Table of Contents |
 Vice-Admiral Conrad C.
Lautenbacher, Jr.
Under
Secretary of Commerce for
Oceans and Atmosphere, USA
...decribes how UNEP’s Global Programme
of Action for the Protection of the Marine
Environment from Land-Based Activities assists
sustainable management of oceans and coasts.
flexible instrument - page 4 |
 Efthimios E. Mitropoulos
Secretary-General
of the International Maritime Organization
...describes what is being done to
protect the marine environment
from shipping.
ship shape - page 8 |
 Prof Dr Ulf Riebesell
of the
Leibniz Institute of Marine
Sciences in Kiel, Germany
...describes how acidification of the oceans has
become a new reason for rapid and decisive
action to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
acid oceans - page 10 |
 Lee A. Kimball
a member of the Group of
Experts of the Assessment of Assessments of
the state of the marine environment
...describes international efforts to
build knowledge, through ocean
assessment, as the basis of sound
decision making.
building knowledge - page 12 |
 His All Holiness Ecumenical
Patriarch Bartholomew
the
Archbishop of Constantinople
...describes how disorder in the world’s
oceans and other waters is profoundly
troubling for life on Earth.
in the same boat - page 16 |
 Ibrahim Thiaw
Director of UNEP’s Division of
Environmental Policy Implementation
...describes how UNEP’s
Oceans and Coasts Programme
is being redesigned in the face of new challenges.
rethink, realign, redirect - page 18 |
  Gerald Marten
an ecologist at the East-West Center in Honolulu
and
author of Human Ecology:
Basic Concepts for Sustainable
Development and Amanda Suutari,
an environmental journalist,...
....describe how restoring
mangroves can turn a vicious
environment and development
cycle into a virtuous one.
tipping points - page 20 |
 Sandra Bessudo
Director of the Malpelo/
MarViva Foundation Colombia
...describes a pioneering bid to conserve
a unique patch of the world’s seas.
living laboratory - page 22 |
 Philippe Gautier
Registrar,
International Tribunal for the
Law of the Sea; Professor,
Université Catholique de
Louvain (Louvain-la-Neuve)
...describes the importance and role of the Law
of the Sea in protecting and preserving the
marine environment.
matters of judgement - page 26 |
 Cameron Diaz
the actress who
has appeared in 35 successful
Hollywood films and was nominated
four times for the Golden Globes
... describes her green upbringing and
explains how she encourages others to be
environmentally-friendly.
everyone's cause - page 31 |
