2017. november 16., csütörtök 18:00 |
Coasts - A Vital Habitat Under Pressure (part 1) |
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Hamburg, Kiel, Berlin, 16 november 2017, (APA/MTI) - Maribus gGmbH, the Consortium of German Marine Research and the Cluster of Excellence "Future Ocean" are taking on the crucial habitat of the coast in the new "World Ocean Review 5" which covers a large range of topics from the fight against natural threats to coastal protection and concepts for conservative use. |
16th November 2017 Hamburg, Berlin, Kiel. Since time immemorial, the
coastal habitat has been one of the most valuable areas on earth: A
great part of fishery takes place in coastal waters. Wind energy,
natural gas and oil production benefit from offshore infrastructure,
and sand as a resource for the construction industry is obtained on
the coast. Without harbors, global trade would be unthinkable and,
last but not least, the coasts are among the most popular
recreational and tourist destinations in the world. To this day, the
attractiveness of the coasts for humans remains unbroken - in
economic as well as cultural terms.
"Coasts - A Vital Habitat Under Pressure" is the theme of the fifth
volume of the publication "World Ocean Review" (WOR). Published by
the non-profit maribus gGmbH with support from the magazine mare,
the International Ocean Institute (IOI) and coastal researchers from
the German Marine Research Consortium (KDM) and the Kiel Cluster of
Excellence "Future Ocean", the new issue of the marine science
publication is dedicated to this particular part of the earth with
in-depth information on the development, use and future scenarios
for responsible use.
"The still booming habitat harbours both boon and bane," says
Nikolaus Gelpke, editor of "World Ocean Review", founder of the
magazine mare and board member of the International Ocean Institute
(IOI). "I am certain that with this issue we will contribute to a
topic of increasing importance, the coasts of our earth." The
population on the coasts is growing disproportionately worldwide. 13
of the 20 megacities with more than 10 million people are located in
the immediate vicinity of the coast. The United Nations estimates
that around 2.8 billion people are now living at a distance of no
more than 100 kilometers from the coast - half of them in areas up
to only ten meters above sea level.
The coastal habitat is booming, but use and protection are out of
balance in many regions. For example, areas where sand is mined
resemble inhospitable lunar landscapes. Chemicals, pesticides,
plastic particles or fertilizers reach the ocean unfiltered. The
natural protective function of coasts is being replaced by concrete
infrastructure, and climate change will raise sea levels in the near
future to the extent that today, entire areas can only be preserved
with comprehensive protection measures.
"Protection and use need a new orientation, as demanded by the
Agenda 2030 Sustainability Goals, especially the Ocean Goal. The
increasing interest in the ocean and the coasts in political
dialogues and associated protection demands is a hopeful sign," says
Prof. Martin Visbeck, Speaker of the Kiel Cluster of Excellence
"Future Ocean" and head of the Research Unit Physical Oceanography
at the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel.
But how did coasts even come about? How do coasts differ worldwide?
How do we maintain their natural functions and how do we achieve
sustainable use - not only in the developed world? What strategies
are useful to counter the threat of sea-level rise? And which
political and legal options can be implemented to be able to act
internationally? The fifth edition of the "World Ocean Review"
examines the history of the development and evolution of the world's
coasts, their service for nature and people, and the impact of
climate change on the coasts. The "WOR 5" ranges from the fight
against natural hazards and sea-level rise to coastal protection and
concepts for more conservative use.
The study of coastal seas has a long tradition in Germany and a
wide range of different branches of science is exploring coastal
seas worldwide. "This edition of the "World Ocean Review" presents
current knowledge on various facets of the theme of the coast in
compact form," says Prof. Ulrich Bathmann, Chairman of the
Consortium for German Marine Research (KDM). "The contributing
experts are pooling their information to meet the challenges of
future changes in coastal seas."
The "World Ocean Review 5" was presented on 16th November 2017 at
the Schleswig-Holstein's Permanent Mission in Berlin as part of an
evening event with guests from politics, business, science, media
and education.
Images will be available for download starting on 17th November
(following the event) online at www.worldoceanreview.com
Links: www.worldoceanreview.com www.mare.de www.deutsche-meeresforschung.de/en/index www.futureocean.org (continues)
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2017. november 16., csütörtök 18:00 |
Coasts - A Vital Habitat Under Pressure (part 2) |
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Hamburg, Kiel, Berlin, 16 november 2017, (APA/OTS) - |
Background maribus gGmbH was founded in 2008 by mare publisher Nikolaus
Gelpke. It serves as a non-profit organisation for the purpose of
sensitising the public to marine science and contributing to more
effective marine conservation. The first maribus publication, the
"World Ocean Review 1" (WOR 1), was a comprehensive and unique
report, which showed the state of the oceans and the connections
between the ocean and ecological, economic and socio-political
relations. Following this, more detailed topic-specific publications
were published: the "World Ocean Review 2 - The Future of Fish - The
Fisheries of the Future", the "World Ocean Review 3 - Marine
Resources - Opportunities and Risks" and the "World Ocean Review 4 -
Sustainable Use of Our Oceans - Making Ideas Work". To date, about
120,000 printed copies of the "WOR" in German and English have been
ordered and distributed worldwide, in addition to countless online
downloads.
In the fifth maribus publication "Coasts - A Vital Habitat Under
Pressure", the cooperation with the partners of the "WOR" was
continued and even further expanded to include the German Marine
Research Consortium (KDM). The partners stand for years of
commitment to the oceans and the highest level of science:
o The International Ocean Institute (IOI), founded in 1972 by
Elisabeth Mann-Borgese. o The German Marine Research Consortium (KDM) bundles the expertise
of German marine research. Its members comprise all research
institutions active in marine, polar and coastal research. One of
KDM's main concerns is to share the interests of marine research
with national policymakers and the EU, as well as with the public. o The Kiel Cluster of Excellence "Future Ocean", a network of more
than 200 scientists from different disciplines, supported by Kiel
University, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, the
Institute for the World Economy (IfW) and the Muthesius University
of Fine Arts, and funded by the German Federal Government and the
Länder within the Excellence Initiative of the German Research
Foundation (DFG). o mare - the magazine of the oceans
The "World Ocean Review 5" is being published in a total
circulation of 24,000 copies. The publication is not sold, but given
away for free. There is no profit-making intent. It is available at
www.worldoceanreview.com. At the same time as the printed edition,
the entire publication will also be published online. In addition to
the German version, an English-language edition will be available
shortly.
"Coasts - A Vital Habitat Under Pressure", ed. maribus gGmbH,
Hamburg 2017, 208 pages, with numerous graphics and photographs,
paperback.
Contact and example copies: maribus gGmbH Bettina Wittich Press Relations Telephone: +49-40-368076-22 E-Mail: wittich@maribus.com
Cluster of Excellence "Future Ocean", Kiel University Friederike Balzereit Public Outreach Telephone: +49-431-880-3032 E-Mail: fbalzereit@uv.uni-kiel.de
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anyagot tartalmának torzítása nélkül, félreérthetőséget,
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