Sea Change in South China Sea.

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  • Author(s): Tibbetts, John
  • Source:
    Environmental Health Perspectives. Oct2001, Vol. 109 Issue 10, pA470. 1/2p. 1 Map.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      ENVIRONMENTAL degradation; ANTHROPOGENIC effects on nature; COASTAL ecology; MARINE ecology; ECONOMIC development
    • Subject Terms:
      SOUTH China Sea
    • Abstract:
      The South China Sea is one of the most biologically diverse marine ecosystems in the world. That is why seven Asian nations agreed in the year 2000 to a United Nations Environment Programme/Global Environment Facility (UNEP/GEF) project to reverse environmental degradation trends in the region. Rapid economic development and population growth have created significant ecological damage in coastal and marine areas of the seven South China Sea nations. Each nation needs to develop pilot programs and devise policy, legal, and institutional reforms to restore damaged resources and protect existing ones.