RT null T1 Sulu-Celebes (Sulawesi) Sea: GIWA Regional Assessment 56 A1 United Nations Environment Programme, A1 University of Kalmar, A2 De Vantier, L. A2 Wilkinson, C. A2 Souter, D. A2 South, R. A2 Skelton, P. A2 Lawrence, D. K1 natural resource K1 resource conservation K1 resource management K1 water K1 water analysis K1 water conservation K1 water consumption K1 water demand K1 water management K1 water monitoring K1 water protection K1 water quality K1 water resource K1 water utilisation K1 environmental assessment K1 freshwater conservation K1 freshwater degradation K1 freshwater ecosystem K1 freshwater monitoring K1 freshwater pollution K1 freshwater resource K1 pollution control K1 pollution cost K1 water pollution K1 environmental conservation K1 environmental impact K1 environmental impact assessment K1 environmental protection K1 coast protection K1 coastal area K1 coastal ecosystem K1 coastal environment K1 coastal pollution K1 coastal water K1 marine conservation area K1 marine ecosystem K1 sea resource K1 sea water protection K1 coastal fishing K1 coastal management K1 river basin development K1 river management K1 water resources conservation K1 water resources development K1 transboundary pollution K1 environmental pollution SN 1651-940X YR 2005 FD 2005 LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/8810 UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/8810 NO This report presents the GIWA assessment of the Sulu-Celebes (Sulawesi) Sea region, which includes some of the land and sea areas of the three nations the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia. The region is situated in the centre of the world's marine biodiversity with many species of global significance and is surrounded by a rapidly growing population and rapidly deteriorating marine ecosystem. Habitat loss and community modification, having strong linkages with unsustainable exploitation of living resources and suspended solids in the drainage basins, were considered to have the most severe transboundary environmental and socio-economic impacts in the region. The past and present status and future prospects of these issues are discussed, and they are traced back to their root causes. Policy options to mitigate these problems are proposed that aim to provide solutions to these fundamental issues, in order to enhance the management of the region's aquatic environment. DS UN Environment Document Repository RD Sep 17, 2026