom Trawl Fisheries and Their Impacts on the Biodiversity of Vulnerable Deep-sea Ecosystems written by Matthew Gianni and published by IUCN. This book was released on 2004 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Sybille van den Hove
Publisher : UNEP/Earthprint
ISBN 13 : 9789280728927
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.2X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Deep-sea Biodiversity and Ecosystems written by Sybille van den Hove and published by UNEP/Earthprint. This book was released on 2007 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The objective of this report is to provide an overview of the key socio-economic, management and governance issues relating to the conservation and sustainable use of deep-sea ecosystems and biodiversity. The report highlights our current understanding of these issues and identifies topics and areas that need further investigation to close gaps in knowledge. It also explores the needs and means for interfacing research with policy with a view to contributing to the political processes regarding deep-sea and high-seas governance, which are currently ongoing in various international flora within and outside the UN system. In addition, the report provides guidance on the future direction and focus of research on environmental, socio-economic and governance aspects in relation to the deep-sea.

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 030916155X
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ocean Acidification written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2010-09-14 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ocean has absorbed a significant portion of all human-made carbon dioxide emissions. This benefits human society by moderating the rate of climate change, but also causes unprecedented changes to ocean chemistry. Carbon dioxide taken up by the ocean decreases the pH of the water and leads to a suite of chemical changes collectively known as ocean acidification. The long term consequences of ocean acidification are not known, but are expected to result in changes to many ecosystems and the services they provide to society. Ocean Acidification: A National Strategy to Meet the Challenges of a Changing Ocean reviews the current state of knowledge, explores gaps in understanding, and identifies several key findings. Like climate change, ocean acidification is a growing global problem that will intensify with continued CO2 emissions and has the potential to change marine ecosystems and affect benefits to society. The federal government has taken positive initial steps by developing a national ocean acidification program, but more information is needed to fully understand and address the threat that ocean acidification may pose to marine ecosystems and the services they provide. In addition, a global observation network of chemical and biological sensors is needed to monitor changes in ocean conditions attributable to acidification.

Author : Michael A. Rex
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674036079
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Deep-sea Biodiversity written by Michael A. Rex and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rex and Etter present the first synthesis of patterns and causes of biodiversity in organisms that dwell in the vast sediment ecosystem of ocean floor. They offer a new understanding of marine biodiversity that will be of general interest to ecologists and is crucial to responsible exploitation of natural resources at the deep-sea floor.

Author : Tomas Heidar
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004437754
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New Knowledge and Changing Circumstances in the Law of the Sea written by Tomas Heidar and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-09-07 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Knowledge and Changing Circumstances in the Law of the Sea focuses on the challenges posed to the existing legal framework, in particular the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, and the various ways in which States are addressing these challenges.

Author : Philippe Sands
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521769590
Total Pages : 993 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Principles of International Environmental Law written by Philippe Sands and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-05-03 with total page 993 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philippe Sands' text on international environmental law provides a clear, authoritative introduction to the subject. This edition has been updated to include relevant new topics, including the Kyoto Protocol, genetically modified organisms, and oil pollution.

Author : Angela Mendonca
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400713215
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Natural Resources, Sustainability and Humanity written by Angela Mendonca and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-04-17 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shortly, this book is the written up-graded version of the topics discussed during the Small Meeting of the 2nd International School Congress: Natural Resources, Sustainability and Humanity, held in Braga, Portugal, 5-8 May 2010 with the diverse participation of scientists, educators and governmental representatives. The Earth hosts an immense ecosystem, colonized by millions of species for billions of years but only for a few tens of thousands of years by humans. Environmental history tells though that it was humankind that shaped the environment as no other species. History, geography, religion and politics among other reasons have differentiated populations with respect to access to safe food and water, education, health, and to space and natural resource utilization. The globalization era of trade, information and communication is shortening distances and increasing overall wealth, but, as is pointed out in this book, it is also contributing to the propagation of diseases, and to the modification or even destruction of native ecosystems by exotic invasive species. Man is the only species that has the perception of its history, evolution, of the consequences of its decisions, and that there is a future ahead. It is also the only species that has the potential to change it. This awareness can be a source of anxiety and contradictory behaviours, but it is also the key to changing attitudes towards the construction of a common sustainable home, by committed education, interdisciplinary approaches, mobilization and empowerment of people and political consonant actions.