Call number:
PIK N 453-11-0290
;
IASS 12.0012
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents: Part I - Introduction ; Part II - The global context ; 1. For the ocean ; 2. The United Nations, oceans governance and science ; 3. Marine scientific research and the United Nations convention on the law of the sea ; 4. Fifty years of building national marine skills ; 5. The early days and evolution of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission ; Part III - Oceans and science ; 6. Ocean science: an overview ; 7. The development of ocean climate programmes ; 8. The IOC's International Bathymetric Chart Series: a programme facing extermination? ; Harmful algae: a natural phenomenon that became a societal problem ; 10. Non-governmental international marine science organizations ; Part IV - Observations and data ; 11. Ocean observations: the Global Ocean Observing Systems ; 12. Oceanographic data: from paper to pixels ; Part V - Applications ; 13. Life on the edge: managing our coastal zones ; 14. Hazards and warnings ; 15. Regional cooperation: the Caribbean experience ; 16. Oceans, science and governments in Africa ; Part VI - Intergovernmental agencies and science ; 17. The Food and Agriculture Organization ; 18. The International Hydrographic Organization science partnerships ; 19. Ocean science and shipping: IMO's contribution ; 20. The UNEP's contribution to the oceans and marine science ; 21. The World Meteorological Organization need for ocean science ; Part VII - The future ; 22. The future ; 23. Afterword
Type of Medium:
Monograph available for loan
Pages:
XIV, 316 S. : Ill., graph. Darst.
ISBN:
9780521765817
Location:
A 18 - must be ordered
Branch Library:
PIK Library
Branch Library:
RIFS Library
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