The Sulu-Sulawesi Sea: Environmental and socioeconomic status, future prognosis and ameliorative policy options

Ambio

Volumn 33, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 88-97

  DeVantier, Lyndon ^a   Alcala, Angel ^b,c   Wilkinson, Clive ^a,d  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b Dept of Environment and Nat Rsrc ^*

^c SILLIMAN UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

^d Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; MARINE POLICY; POLICY STRATEGY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

CELEBES SEA; INDONESIAN SEAS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SULU SEA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1642369054     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447-33.1.88     Document Type: Review

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90. This review is a short précis of the Global International Waters Assessment for the Sulu-Sulawesi Sea and we gratefully acknowledge the expert contributions of (in alphabetical order) Achmad Abdullah, Heni Augustina, Angel Alcala, Porfirio Alino, Imam Bachtiar, Ronald Bonifacio, Annadel Cabanban, Catherine Cheung, Chua Thia-Eng, Laura David, Rili Djohani, Mark Erdmann, Miguel Fortes, Ed Gomez, Kevin Hiew, Jose Ingles, Gil Jacinto, Roger Juliano, Teng Seh Keng, Hugh Kirkman, Maarten Kuijper, David Lawrence, Al Licuanan, Medel Limsuan, Evangeline Miclat, Peter Mous, Cleto Nanola, Jos Pet, Lida Pet-Soede, Nicolas Pilcher, Srihartiningsih Purnomohadi, Kekut Sarjana Putra, Jan Steffan, and Romeo Trono, and others forming the GIWA subregional task team. The authors also thank Prof. Olof Linden, David Souter, Niklas Holmgren and the GIWA Secretariat in Kalmar University, Sweden; Prof. Russell Reichelt and staff of the Cooperative Research Centre for the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area and Australian Institute of Marine Science; and Prof. Robin South and Posa Skelton of the International Ocean Institute (Australia) for support.