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International
actors and agreements in the region
See
Global action.
UNEP
Regional Seas Programme. ••>
UNEP Global programme of action for the protection of the
marine environment from land-based activities (UNEP GPA).
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UNEP
Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP). ••>
UNEP Regional Resource Centre for Asia and Pacific (RRC.AP).
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UN
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).
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International
Coral Reef Initiative and other organizations and networks
on
the threats to coral reefs, including the effects of litter/debris.
Small Island Developing States Network (SIDSnet). ••>
Regional
conventions, agreements, action plans, projects, and actors
Action
Plan for the Protection and Management of the Marine and Coastal
Environment of the South Asian Seas Region. • South Asia
Cooperative Environment Programme (SACEP). ••>
World Bank–GEF: Preparation of a Transboundary Diagnostic
Analysis and Preliminary Framework Strategic Action Program
for the Bay
of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem.
Private
sector and NGOs actors and initiatives
UNEP
and Clean up Australia: Clean up the World! ••>
Bluepeace: Reef
clean-up 2000. "...these programs have given us the
feeling of marine debris and the impact it has on the reef
environment around Male".
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Regional
reports on the state of the marine and coastal environment
UNEP Regional Seas: "Our seas are rich in shallow
tropical marine species, our estuaries are lined with extensive
mangroves, and our islands are sheltered by magnificent coral
reefs.But if our environment is remarkable, our environmental
problems are all too mundane: expanding human populations,
oil transport across the Arabian Sea, heavy use of agricultural
and industrial chemicals, harmful fishing practices, and ill-planned
land use. These pressures have destroyed important habitat,
driven many wildlife species near to extinction, and altogether
compromised our peoples’ future".
UNEP: Asia
Pacific Environment Outlook 2. Published periodically
to present the state of environment and its trend in the region.
The report aims to critically review the existing status of
the environment, the driving forces for changes, and the existing
set of policy initiatives undertaken to confront environmental
challenges.
UNEP GPA: South
Asian Seas (brief description of environmental state,
priority issues).
State
of the Environment South Asia 2001. Published in conjunction
with the South Asia Cooperative Environment Programme (SACEP).
ESCAP: State
of the Environment in Asia and the Pacific 2000.
UNEP:
Global
Environment Outlook 3 (GEO3). Coastal and marine areas.
University
of Rhode Island: Large Marine Ecosystems (LME): The region
includes parts of the
Arabian Sea LME and parts of the Gulf
of Bengal LME.
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