Resources

This report is a part of DINRAC efforts to establish a database on marine and coastal nature reserves in the NOWPAP region; improve understanding on the current situation and future developments of nature reserves; and prepare a review on nature reserves found in the region.

This regional overview focuses on introducing the existing national and international legal frameworks in NOWPAP member states - related to environmental protection.

These guidelines have been designed particularly for coastal managers in local government and professional researchers involved in translating satellite remote sensing into information and tools that are useful for the monitoring of eutrophication.

This document summarizes current conditions with regards to atmospheric contaminants being discharged into marine and coastal environments in the NOWPAP region.

This document summarizes current conditions with regards to pollution loads being discharged into rivers or directly into marine and coastal environments in the NOWPAP region.

This guideline has been developed to provide practical suggestions for the treatment or cleanup of oiled shorelines by expert groups, taking into account the reference materials and methods used in the NOWPAP region.

This report aims to give an overview of the international use of dispersants, as a basis for the development of NOWPAP Guidelines on Oil Spill Dispersants that can be used during joint response operations within the framework of the NOWPAP Regional Oil Spill Contingency Plan.

The objective of this report is to provide and share information on the status of Ocean Remote Sensing in the NOWPAP Region, and to address issues to be tackled through activities carried out by NOWPAP Special Monitoring & Coastal Environmental Assessment Regional Centre (NOWPAP CEARAC). To this end, common issues regarding Ocean Remote Sensing in the NOWPAP Region are identified.

This document reviews the current situation on the development of environmental sensitivity index maps by NOWPAP Member states, and compares each of these developments to determine the next term’s short, mid-, and long-term activities in order to find an appropriate direction in which NOWPAP Members can proceed.

The aim of this Integrated Report is to describe harmful algal bloom (HAB) problems in the NOWPAP Region, and to identify the necessary future activities of Special Monitoring & Coastal Environmental Assessment Regional Activity Centre (CEARAC) for tackling these problems.