Overview
This is the first contemporary, easy to follow resource currently available
This book is a one-stop-shop of the main issues facing the ocean today
This book is exclusively written by women experts, providing new perspectives and solutions
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Table of contents (32 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Climate Change and the Ocean
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Ocean Pollution
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Threatened and at Risk Ocean Habitats
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About this book
The Ocean and Us provides an overview of our contemporary understanding of the ocean and all the ways our lives interact with it. It is intended for everyone with an interest in our blue planet. The book brings together the expertise of over 35 ocean specialists from around the world. It explores a wide variety of themes including the importance of a healthy ocean in the fight to halt and contain climate change. It covers issues such as overfishing and pollution, as well as emerging themes such as the blue economy, marine animal welfare and how we can leverage innovation to protect the ocean. The book provides an overview of some of the world’s iconic threatened and at risk ocean ecosystems, and outlines current governance structures and ocean management tools. It also discusses the important social dimensions between people and the ocean, such as ocean and human wellbeing, communities and the ocean, and who gets to participate in the ocean space. The book aims to enhance ocean literacy by making specialist concepts accessible to non-experts, with a view to empowering concerned citizens everywhere to come into action for the ocean, and pave a better way forward for humanity.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Farah is an independent ocean advocate and the founder of Women4Oceans. She has worked around the world to address the most pressing issues facing the ocean including: overfishing, fish crimes & labour abuse in the seafood sector, protected areas, and the need for a global treaty to protect life on the high seas. Her career includes 11 years with Greenpeace as a senior oceans campaigner. Farah has presented at the UN, INTERPOL, on various TV shows and at ocean forums.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Ocean and Us
Editors: Farah Obaidullah
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-10812-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-10811-2Published: 03 February 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-10814-3Published: 03 February 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-10812-9Published: 02 February 2023
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXII, 370
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 146 illustrations in colour
Topics: Ecology, Oceanography, Pollution, general, Climate, general, Climate, general