Oceans 2020

by Field, John G.; Hempel, Gotthilf; Summerhayes, C. P.; Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission

• ISBN13: 9781559634694
• ISBN10: 1559634693
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-09-01
• Publisher: Island Pr

Summary

Oceans 2020presents a comprehensive assessment of the most important science and societal issues that are likely to arise in marine science and ocean management in the next twenty years. Sponsored by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC), the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR), and the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE), the book brings together the world's leading ocean scientists and researchers to analyze the state of marine science and technology, identify key scientific issues for sustainable development, and evaluate the capability of scientists, governments, and private-sector stakeholders to respond to those issues. Topics include:basic ocean sciencespressures on the coastal zoneclimate change and the oceanfisheries and fishery science in their search for sustainabilityoffshore industries including oil drilling, carbon sequestration, and manganese nodule miningmarine information for shipping and defenseAlso included are chapters on cross-cutting issues including operational oceanography, ocean instrumentation and technology, developing frameworks for cooperation, and capacity building in developing nations. In addition, the book offers an introductory overview and a "Vision to 2020" that outlines a path to rational ocean governance. In each chapter, contributors give a brief but comprehensive overview of the subject and then consider what has been achieved in recent years, define the problems, outline solutions, and set forth recommendations on the needs for and directions of ocean science in support of sustainable development for the next twenty years.Oceans 2020suggests what can be done about major marine environmental issues through the better development and application of marine science and technology, focusing on the issues that are most closely related to human and sustainable development. It will help guide countries in developing their marine science and technology strategies and priorities and is an essential source of information for policymakers, government officials, resource managers, scientists, the media, and all those concerned with the current and future health of the oceans.

Table of Contents

List of Boxes	xi
Foreword	xiii
Preface	xvii
Introduction	1	(8)
Colin P. Summerhayes
John G. Field
Gotthilf Hempel
Ocean Studies	9	(40)
John A. McGowan
John G. Field
PART I. ISSUES
The Coastal Zone: An Ecosystem Under Pressure	49	(36)
Han Lindeboom
Climate Change and the Ocean	85	(24)
Gerald R. North
Robert A. Duce
Fisheries and Fisheries Science in Their Search for Sustainability	109	(28)
Gotthilf Hempel
Daniel Pauly
Ocean Studies for Offshore Industry	137	(26)
Colin P. Summerhayes
Karin Lochte
Marine Information for Shipping and Defense	163	(24)
David P. Rogers
Mary G. Altalo
Richard W. Spinrad
PART II. TOOLS AND APPROACHES
Operational Oceanography	187	(22)
Colin P. Summerhayes
Ralph Rayner
A Vision of Oceanographic Instrumentation and Technologies in the Early Twenty-first Century	209	(48)
Tommy D. Dickey
PART III. SOCIAL/INSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGES
Framework of Cooperation	257	(26)
Geoffrey Holland
Patrico Bernal
Capacity Building	283	(26)
Miguel Fortes
Gotthilf Hempel
The Vision to 2020	309	(12)
John G. Field
Colin P. Summerhayes
Gotthilf Hempel
References	321	(28)
About IOC, SCOR, and SCOPE	349	(2)
List of Contributors	351	(4)
Index	355