Publication Date:
2021-05-19
Description:
Oceans, coasts, and islands are essential to global sustainable development. The oceans, comprising 72% of the
earth’s surface, play an essential life-support function without which life on earth would not be possible. 50% of
the world’s population lives in coastal areas, and 44 of the world’s nations are small island developing States (SIDS)
which are especially dependent on the oceans. Human populations everywhere depend on the oceans for food,
energy, transportation, tourism, and other uses.
Oceans, coasts, and islands thus do not represent a special or sectoral interest and concern—they are essential to
global well-being. Achieving sustainable development in oceans, coasts, and islands thus would go a long way
towards achieving global sustainable development.
Description:
Center for the Study of Marine Policy
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
United Nations Environment Programme
Description:
Unpublished
Keywords:
Oceans
;
Sustainable development
;
Coasts
;
Islands
Repository Name:
AquaDocs
Type:
Working Paper
,
Non-Refereed
Format:
1524782 bytes
Format:
application/pdf
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