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T1 Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis of the Large Marine Ecosystems of the Western Indian Ocean Volume 1 : Baseline
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
A1 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 
K1 Indian Ocean region
K1 marine resources conservation
K1 nature conservation
K1 fishery
K1 biological diversity
K1 marine pollution
K1 fishery legislation
K1 Adaptation
K1 Biodiversity
K1  Coastal and Marine Ecosystems
K1 Global Environment Facility
K1 Natural Resources
K1 Pollution
K1 Waste management
PB United Nations Development Programme
SN 978-0-620-57042-8
YR 2012
FD 2012-09
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/26101
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/26101
NO This report synthesizes national and regional analyses to diagnose transboundary issues affecting marine and coastal ecosystems and fisheries in the Western Indian Ocean region, drawing on country Marine Ecosystem Diagnostic Analyses, specialist reports, cruises, and structured national and regional consultations. It compiles baseline biophysical and socio-economic conditions, including biodiversity and habitat status, fisheries exploitation patterns, and coastal livelihoods and dependence on marine resources. The work applies inventories and gap analyses of existing information, complemented by retrospective analyses for major fisheries groupings, and uses prioritisation, impact-chain, and causal-chain approaches to identify priority problems and their direct, underlying, and root causes. It evaluates regional governance options and concludes that an informal regional collaboration mechanism is the preferred approach.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 23, 2026