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Google Earth Tour of Reefs at Risk: Take a tour of coral reefs around the world with the World Resources Institute's Reefs at Risk project and Google Earth. The journey to each of the six coral reef regions provides an overview of the biodiversity of reef ecosystems, their importance to people and local economies, and the types and magnitudes of threats that reefs face, illustrated with vibrant underwater footage of coral reefs and photos of activities that influence reef condition. The Reefs at Risk project raises awareness of threats to coral reefs and provides information and tools to manage coastal habitats more effectively.
Gulf of Honduras Project: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzP3Gk5y-IM video
State of the Ocean: An Overview: The man being interviewed is Dr. Alex Rogers, Professor of Conservation Biology at the Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, and Scientific Director the International Programme on the State of the Ocean. He explains that we are indeed on the brink of major species extinction, because coral reefs are on track to collapse in the latter half of the century. There are plenty of other things that will lead to a loss in biodiversity in the world's oceans, but that's one that scientists are relatively certain will occur if we keep emitting greenhouse gas pollution at the current rate.
Ocean acidification: Connecting science, industry, policy and public: Ocean acidification is a recently recognised phenomenon which results from the growing quantities of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the Earth's atmosphere. Much of this gas is being absorbed at the ocean surface, pushing seawater down the pH scale towards acidity and posing a potential threat to marine ecosystems and those dependent on them. As scientific research reveals more about how the oceans and the life they contain might be affected, there is a need to engage with a wider community including policy makers, environmental managers and the general public to understand what is happening, how we might be affected and what actions could be taken to reduce any risks.
Marine Debris B-roll from NW Hawaiian Islands: NOAA and several partners in Hawaii announced a comprehensive long-term plan to actively assess and remove plastics, derelict fishing gear, and other human sources of marine debris from coastal waters and coral reefs along the island chain. The plan, a first of its kind for the nation, will be instrumental in protecting the states coastal communities and marine life from the thousands of pounds of marine debris that wash ashore each year.
Google Earth Tour about Marine Debris: Take a tour in Google Earth that explores the ocean and all of the marine debris around the world. Download the KML tour and learn more at: http://earth.google.com/ocean
Key insights on IWRM planning from 13 countries: The video outlines the lessons of a five-year program to develop Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) plans in 13 African countries managed by the Global Water Partnership 2005-2010.The lessons learned center around the importance of understanding the development context, having a strategic road map, ensuring sustainability and developing capacity.
Google Earth Tour Illustrates How Our Oceans Are Acidifying: The process of ocean acidification can be a confusing one. Exactly how does the carbon dioxide in our atmosphere change the pH balance in the oceans, and what kinds of issues does it cause? Oceana has created an excellent tour via Google Earth that illustrates the process. It manages to sum up in just a couple minutes the chemistry that is changing the balance of life in our oceans right now. Oceana scientist Dr. Jeffrey Short describes the science behind, and impacts of an ocean that is acidifying.
Uab: A film supported by the Global Environment Facility funded, UN Development Programme and UN Environment Programme implemented and Southern Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC), as an illustration of the potential impacts of climatic variability and change told through a metaphor of Uab a local fictional character who consumes all resources. It also caps efforts of Palau to prepare for these impacts. The film is produced by Roll on productions and financed by SOPAC.
By-Catch Management and Discard Reduction: A film by the Global Environment Facility funded, UN Development Programme implemented, Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations executed project, “Reduction of Environmental Impact from Tropical Shrimp Trawling Through the Introduction of By-Catch Reduction Technologies and Change of Management”. Every year tropical shrimp trawl fisheries generate millions of tonnes of bycatch. In some countries bycatch is an important source of income and contributes to food supply; in others, bycatch is discarded at sea. This FAO training video, filmed on location in Mexico, the Philippines and FAO Rome's headquarters, explores the issues and solutions to better manage bycatch and reduce discards in tropical shrimp fisheries. The film was produced by FAO’s Fishing Technology Service in partnership with a Television for the Environment Production (www.tve.org).
Indigenous Knowledge in Coastal and Marine Resources, Tanzania: A film by the Global Environment Facility funded, World Bank implemented, University of Queensland executed, Coral Reef Targeted Research project. The film was produced by the University of Dar Es Salaam, Institute of Marine Science. The film looks at indigenous practices in Tanzania in fishing and other sectors, with an eye to how local culture can be leveraged to improve coral reef management.
Climate Change: A Challenge for IMO Too!: A film by the Global Environment Facility funded, UN Development Programme implemented, International Maritime Organization executed project, “Ballast Water Partnerships”. On World Maritime Day 2009, IMO launched Climate Change: a challenge for IMO too!, a new short DVD film, which highlights the current situation of the world's international merchant fleet with regard to its energy efficiency and carbon footprint, as well as the challenges faced by IMO in its efforts to effectively control greenhouse gas emissions from ships engaged in international trade.
Rivers of Life, Oceans of Plenty: Rivers of Life, Oceans of Plenty describes the unique marine and coastal ecosystems of the western Indian Ocean, documenting the ways in which they are changing. It shows how over-fishing, the destruction of critical habitats such as coastal forests, mangrove forests, seagrass beds and coral reefs and global climate change are leading to a decline in the abundance of resources. The film also highlights the actions that are being taking by African countries to reverse the degradation of their marine and coastal ecosystems and secure their future social and economic well-being. An educational film produced jointly by two Global Environment Facility projects, UNDP implemented Agulhas Somali Current Large Marine Ecosystem and the UNEP-implemented Western Indian Ocean Land-based Activities project. www.asclme.org/www.wiolab.org
The Yellow Sea – A Sea of Co-operation, Peace, and Prosperity: The video highlights Project’s major activities and achievements of scientific research, policy development, and public awareness campaigns. The video describes the SAP as one of the major outputs, explaining its innovative ecosystem-based approach compared to the traditional sector approach. It is expected that audiences, watching the video, will understand the importance of the Yellow Sea to their lives, the environmental problems threatening the marine and coastal ecosystems, and the actions taken by littoral countries—China and Republic of Korea (ROK)—under the Project. It is hoped that the video will motivate people to think and act for conservation, soliciting public support for the Project in addressing transboundary international water issues in the region. A number of partners and organisations have contributed to producing the video. These include the Anyang University, the Liaoning Ocean and Fisheries Science Research Institute, and the WWF. The video is produced in association with the China Ocean News. The video is available on the Project’s website at http://www.yslme.org/. For a copy of the DVD, please contact the Project Management Office at info@yslme.org.
Oceanic Guardians: A new film titled ‘Oceanic Guardians’ (www.youtube.com/pacificislandfish) was launched today by the UNDP-GEF funded Pacific Islands Oceanic Fisheries Management Project (OFMP) at the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Committee meeting in Honiara, Solomon Islands. Celebrating the success of Pacific Islands’ negotiations to establish a tuna commission to set and enforce rules on tuna fishing, ‘Oceanic Guardians’ is shot in high definition video featuring the world’s first underwater footage of longline fishing in the Pacific Islands, traditional canoe racing in the Solomon Islands and Tongan-owned and crewed patrol boats and fishing vessels. These dramatic images are accompanied by interviews with real-life ‘Oceanic Guardians’ from the Pacific Islands region who have been at the forefront of negotiations with foreign fishing nations to establish the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) and use it to control illegal fishing and introduce other world-first conservation and management measures. These measures include the responses to bigeye tuna overfishing, introduction of fisheries observers on fishing vessels to monitor compliance, closing of high seas pockets to fishing and introduction of measures to limit bycatch of sharks, seabirds and turtles. As an example of the Pacific Islands many successes, ‘Oceanic Guardians’ features a special look at Tonga’s use of the WCPFC to take action against an illegal fishing vessel in 2008. ‘Oceanic Guardians’ is produced in the Pacific Islands by the OFMP, which provides resources from the Global Environment Facility (GEF), through the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), to Pacific Islands to strengthen management of their oceanic fisheries. Pacific Islands receive assistance such as training, technical support, fisheries management, legal, compliance and scientific advice and assistance, coordinated and delivered by regional organisations Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA), the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) and the Pacific Islands Tuna Industry Association (PITIA).
Global Mercury Project - Film: A film by the Global Environment Facility international waters project "Removal of Barriers to the Introduction of Cleaner Artisanal Gold Mining and Extraction Technologies", implemented by the UN Development programme and managed by the UN Industrial Development Organization, covering the results of the project.
The Coral Triangle: Local Actions, Shared Benefits: A film about the new Coral Triangle Initiative, to protect and sustain the world's most important fishery and marine resource. The CTI is managed by the 6 countries (Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Malaysia, Solomon Islands and Brunei. Australia is also a major partner. The CTI is funded also by the Global Environment Facility, Asian Development Bank, United States AID, and large NGO's like WWF, TNC and others.
Global Coral Reefs: A film by the Global Environment Facility International Waters project "Coral Reef Targeted Research and Capacity Building for Management", implemented by the World BAnk and managed by the University of Queensland.
GEF Pacific IWRM Project: Reef to Ridge - Community to Cabinet: A combination Google Earth and Powerpoint presentation of the Global Environment Facility, UNDP and UNEP implemented project, "Implementing Sustainable Integrated Water Resource and Wastewater Management in the Pacific Island Countries". The film is by Michael Baumann and Christopher Paterson.
GEF-IBRD Hai River Basin Project Film: A film on the Hai River Basin Integrated Management project, a Global Environment Facility Project, implemented by the World Bank and managed (executed) by the Chinese government...the film covers the project aims and some of its results.

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