Coastal and Marine Resources
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,...
Beth
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20 Jul 2011
Fiji has a Fisheries Act in place toward protecting its coastal and marine resources.
The coastal areas of Fiji are of vital importance since most urban centres and a vast majority of villages are located on the shore, as is much of the population, agricultural sector, industry and commerce. Rapid coastal development and increasing utilisation of coastal resources has resulted in various impacts on the coastal environment, such as loss of habitat and biodiversity, inappropriate solid waste...
Beth
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20 Jul 2011
Samoa has a Marine Resources Use Policy, and is working towards the delineation of its EEZ with the assistance of the Commonwealth Secretariat and the SOPAC.
Traditionally Samoans rely on marine resources for their well-being and daily required sustenance. Over 70% of villages are located on the coastal fringe of the islands, and subsistence fishing is a major activity of the inhabitants of such villages. Fisheries also play an extremely important role in the economy of Samoa as well as...
Beth
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08 Jul 2011
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July 07 2011 -- President James Michel has called on Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to take on the responsibility of becoming ‘the guardians of sustainability of our planet’ and to reclaim the concept of sustainability in the modern world order.
“Islands are more vulnerable and more threatened today than they have ever been in their history. We all know that for islands, the spectre of climate change is existential. Even those that will not be completely engulfed by...
