In addition to the environment outlook reports, UNEP also launched four GIWA regional reports on the Indian Ocean islands, Caribbean Sea small islands, Caribbean islands, and Pacific islands.

The subantarctic region includes many islands in the southern parts of the Indian Ocean, Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean, especially those situated north of the Antarctic Convergence.

The fate of the Chagossians, the former residents of the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean, is particularly harrowing.

Siberut is the largest and northernmost of the Mentawai Islands, lying 150 kilometres west of Sumatra in the Indian Ocean.

Indian Ocean tsunami

The Indian Ocean joins the Pacific Ocean to the east, near Australia.

The Pacific Islands comprise 20,000 to 30,000 islands in the Pacific Ocean.

On 26 December 2004, the countries surrounding the Indian Ocean were hit by a tsunami caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.

Background The Zanzibar Archipelago, now part of the Southeast African republic of Tanzania, is a group of islands lying in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Tanganyika.

The Indian Ocean extends northward from the Southern Ocean to India, between Africa and Australia.

There was also mayhem following the Indian Ocean tsunami.

It connects the Java Sea to the Indian Ocean.

Spotlight Response to major emergencies Indian Ocean and Darfur

Indian Ocean disaster risk reduction for a safer world

Indian Ocean disaster risk reduction for a safer future

Indian Ocean disaster risk reduction for a safer future

Recent events 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake The 9.1 9.3 moment magnitude 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was caused by the release of stresses built up along the subduction zone where the Indian Plate is sliding under the Burma Plate in the eastern Indian Ocean, at a rate of 6 cm yr (2.5 in yr).

The Indian Ocean tsunami removed the basis of our assumption.

By 1815, Britain became the principal power in the Indian Ocean.

It was also the stadium of the 2007 Indian Ocean Games.

Video on UNICEF response to the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami

Both groups use the commercial shipping lines of the Indian Ocean.

The tragedy that has struck the Indian Ocean touches us all.

The Indian Ocean tsunami is a disaster for all of humankind.

General statements Indian Ocean Disaster risk reduction for a safer future

Occasionally individuals are found off the Indian Ocean coasts of South Africa, Mozambique and Madagascar, and they are very rarely found elsewhere in the Indian Ocean, such as off Oman.

Geography South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands are a collection of islands in the South Atlantic Ocean.

He was stationed in the Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean.

It is bounded on the east by the Pacific Ocean, on the south by the Indian Ocean and on the north by the Arctic Ocean.

Briefing on the UNICEF response to the Indian Ocean earthquake tsunami disaster

The Southeast Indian Ridge (SEIR) is a divergent tectonic plate boundary located along the seafloor of the southern Indian Ocean.

The Southwest Indian Ridge (SWIR) is a divergent tectonic plate boundary located along the floor of the southwest Indian Ocean.

Since the adoption of the Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace, in 1971, the situation in the world, particularly in the Indian Ocean area, has undergone major changes.

61 43. Observer status for the Indian Ocean Commission in the General Assembly

Wishing to promote cooperation between the United Nations and the Indian Ocean Commission,

Earthquake and tsunami activity has been high since the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.

During this time, the task force conducted normal operations in the Indian Ocean.

Implementation of the Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace

Implementation of the Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace

The world was shocked by the undersea earthquake that struck the Indian Ocean region.

Panel discussion Lessons learned from the recent earthquake tsunami Indian Ocean disaster response challenges

Panel discussion Lessons learned from the recent earthquake tsunami Indian Ocean disaster recovery challenges

Peace, stability, and freedom of navigation in the Pacific Ocean are inseparable from peace, stability, and freedom of navigation in the Indian Ocean.

The States most likely to be affected are principally in the Pacific Ocean but also include States in the Indian Ocean and the Caribbean.

The main island of Sri Lanka, formerly called Ceylon , is an island in the Indian Ocean belongs to Sri Lanka, located in Southern Asia, southeast of India, in a strategic location near major Indian Ocean sea lanes.