Coastal and Marine Resources
Beth
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28 Jul 2011
The Bahamas has planned an integrated coastal area management programme, led by the Department of Marine Resources. In the Bahamas 2020 Declaration, the country committed to conserving and effectively managing 20% of its marine environment by 2020. To this end, the National Park system has been expanded. So far, there are nine marine parks managed in The Bahamas.
Marine environments cover the largest area of The Bahamas and are linked through the flow of energy and matter in biological and...
Beth
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28 Jul 2011
Singapore became a party to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea in 1994 and the Convention on Biological Diversity in 1995. Singapore submitted its 4th National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity in 2010. Singapore’s Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority (AVA) supervises the development of aquaculture, including coastal and open-water aquaculture.
Due to the lack of land resources, Singapore’s biggest natural resource is fish. Despite this, industry and...
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...
