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SDG14 - Life Below Water: Towards Sustainable Management of Our Oceans describes the dependence of human beings on shore and marine resources and highlights how oceanic life sustains the livelihoods of people living in coastal areas, affects global economy and plays a significant role for making earth habitable. Chapters give accounts of human interventions on oceanic life and demonstrate the various ways in which the sustainability of the oceanic system is threatened. Looking to sustainable management and protection of marine and coastal ecosystems, chapters investigate best practices initiated in different countries, address issues such as overfishing and the legal framework for conservation and sustainable use of oceans and their resources.
Concise Guides to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals comprises 17 short books, each examining one of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The series provides an integrated assessment of the SDGs from economic, legal, social, environmental and cultural perspectives.
Price: $58.99
Pages: 168
Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
Imprint: Emerald Publishing Limited
Series: Concise Guides to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
Publication Date:
15 February 2021
ISBN: 9781800436510
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, The environment, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Fisheries & Aquaculture, Sustainable agriculture, Development and environmental geography
Umesh Chandra Pandey is Regional Director of Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) at Bhopal.
Subash Ranjan Nayak is Assistant Regional Director of Indira Gandhi National Open University.
Krishna Roka is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Winona State University.
Trilok Kumar Jain is Professor in School of Business and Commerce in Manipal University Jaipur.
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Oceans and Sustainable Development
Chapter 3. Sustainable Management and Protection of Marine and Coastal Ecosystems
Chapter 4. Marine Pollution
Chapter 5. Marine Biodiversity and Development in Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
Chapter 6. Legal Framework for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Oceans
Chapter 7. The Road Ahead