Sustainable Management of Oceans and Coastal Environment
Oceans provide humanity with many goods and services: They are a crucial source of food and livelihood for millions of people and they produce more than half of the oxygen we breathe. However, the marine environment is under severe stress from multiple anthropogenic pressures that are acting together in unexpected ways.
The deteriorating health of the oceans, the over-exploitation of living resources, irreparable damage to biodiversity and the new emerging challenges of climate change are serious concerns for genuine stakeholders in ocean governance, welfare and sustainable management matters.
Climate change and the unsustainable use of natural resources, resulting in the degradation of ecosystems and leading to biodiversity loss worldwide, are clear signs that today’s humanity is living and consuming at the expense of future generations. We therefore need to develop
