Coastal and Marine Resources
Beth
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27 Jul 2011
Sao Tomé et Principe submitted its Fourth National Report on Biodiversity to the Commission on Biological Diversity in 2009. At the national level, the Law of Fishing and Fishery Resources and the Law on Aggregates have been prepared, approved and published, which help to protect both marine and coastal national resources.
With a maritime territory ten times larger than its terrestrial area, the São Toméan population relies heavily on marine resources. Its two biggest...
Beth
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26 Jul 2011
Cape Verde submitted its Quatriéme Rapport sur l'etat de la Biodiversite au Cap Vert (Fourth National Report on the State of Biodiversity in Cape Verde) to the Commission on Biological Diversity in 2009. The Ministry of Environment, Agriculture and Fisheries is the main body that overseas coastal and marine policy.
Marine resources and the coastal zone have strong production potential in terms of food, salt, and energy, and a potential for aquaculture and tourist development...
Beth
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26 Jul 2011
In 2010, the Maldives Ministry of Housing and Environment presented its Fourth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity (NBSAP) to the Commission on Biological Diversity.
At present, the total beach area is estimated at 13 km, or 5% of the total land area of the Maldives, and the coastline is estimated to be 2,300km long. Coastal ecosystems include mangroves, swamps, sea grass, coral and open ocean ecosystems. The small size of the islands forces people to live next to the sea...
Beth
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25 Jul 2011
In 2008 Guinea-Bissau submitted its National Adaptation Programme of Action on Climate Change (NAPA) to the UNFCCC.
Eighty percent of people live in the coastal zone of Guinea-Bissau and depend on the direct exploitation of natural resources for subsistence. Many of Guinea-Bissau’s main biodiversity resources originate within the coastal zone, and two thirds of Guinean territory has an altitude of less than 50 meters. Current increases in temperatures and changes in rainfall patterns...
Beth
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25 Jul 2011
In 2009, the Comoros submitted its Quatrieme Rapport National sur la Diversite Biologique (Fourth National Report on Biological Diversity) to the Commission on Biological Diversity.
The coastline of the Comoros is highly varied with low hills, cliffs, islets and atolls. A variety of different materials make up these landscapes, including lava, black or white sand beaches, pebbles, blocks and coral reefs. The biological diversity of mangrove swamps, coral reefs, beaches,...
