Marine

Highlights from the Marine Division at GRID-Arendal for April 2013

Highlights from the Marine Division at GRID-Arendal for March 2013

Highlights from the Marine Division at GRID-Arendal for February 2013

Highlights from the Marine Division at GRID-Arendal for January 2013

The Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP) was established in 1975as a coherent legal and institutional framework for cooperationthrough which all Mediterranean countries decided to jointly address com ...

Highlights from the Marine Division at GRID-Arendal for December 2012

The high-level representatives and delegations present at the fourth Conference of the Parties of the Framework Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Caspian Sea (Tehran ...

Highlights from the Marine Division at GRID-Arendal for November 2012

Life on earth is fundamentally and inextricably linkedto the marine environment. Our oceans and seas regulate global processes such as climate and weather andprovide us a vast array of goods and ...

Highlights from the Marine Division at GRID-Arendal for October 2012

Arendal, Norway – On October 4th, GRID-Arendal has invited the Fylkesmann’s office to share best practices in data management in Aust-Agder with a delegation from the five Caspian states: Azerba ...

Highlights from the Marine Division at GRID-Arendal for September 2012

GRID-Arendal and Blue Climate Solutions today unveiled the redesigned ‘Blue Carbon Portal’, the world’s premier comprehensive community-based website for all matters related to blue carbon. Blue ...

Highlights from the Marine Division at GRID-Arendal for August 2012

The world’s oceans and coasts – the Blue World – are the cornucopia for humanity. They provide us with food, oxygen and livelihoods.

Highlights from the MarineDivisionat GRID-Arendal for June 2012

Healthy natural coastal ecosystems, such as mangrove forests, saltwater marshlands and seagrass meadows provide a vast array of important co-benefits to coastal communities around the world, inc ...

Highlights from the Marine Division at GRID-Arendal for May 2012

Highlights from the Marine Division at GRID-Arendal for April 2012

(Arendal/Berlin - 18 April) From 23rd to 28th April, 21 young people from 15 European Countries will participate in the Wadden Sea Climate Training, and experience first-hand the world’s most im ...

Highlights from the Marine Division at GRID-Arendal for March 2012

New website launched for Many Strong Voices, a programme which links the Arctic and Small Island Developing States to meet the challenges of climate change.

Highlights from the Marine Division at GRID-Arendal for February 2012

SINGAPORE, February 24, 2012—A powerful coalition of governments, international organizations, civil society groups and private interests are joining together under the banner of a Global Partne ...

Oceans cover almost three-quarters of the planet, yet we are just beginning to discover the extent of the resources, both biotic and abiotic, that lie beneath their surfaces. We are also just be ...

The Mediterranean Sea is complex in its ecology and its social dimensions. Twenty-one countries border the basin of this heavily used and highly valued sea. The Convention for the Protection of ...

Highlights from the Marine Division at GRID-Arendal for January 2012

Highlights from the Marine Programme at GRID-Arendal for December 2011

The earth’s oceans play a crucial role in maintaining the global environmental equilibrium. Healthy and functioning oceans provide essential services to human communities that support economic w ...

A free iPhone application, named Blue and REDD Carbon, was launched today at the official opening of the One UN Pavillion at the Eye on Earth Summit in Abu Dhabi.

Highlights from the Marine Programme at GRID-Arendal for November 2011

Highlights from the Marine Programme at GRID-Arendal for October 2011

Highlights from the Marine Programme at GRID-Arendal for September 2011

Highlights from the Marine Programme at GRID-Arendal for July and August 2011

Highlights from the Marine Programme at GRID-Arendal for June 2011

GRID-Arendal, the Arendal Diving Centre/Diving Club and Flumill AS celebrated World Oceans Day with a series of events including a refreshing dip in the sea in front of the UN House. Members ...

Highlights from the Marine Programme at GRID-Arendal for May 2011

Highlights from the Marine Programme at GRID-Arendal for April 2011

Highlights from the Marine Programme at GRID-Arendal for March 2011

During the past decade, many coastal States have been delineating the limits of their maritime zones. This process is defining the exact extent of the sovereignty or jurisdiction of coastal Stat ...

Highlights from the Marine Programme at GRID-Arendal for February 2011

Highlights from the Marine Programme at GRID-Arendal for January 2011

Highlights from the Marine Programme at GRID-Arendal for December 2010

Highlights from the Marine Programme at GRID-Arendal for November 2010

Highlights from the Marine Programme at GRID-Arendal for October 2010

The Rapid Response Assessment report Sick water? The central role of wastewater management in sustainable development is one of 10 finalists in the Digital Magazine Awards 2010 for News & Busine ...

Highlights from the Marine Programme at GRID-Arendal for September 2010 

Highlights from the Marine Programme at GRID-Arendal for August 2010

Highlights from the Marine Programme at GRID-Arendal for June 2010

Highlights from the Marine Programme at GRID-Arendal for May 2010

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The first edition of the Marine Newsletter

GRID-Arendal and InterRidge are pleased to announce a Letter of Agreement (LoA) to be signed with GRID-Arendal, to the establishment of a framework for cooperation on a number of marine environme ...

Cape Town, Nairobi, Roma, Paris, Arendal – Et 'blått karbon'-fond som kunne investere i vedlikehold og rehabilitering av viktige marine økosystemer bør vurderes av regjeringer som er opptatt av å ...

Cape Town, Nairobi, Rome, Paris — A ‘Blue Carbon’ fund able to invest in the maintenance and rehabilitation of key marine ecosystems should be considered by governments keen to combat climate change.

A new Rapid Response Assessment report released 14 October 2009 at the Diversitas Conference, Cape Town Conference Centre, South Africa. Compiled by experts at GRID-Arendal and UNEP in collaborati ...

GRID-Arendal is proud to launch its newest edition of EarthWire. EarthWire Marine is an environment news service that brings the latest news on the marine environment to you daily. The service ...

The first World Ocean Conference held recently in Manado North Sulawesi drew an estimated 4000 participants together to talk about the oceans in the context of climate change. One of the major out ...

An Overview of the State of the World’s Fresh and Marine Waters The report presents an overview, through a set of graphics, maps and other illustrations, of the current state of the world’s fr ...

Merging of Climate Change With Pollution, Over-Harvest, and Infestations in the World's Fishing Grounds A rapid response report that mapsthe multiple and combined impacts of pollution; alien i ...

Marine pollution, climate change and the resilience of coastal ecosystems The ability of coral reefs to survive in a globally-warming world may crucially depend on the levels of pollution to which ...

The UNEP Shelf Programme is a partnership of international organizations with expertise in marine geoscience and maritime law, established to assist developing States and small island developing S ...