Iraq further argues that Saudi Arabia has collected too few samples to make its sampling and analytical techniques to establish damage to marine subtidal habitat meaningful.

Marine environment, marine resources, marine biodiversity and the protection of vulnerable marine ecosystems

Marine environment, marine resources and the protection of vulnerable marine ecosystems

Marine environment and marine resources

According to Kuwait, approximately eleven million barrels of oil were released into Kuwaiti territorial waters, and habitat and shoreline surveys performed in the months following the invasion and occupation revealed shorelines covered in a thick coating of oil with the potential for widespread injury to marine life, shoreline habitat, and fisheries.

The Habitat Agenda and the UN Habitat Strategic Vision

Marine environment, marine resources and sustainable development

Effects on habitat Some fishing techniques also may cause habitat destruction.

XI. Marine environment, marine resources and sustainable development

UN Habitat initiated the strategy of Habitat programme managers, in collaboration with UNDP.

Housing versus Habitat

Marine biodiversity

Marine science

Marine debris

Marine debris

1 Habitat Agenda, para.

Monitoring the Habitat Agenda

Cooperation with UN Habitat

(b) Effects of marine debris (the effects of marine debris on human health, safety, tourism and other economic activities, navigation, marine species, the marine environment and fisheries) (see A 60 63, paras. 241 247)

(b) Marine debris

Global Marine Assessment

(a) Habitat Agenda partners that were accredited to the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II)

Through a set of structured dialogues among various Habitat Agenda partners, priority Habitat Agenda issues were discussed.

Enhanced marine scientific research is critical for sustainable exploration and exploitation of marine resources.

Its natural habitat is swamps.

Its natural habitat is swamps.

Programme (UN Habitat) progress report

Voluntary contributions to UN Habitat

B. UN Habitat global campaigns

The Habitat Agenda and youth

Lack of donor financial support for the Habitat programme managers is one of the challenges facing UN Habitat.

Marine science and technology

Rapporteur Marine Davtyan (Armenia)

Sources of marine litter

Effects of marine litter

Prevention of marine pollution

Role of UN Habitat programme managers

Source UN Habitat Management Support Unit.

Nairobi UN Habitat and Earthscan Publications.

Coordinated implementation of the Habitat Agenda

We must strike a balance between marine resources exploitation and the conservation of the marine environment.

In 2003, the Governing Council of UN Habitat recommended the strengthening of the regional presence and cooperation of UN Habitat.

The Executive Director reported on the implementation of the wWork pProgramme of UN Habitat UN HABITAT for the biennium 2002 2003 and briefed the CPR Committee on the financial status of UN HabitatUN HABITAT

Marine debris, also referred to as marine litter, is any persistent, manufactured or processed solid material discarded, disposed of or abandoned in the marine and coastal environment. Chapter X.B.

As long as the input of non degradable litter into the marine environment continues, the result will be increased quantities of marine litter in the coastal and marine environments.