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Tropical mangroves around the world connect our land and its people with the sea, providing millions with food, clean water, raw materials and resilience against future climate change impacts including increasing storm intensity and sea level rise.…

Coastal wetlands, particularly tidal marshes, seagrass meadows and tidal forests such as mangroves, store and sequester carbon within biomass and soils. Commonly referred to as coastal “blue carbon” ecosystems because of their relevance for the…

Honourable Minister Erdoðan Bayraktar, Minister of Environment and Urbanization, Turkey Honourable Ministers from the State Parties to the Barcelona Convention, Your excellency, the Representative of the European…

This is the 9th status report since the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN) was founded in 1995 as the data arm of the International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) to document the ecological condition of coral reefs, strengthen monitoring…

Seagrass ecosystems cover wide expanses of the intertidal and subtidal zones of the WIO region. Worldwide the value of these ecosystems has been estimated to be $ 19,400 ha-1 yr. These ecosystems are critical in their support of a valuable fishery…

This publication provides a concise account of the available information and current issues facing mangroves in East African countries. It comprises a regional summary of the factors and activities that affect mangroves across East Africa, and a…

Information document of the18th Global Meeting of Regional Seas Conventions and Action Plans

The Month of Oceans, which has been celebrated for in Panama for 13 years, aims to raise awareness about the urgent need to change the way we treat oceans. This year’s event has had a vibrant agenda, including…

Summary of Case Studies on Regional Cross-sectoral Institutional Cooperation and Policy Coherence The case studies summarized in this document illustrate practical experiences of cross-sectoral cooperation for effective implementation of SDG 14 and…