Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
Publication Year:
2002
Publication Place
Apia, Samoa
Physical Description:
21 p. ; 29 cm
Call Number
VF 5383 [EL]
Language
English
Record ID:
16987
Legacy PEIN ID:
56894
General Notes
Kept in vertical file collection|See also VF 5384 : Status of SPREP WWII wreck database|See also VF 5385 : A regional strategy to address marine pollution from World War II Wrecks : draft for consideration
Available online
Subject Heading(s)
Marine Pollution - Oceania
World War II - Wrecks - Oceania
Protected areas - Oceania
Protected areas - Management
Marine resource
Marine resource management
Marine resources - Pacific - Oceania
Marine pollution
War Wrecks
Waste pollution
Oil Spillage
Pollution
Protected areas
Abstract
Marine pollution is widely recognised as one of the three major threats to the world's oceans, along with habitat destruction and over-exploitation of living marine resources. Spills of oil and other chemicals into the marine environment, both from ships and land-based sources, is a significant source of pollution. The importance of coastal and marine environments to every aspect of the lives of Pacific Islanders cannot be overstated, and the impacts of marine spills constitute a major concern for Pacific Island peoples. On a global scale the land area of Pacific Island Countries and Territories are insignificant. However the Pacific Islands maintain resource rights and management responsibilities over 30 million square kilometres of ocean. This is equivalent to the combined land areas of Canada. China and the USA and is essentially our only "globally significant" resource.
Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
Publication Year:
2002
Publication Place
Apia, Samoa
Physical Description:
21 p. ; 29 cm
Call Number
VF 5383 [EL]
Language
English
Record ID:
16987
Legacy PEIN ID:
56894
General Notes
Kept in vertical file collection|See also VF 5384 : Status of SPREP WWII wreck database|See also VF 5385 : A regional strategy to address marine pollution from World War II Wrecks : draft for consideration
Record Created: 26-Nov-2002
Record Modified: 20-Sep-2022