Ocean Commissions

Ocean Commissions
Author: Harold F. Upton
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 18
Release: 2010-11
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1437938027

In June 2009, the Obama Admin. established an Ocean Policy Task Force to develop a national ocean policy. On Sept. 10, 2009, the task force released an Interim Report which includes national ocean policy priorities, a governance structure for interagency coordination, and an implementation strategy. Most congressional activity has focused on specific topics, incl. ocean exploration, ocean and coastal mapping, ocean and coastal integrated observation, ocean acidification research and monitoring, and coastal and estuarine land conservation. Contents of this report: (1) Background: U.S. Comm. on Ocean Policy; Pew Oceans Comm.; Admin. Response; Joint Ocean Comm. Initiative; (2) Issues for Congress. Charts and tables.

Agenda for a Sustainable America

Agenda for a Sustainable America
Author: John C. Dernbach
Publisher: Environmental Law Institute
Total Pages: 549
Release: 2009
Genre: Environmental law
ISBN: 1585761338

Agenda for a Sustainable America is a comprehensive assessment of U.S. progress toward sustainable development and a roadmap of necessary next steps toward achieving a sustainable America. Packed with facts, figures, and the well-informed opinions of forty-one experts, it provides an illuminating "snapshot" of sustainability in the United States today. And each of the contributors suggests where we need to go next, recommending three to five specific actions that we should take during the next five to ten years. It thus offers a comprehensive agenda that citizens, corporations, nongovernmental organizations, and government leaders and policymakers can use to make decisions today and to plan for the future.

CIS Annual

CIS Annual
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 712
Release: 2007
Genre: Government publications
ISBN:

Ocean and Coastal Law and Policy

Ocean and Coastal Law and Policy
Author: Donald C. Baur
Publisher:
Total Pages: 756
Release: 2008
Genre: Law
ISBN:

The public trust doctrine. Role of the states. Managing coastal development. National environmental policy act ...

Ocean Yearbook 20

Ocean Yearbook 20
Author: Elisabeth M. Borgese
Publisher: Hotei Publishing
Total Pages: 992
Release: 2005-10
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9781571053510

Devoted to assessing the resources, technology and ecology of the world s oceans, the Ocean Yearbook provides this information to its worldwide audience in one convenient, easy-to-use resource.As in previous editions, each article in Ocean Yearbook 20 provides a unique perspective and case study written by an expert in the field, allowing readers to learn from specialists without having to decipher field-specific jargon. Each new volume contains key international documents and an annually updated global directory of ocean-related organizations.In addition to appendices featuring the Report of the International Ocean Institute, 2004 and other selected documents and proceedings, topics covered in Ocean Yearbook 20 include:Environment and Coastal Management Living Resources Ocean Governance Maritime Transport and Security Education and Training Ocean Yearbook is a collaborative initiative of the International Ocean Institute and the Marine and Environmental Law Programme at Dalhousie University Law School, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.Published under the Transnational Publishers imprint.