The economic viability of sustainable
development in the conservation of biodiversity of dugongs in the marine
environment
CMS/Dugong
Meeting /SS2/UNEP
Prof.Dr. khaled kassem
Prof. of Economics & Dean of Academic Staff Affairs
Arab Academy for Science and Technology and Maritime Transport
(AASTMT)
MANILA
19-22, February, 2013
Scientists outweighed that life began in the sea for more than 3,500 million years. Marine environment has been throughout this period pretty good shape, where different species significant threat affect their existence. However, the last five decades caused havoc in these environments that has not happened before, deteriorating clearly and draining quickly to its various components, and in particular its vital resources of fish and marine life. We take from the sea, a lot of fish and other natural resources, but on the other hand throwing our industrial and human wastes and flowing waters without treatment for the poisons they contain. Besides, burying many areas of the coastal and marine areas for the purposes of urban expansion, which led to the deprivation of many marine biologist from their natural habitats and breeding sites and prosperity, also, leading to the destruction of some marine plants which have a prominent role in the stability of coastal ecosystems.
The seriousness of this deteriorating
situation in marine environments stimulated scientists and researchers and
officials to put an end to this serious environmental problem. This resulted in
the search for ways to protect marine environments, maintenance and prevent
depletion, and then emerged the idea of "marine reserves" as a
sophisticated scientific and effective means to maintain the marine
environment. the idea of creating this kind of reserves and through the
adoption of acceptable policy and inform good goers sea, has been adopted
widely throughout the world, leading eventually to reach the desired end, the
province on the marine and coastal areas of both environmental and aesthetic
dimensions simultaneously in the context of
a balanced environmental
The term of the "Marine Environment",
which includes the content of the meaning of " Marine Life" and what
it means for all forms of living organisms and plants
that live in the seas in addition to these seas and the seabed and subsoil of
the soil with all its natural resources.
-Then twist the definition of the marine
environment as "an Eco-system" or a set of environmental regulations
in the scientific concept of contemporary ecosystem that goes out to study a
specific unit in the time and place all that it entails of organisms under
conditions of physical and climatic as well as the relations between those
objects each other and their relationship to the surrounding physical
conditions.
Sustainable development in the marine
environment
concept grew concept of sustainable development for the shortage observed in previous models of economic growth and development, which did not provide a broad base adequately. It is based in sentencing balanced on the costs and benefits of different policies, and headed instead to focus on the gains short term at the expense of ambitions in the long run. Sustainable development simply is "development that meets the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs" (United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, 1987). Related development in this sense the quality of life and should not be confused with economic growth although it is clear that the two are inextricably linked to each other in the modern part of our global systems.
concept grew concept of sustainable development for the shortage observed in previous models of economic growth and development, which did not provide a broad base adequately. It is based in sentencing balanced on the costs and benefits of different policies, and headed instead to focus on the gains short term at the expense of ambitions in the long run. Sustainable development simply is "development that meets the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs" (United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, 1987). Related development in this sense the quality of life and should not be confused with economic growth although it is clear that the two are inextricably linked to each other in the modern part of our global systems.
The centered definitions and other rules
for sustainable development on the previous definition in different forms, such
as "Managing the natural resource base and maintenance, and directing
technological changes and institutional manner that ensures human needs of
present and future generations an ongoing basis. Such sustainable development
which maintains (land), water and plant genetic resources (animal) do not occur
a deterioration in the environment and appropriate in terms of technology and
sound economic and socially acceptable "(Council of the Food and
Agriculture 1988).
"The use of community resources,
maintenance and promotion can even maintain the ecological processes upon which
life and can even promote the overall
quality of life now and in the future" (Council of Governments of
Australia in 1992).
The focus point of view depends on
ecosystems toward sustainable development to maintain the stability and
flexibility of the ecosystem, especially for the dugong. Sustainable
Development recognizes the interdependence of human economies with their
environment, and highlights the need for a scientific understanding of
ecosystem functioning and subjected to change.
Sustainable development requires the Marine
Environment of the dugong improve management systems and make changes in the
perspective of key stakeholders to focus more on long-term outcomes. This will
require:
• Increase awareness of factors that go beyond the traditional area of fisheries management;
•Integrate fisheries management better in the management of coastal areas;
•Control of land-based activities that occur deterioration of the marine environment;
•Greater control over access to shared resources;
•Strengthening institutions and legal frameworks;
• Increase the participation of all stakeholders in the process of management of the marine environment;
• Increase awareness of factors that go beyond the traditional area of fisheries management;
•Integrate fisheries management better in the management of coastal areas;
•Control of land-based activities that occur deterioration of the marine environment;
•Greater control over access to shared resources;
•Strengthening institutions and legal frameworks;
• Increase the participation of all stakeholders in the process of management of the marine environment;
•To promote the collection and exchange of
information on dugongs.
•Strengthen monitoring and control systems and enforcement;
•Better understanding of the social and economic characteristics of the marine environment
•Measures to address the uncertainty and volatility in the natural resources and dynamic ecosystem;
•Strengthen monitoring and control systems and enforcement;
•Better understanding of the social and economic characteristics of the marine environment
•Measures to address the uncertainty and volatility in the natural resources and dynamic ecosystem;
• Promote commitment to the community
rational use of natural resources
-Dissemination of
environmental awareness in the international media
-Dissemination of environmental awareness through environmental education in schools and universities
-Dissemination of environmental awareness through environmental education in schools and universities
