RT null T1 The Regional State of the Coast Report: Western Indian Ocean A1 United Nations Environment Programme, A1 Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association, K1 environmental assessment K1 natural resource YR 2015 FD 2015 LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/9700 UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/9700 NO The Regional State of Coast Report for the western Indian Ocean (WIO) is the first comprehensive regional synthesis to provide insights into the enormous economic potential around the WIO, the consequential demand for marine ecosystem goods and services to match the increasing human population, the pace and scale of environmental changes taking place in the region and the opportunities to avoid serious degradation in one of the world’s unique and highly biodiverse oceans. The report goes a step further and presents exploratory scenarios and policy analysis to better inform anticipatory planning and management of coastal and marine resources. DS UN Environment Document Repository RD Sep 18, 2026