International Trends on Marine Environment Protection

International governance of the arctic marine environment

The Arctic is a region in the northernmost hemisphere of the Earth. It is known for its extreme environmental conditions, in particular its cold temperatures, high winds, snow, and ice. Yet, life in this polar region is plentiful and includes both terrestrial and marine organisms. The Arctic Ocean provides for a unique, cold-temperatureadapted ecosystem containing plankton, marine mammals, and ...

Programme H. PROTECTION OF THE MARINE AND TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT

Rationale: The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) held in Rio in 1992 produced several agreements including Agenda 21 and the 27 principles of the Rio Declaration. Many of them addressed environmental issues and emphasized that, in order to achieve sustainable development, environmental protection efforts conducted at the international level should be an integral p...

Marine environment protection for the North and Baltic Seas.

International Commission on Radiological Protection

When the radiation source is under control contaminated areas may remain. Authorities will often implement all necessary protective measures to allow people to continue to live there rather than abandoning these areas. In this case the Commission continues to recommend choosing reference levels in the band of 1 to 20 mSv per year, with the long-term goal of reducing reference levels to 1 mSv pe...

Global Marine Biodiversity Trends

■ Abstract Marine biodiversity encompasses all levels of complexity of life in the sea, from within species to across ecosystems. At all levels, marine biodiversity has naturally exhibited a general, slow trajectory of increase, punctuated by mass extinctions at the evolutionary scale and by disturbances at the ecological scale. In historical times, a synergy of human threats, including overfis...