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UNEP/GRID-Arendal - Publications - Our Precious Coasts - What are Coral Reefs?
Indonesian Archipelago (Burke et al., 2001). There are three distinct areas of seagrass diversity in the Pacific region: the Indo-Pacific (areas around Indonesia, Malaysia, and Papua New Guinea), the seas around Japan, and southwest Australia (Spalding et al., 2002). This graphic illustrates the distribution and biodiversity (low, medium and high diversity) of corals, mangroves and seagrass ...
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PlantTalk.org - 1 (of 10) The diversity of the plant kingdom
Their highest recorded diversity is in the N. and W. Atlantic Ocean, followed by the seas around Japan. Brown Algae (Phaeophyta) are mostly marine and comprise over 1500 species, with the greatest ... are mostly marine. As with other algal groups, the richest floras are those of the seas around Japan, the tropical and subtropical W. Atlantic, and the N. Atlantic. Stoneworts (Charophyta) are green ...
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June 16, 2004: Dead Zones Increasing in World's Coastal Waters
Fertilizers provide nutrients for crops to grow, but when they are flushed into rivers and seas they fertilize microscopic plant life as well. In the presence of excessive concentrations of nitrogen and ... the United States and in the seas of Europe. Others have appeared off the coasts of China, Japan, Brazil, Australia, and New Zealand. Coastal Dead Zones Around the World Source: UNEP, GEO Yearbook ...
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ECO-PROS Human Impact on Oceans
YEN FOR PROTECTED SPECIES Protected whale species are still being hunted and killed Read: "Awash in whale, Japan can't eat it all" (MSNBC, 2/9/06) Alaska Oceans Program Overfishing occurs when the ... fish harvested exceeds the amount that can be re-supplied by growth and reproduction. Factory ships from around the world haul fish out of the ocean in huge quantities. Factory Fishing (BBC article) The ...
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Warrah Issue 15 Highlights
Falkland herring, a local inshore species. Both Magellan and Gentoo penguins appeared to be eating largely Nototheniid fish (Rock Cod) and large krill, which form aggregations around the Islands during summer. Magellanic Survey Gets UnderwayMagellanic penguins also had a relatively highly productive year, with birds at Gypsy Cove producing 1.49 chicks per breeding pair, and ...
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Welcome to the International Ocean Institute
Australia IOI Canada IOI Costa Rica IOI Germany IOI India IOI Islamic Republic of Iran IOI Japan IOI Malta IOI Senegal IOI Slovenia IOI Southern Africa IOI South Western Atlantic Ocean IOI Volga ... the activities of its Headquarters residing in Malta and Operational Centres located in 25 countries around the world. Its establishment was a milestone in the struggle to enhance, promote and advocate the ...
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Ocean Alliance - www.oceanalliance.org
Commission allows nations to issue permits to its scientists to kill whales for research purposes. So Japan simply changed the name of what it was doing from 'Commercial Whaling' to 'Scientific Whaling' ... Voyage of the Odyssey Continue to produce world-class research Educate students and adults all around the world about the health of the oceans Present our findings to politicians, scientists and ...
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Ecosustainable Projects - Environmentally Sustainable
Energy and Resources Institute Projects & Events - India The International Rescue Committee Humanitarian Projects The Natural Edge Project - Sustainability, Business, ... Innovation The Sustainable Village.com Projects around the world! The Venus Project - The Redesign of a culture Tibetan Village Project Turning India Vision 2020 into Reality Virtual World Congress of Entrepreneurs VISION 2020 - ...
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drilling | Greenpeace UK
The industrial world is finally encroaching on the wild seas around St Kilda - oil companies are being offered thousands of square miles of the sea-bed of Britain's Atlantic Frontier including areas only 25 miles from St Kilda. In July 1999 the UK Government gave the green light ...
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Dedicated Cetacean Organisations
The Sea Watch Foundation aims to achieve better conservation of whales and dolphins in the seas around Britain and Ireland by involving the public in scientific monitoring of populations and the threats ... than 40 countries in our membership including members from the USA, Hong Kong, Argentina, Tunisia and Japan, to name just a few from outside Europe. There is a special section of the website for ...
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