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The United Nations is posting a new environmental warning: the world is running out of time to prevent the gradual degradation of the world’s oceans and the widespread destruction of marine life.
Comprising 55 chapters, the first World Ocean Assessment will be presented to the General Assembly’s Ad Hoc Working Group of the Whole at a meeting scheduled to take place Sep. 8-11…
Major assessment finds world is running out of time to sustainably manage its oceans, United Nations
In the 55-chapter Assessment, experts on a myriad of disciplines have examined a wide range of issues that affect the oceans’ ecosystems and marine biodiversity, including the impacts of climate change, ice coverage, the frequency of storms, ocean acidification, land-based activities, unsustainable fishing practices, shipping activities, invasive non-native species, offshore hydrocarbon industries and marine debris. And they found that the world’s oceans are in dire shape.
“The recent scientific findings brought together in the World Ocean Assessment show that the world is running out of time to bring the overall human impacts on the ocean under sustainable management.”
The first World Ocean Assessment will be presented to the General Assembly’s Ad Hoc Working Group of the Whole at a meeting from 8 to 11 September 2015…
Summary of the First Global Integrated Marine Assessment, UNEP
