Defying ocean's end : an agenda for action / edited by Linda K. Glover and Sylvia A. Earle ; assistant editor, Arlo H. Hemphill ; foreword by Graeme Kelleher ; maps by Debra Fischman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Glover, Linda K.

Earle, Sylvia A., 1935-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marine ecology--Congresses.

Marine ecology.

Aquatic resources conservation--Congresses.

Aquatic resources conservation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (308 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington : Island Press, c2004.

Summary:

If humankind were given a mandate to do everything in our power to undermine the earth's functioning, we could hardly do a better job than we have in the past thirty years on the world's oceans, both by what we are putting into it-millions of tons of trash and toxic materials-and by what we are taking out of it-millions of tons of wildlife.

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright Page; About the Editors/Authors; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Invitation to Action; Foreword; Preface; Overview; Ch. 1: The Caribbean; Ch. 2: Seamount Biodiversity, Exploitation and Conservation; Ch. 3: The Southern Ocean: A Model System for Conserving Resources?; Ch. 4: Coral Triangle; Ch. 5: The Gulf of California: Natural Resource Concerns and the Pursuit of a Vision; Ch. 6: Lines on the Water: Ocean-Use Planning in Large Marine Ecosystems; Ch. 7: Rationality or Chaos? Global Fisheries at the Crossroads

Ch. 8: A Global Network for Sustained Governance of Coastal Ecosystems Ch. 9: Restoring and Maintaining Marine Ecosystem Function; Ch. 10: Defying Ocean's End through the Power of Communications; Ch. 11: Ocean Governance: A New Ethos through a World Ocean Public Trust; Ch. 12: The Unknown Ocean; Ch. 13: Business Plan; Time for a Sea Change; Conference Participants; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-59726-751-1

1-4237-6717-9

OCLC:

66903255