- INSTITUTE:
- UNU-INWEH
- PUBLISHER:
- United Nations University Press
- VOLUME:
- Policy Report, 2011
- TITLE:
- Environmental troubles in Mid-East Gulf region growing due to rapid coastal development
- AUTHORS:
- by Hanneke Van Lavieren, Lisa Benedetti, Peter F. Sale, John Burt, David A. Feary, Geórgenes Cavalcante, Elise Marquis, Charles Trick and Björn Kjerfve
- PUB DATE:
- December 5, 2011
- ISBN 10:
- 92-808-6017-8
Download PDF: Managing the growing impacts of development on fragile coastal and marine ecosystems: lessons from the gulf (4.4 MB)
Valuable fishery and other marine resources, and a broad range of services freely provided by the Gulf’s ecosystems, are at risk of being lost. This policy report analyses opportunities for demonstrating leadership in environmental stewardship, and the extent to which the region has responded.