Web links
Yellow links are also in the Knowledge Objects section of the Oceans Atlas
Non-consumptive uses
Examples referring to non-consumptive use (not all marine and coastal)
Protected Areas
Map of Protected Areas
Impacts of Disturbance and Degradation
IUCN Marine Protected Areas Programme Web pages
WRI map: Coastal Ecosystems threatened by development
World Commission on Protected Areas Taskforce on Tourism and Protected Areasl
UNESCO's coastal and small islands Website: protected areas links
World Resources Institute: Pressures on Marine Biodiversity UNEP's GPA on physical alterations and destruction of habitat http://www.biodiv.org/areas/marine/mariculture.asp http://www.unesco.org/csi/themlis.htm http://www.cgiar.org/iclarm/resprg/priap.htm#coastal
MPA News
The Jakarta Mandate for Marine and Coastal Biodiversity - Protected areas
Coastlines at Risk
Interactive maps of World Heritage Sites globally
UNESCO's homepage for World Heritage Convention
Wetlands, Biodiversity and the Ramsar Convention (1997)
Endangered species
Map of turtle and pinniped distribution
Interactive maps of Marine Turtles nesting sites in the Indian Ocean
CITES
Red List of Threatened Species
Regional marine threats
Biodiversity
Biodiversity and climate change
Decision for conservation and sustainable use of marine and coastal biological diversity (Convention on Biological Diversity)
http://www.unesco.org/csi/theme/them6.htm - an overview of the UNESCO theme: Coastal Biodiversity. Programmes and reports
Marine Biodiversity: patterns, threats and conservation needs. 1997
World Resources Institute: Coastal biodiversity and some of the threats to biodiversity and coral reefs
Alien species
Invasive alien species
CSIRO Centre for Research on Introduced Marine Pests (CRIMP). UNEP Regional Seas list of links about alien species introduced by ballast water
Global Invasive Species Programme
CBD Case Studies
CBD Documents
Conservation International's marine Hotspots analysis
Hot spots and critical areas
