Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Heinrich Bõll Foundation Schleswig-Holstein
Heinrich Bõll Foundation
University of Kiel's Future Ocean Cluster of Excellence
Publication Year:
2017
Publication Place
Germany
Physical Description:
52p. : ill. (col.) ; 29cm.
Call Number
[EL]
Language
English
Record ID:
41329
Legacy PEIN ID:
81415
General Notes
Online only
Available online
Subject Heading(s)
Ocean health - Marine conservation
Fish stock - Global
Ocean pollution - Marine threats
Global warming - Ocean acidification
Declining diversity - Marine resources
Abstract
The ocean covers more than two-thirds of our planets surface and occupies a vast three-dimensional volume, much of which is still unexplored. It is rich in resources and provides us with food, energy, and minerals. We use the ocean to transport goods between continents. The ocean is also crucial for the stability of our climate and the weather.|Without the ocean and its resources, the wealth and well-being enjoyed by some of the worlds population would not exist. The future of this unique ecosystem faces a grave threat today. The principle of the freedom of the seas, which has held for hundreds of years and grants everyone unlimited access to the ocean and its resources, has led to overfishing, the loss of biodiversity, and ocean pollution.
Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Heinrich Bõll Foundation Schleswig-Holstein
Heinrich Bõll Foundation
University of Kiel's Future Ocean Cluster of Excellence
Publication Year:
2017
Publication Place
Germany
Physical Description:
52p. : ill. (col.) ; 29cm.
Call Number
[EL]
Language
English
Record ID:
41329
Legacy PEIN ID:
81415
General Notes
Online only
Record Created: 15-Jun-2017
Record Modified: 17-Dec-2020