UN for creation of monitoring system for marine environment

Warning that there exists a significant gap in the understanding and management of the complex processes and trends at work in oceans and seas, a top UN officials today said asked governments to approve expert recommendations establishing a system that plugs the holes.

Addressing a UN meeting Marine Environment, Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro called for “a continuous, comprehensive and integrated review of the problems facing the marine environment, including socio-economic aspects.” The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Executive Director Achim Steiner said that declining fish stocks and land-based sources of pollution are some of the persistent challenges facing the marine environment, while the emergence of ‘dead zones’ and the impacts of climate change – including acidification – are among more rapidly emerging challenges… Read Full Article