Large Marine Ecosystems Status and Trends - Summary for Policy Makers
type: Dataset
description: The water systems of the world — aquifers, lakes, rivers, large marine ecosystems, and open ocean — sustain the biosphere and underpin the health and socioeconomic well-being of the world’s population. Many of these systems are shared by two or more nations. Recognizing the value of trans-boundary water systems, and the reality that many of them continue to be over-exploited and degraded, and managed in fragmented ways, the Global Environment Facility (GEF) initiated the Trans-boundary Waters Assessment Programme (TWAP). The Programme aims to provide a baseline assessment to identify and evaluate changes in these water systems caused by human activities and natural processes, as well as the consequences these changes may have on the human populations dependent upon them.
language: en
date created: 21-07-2021T03:07:03.0
date modified: 16-07-2025T22:07:50.0
publisher: Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme
subject of: Coastal and Marine
subject of: Inland Waters
keywords: trans-boundary water system
keywords: ecosystem
keywords: twap
license: https://pacific-data.sprep.org/resource/public-data-license-agreement-0
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spatial coverage: Worldwide
accountable person: United Nations Environment Programme
distribution: Large Marine Ecosystems Status and Trends - Summary for Policy Makers
  type: DataDownload
  file format: pdf
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