Resources

Managing Mangroves for Climate Change Regulation and other ecosystem services in Kenya.  

A seascape Genomics approach to improving Coral reefs Conservation Strategies against bleaching.  

A new type of insurance to protect coral reefs has been announced at the 2018 World Ocean Summit in Mexico. Swiss Re is proud to have supported the design of this new product which will not only help the…

This grants programme is a joint initiative of the International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) and UN Environment, to catalyze implementation of the ICRI Plan of Action 2016-2018 and the United Nations Environment…

Fifteen years ago, the waters around Islas Marietas in Mexico’s Nayarit State were so abundant with corals that people could see them for miles. They were hard to avoid, too. “To go and surf in that area, you would…

This report provides the supporting science for the UNEP Science-to-Policy brief (2017). It synthesizes the current science on wastewater pollution and coral reefs to inform decision-making and policy globally. This synthesis will support decision-…

A carpet of algae, floating dead fish for as far as the eye can see, a stench so powerful it irritates the lungs and stings the eyes… these are some of the effects of algal blooms, caused by ocean eutrophication, a…

Nearly 80 per cent of the air we breathe is nitrogen, a harmless inert gas. However, nitrogen also combines with other atoms to form chemical compounds—known as “reactive nitrogen” or “fixed nitrogen” (Nr)—that are…

Did you know that several countries, such as the Maldives, Malta and the Bahamas, meet all their water needs through the desalination process—that is, they convert seawater to freshwater? Oceans cover 70 per cent…