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  Mesophotic coral ecosystems - a lifeboat for coral reefs?

  GRID Arendal, 2016

  The shallow coral reefs that we all know, are like the tip of an iceberg - they are the more visible part of an extensive coral ecosystem that reaches into depths far beyond where most people visit.  The invisible reefs, known as mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs) are widespread and diverse, however they remain largely unexplored in most parts of the world.  With the global climate he
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  Marine Litter Vital Graphics | GRID-Arendal - Publications

  GRID Arendal, 2016

  Every year, the sum of humanity’s knowledge increases exponentially. And as we learn more, we also learn there is much we still don’t know. Plastic litter in our oceans is one area where we need to learn more, and we need to learn it quickly. That’s one of the main messages in Marine Litter Vital Graphics. Another important message is that we already know enough to take action.
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  Final Evaluation, Coastal East Africa Global Initiative, (FY11-FY15)

  Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2016

  BackgroundThe Coastal East Africa Global Initiative (CEA GI, or Coastal East Africa Initiative - CEAI) is one of the 13 Global Initiatives (GIs) that the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) embarked on since 2007.
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  Seeing through fishers' lenses: Exploring marine ecological changes within Mafia Island Merine Park, Tanzania

  SAGE, 2016

  nsights from traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) of the marine environment are difficult to integrate into conventional science knowledge (CSK) initiatives. Where TEK is integrated into CSK at all, it is usually either marginalized or restricted to CSK modes of interpretation, hence limiting its potential contribution to the understanding of social-ecological systems.
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  Sierra Leone - state of the marine environment 2015

  GRID Arendal, 2015

  The Government of Sierra Leone recognizes the threats to the coastal and marine environment from anthropogenic sources as well as from global climate change which is one of the biggest challenges of our generation that threatens the natural resource base of the country.
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  Corruption and state-corporate crime in fisheries

  U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, 2015

  This U4 Issue paper describes corruption in the fisheries sector through the lens of state-corporate crime. It presents a case study from Senegal where Russian, European and Asian fishing firms, supported by their home governments, gained access to overfished stocks that are vital to local food security and the artisanal fishing sector.
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  Climate Change, Environment, Energy and Natural Resource Management (CEEN) in Development Policy: Addressing Knowledge Needs and Gaps in Norwegian ODA-Funded Research Support

  Fridtjof Nansen Institute, 2014

  Climate change, environment, energy and natural resource management (CEEN) are salient issues in global development policy. They are also particularly prominent in Norway, receiving close to 25% of the aid budget in 2013.
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  Fish carbon: exploring marine vertebrate carbon services

  GRID Arendal, 2014

  In answer to the call by the United Nations to provide innovative solutions to address the climate change challenge and prevent global biodiversity loss, a new report has been produced on the potential of marine vertebrates to fill this void.
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  The Shelf Programme: A decade of successfully helping to secure the sovereign maritime rights of developing coastal states

  GRID Arendal, 2015

  Not so long ago there was real concern that many developing States would not make the United Nations imposed deadline for lodging submissions for extended continental shelf. We can now look back on ten years of successful capacity building, technical and scientific support and see the tangible results of the pioneering Shelf Programme.
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  Reality checks in Mozambique. Building better understanding of the dynamics of poverty and well - being. Annual report. Year four, 2014 - entrepreneurship

  Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2014

  A series of five “Reality Checks in Mozambique” will take place in the period 2011-2016, focussing on the dynamics of poverty and well-being with a particular focus on good governance, agriculture/employment/ climate and entrepreneurship that are key result areas in Swedish development cooperation with the country.

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