World Seas: An Environmental Evaluation: Volume II: The Indian Ocean to the Pacific

World Seas: An Environmental Evaluation, Second Edition, Volume II provides a comprehensive review of the environmental condition of the seas from the Indian Ocean to the Pacific. Each chapter is written by experts in the field and includes an historical overview of the sea concerned in environmental terms; uses to which it has been put and to which it is put today; its current environmental status and major problems arising from human use of both the sea and its watershed; informed comment on major trends, problems and successes; and recommendations for the future. World Seas is an invaluable worldwide reference source for students and researchers concerned with marine environmental science, fisheries, oceanography and engineering and coastal zone development.

Covers regional issues allowing countries to learn from one another and find solutions to environmental decline that may already be developed elsewhereProvides scientific reviews of regional issues brought together concisely and clearly, empowering managers and policymakers to make progress in under-resourced countries and regionsProvides comprehensive maps and updated statistics for the seas in each region covered

1. The Arabian Gulf 2. Oman 3. The Red Sea 4. The Northern Mozambique Channel 5. South Africa 6. Madagascar 7. The Sundarban Delta Complex 8. The Gulf of Mannar Marine Biosphere Reserve, Southern India 9. The Andaman and Nicobar Islands 10. The Maldives Archipelago 11. British Indian Ocean Territory (Chagos Archipelago) 12. Seas of Mauritius 13. French Territories in the Western Indian Ocean 14. The North-Western Margin of Australia 15. Australia’s Great Barrier Reef 16. Taiwan 17. The Bohai Sea 18. The Yellow Sea 19. The Coast of Vietnam: Present Status and Future Challenges for Sustainable Development 20. The West Coast of Peninsular Malaysia 21. Java Island, Indonesia 22. Thailand 23. The Philippines 24. Singapore 25. Sulawesi Seas, Indonesia 26. The Spratly Islands 27. New Caledonia 28. The Samoan Archipelago 29. Current Status of the US Military Atolls in the Pacific: Johnston and Wake 30. Tonga 31. The Coral Sea 32. Tuvalu 33. The Hawaiian Archipelago 34. The Pitcairn Islands 35. Fiji: Coastal and Marine Ecosystems 36. Nauru 37. Kiribati: Atolls and Marine Ecosystems 38. French Polynesia 39. Solomon Islands: Coastal and Marine Ecosystems 40. Western New Guinea: Papua and West Papua Provinces of Indonesia