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Organizations relating to Land and Coastal Forms

Confederación Atlética del Istmo Centroamericano / Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Pacific Basin Medical Association / Majuro, Marshall Is / Est. 1995
International Show Caves Association / Genga, Italy
International Commission for the Hydrology of the Rhine Basin / Utrecht, Netherlands / Est. 1970
World Volleyball and Beach Volleyball Federation / Est. 2006
Regional Organization for the Protection of the Marine Environment / Safat, Kuwait
Society for the Conservation of Reef Fish Aggregations / Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Asociación Internacional de Profesionales de Puertos y Costas / Buenos Aires, Argentina
Asociación Panamericana de Profesionales de la Agrimensura y Topografia / Est. 1999
International Centre for Coastal Resources Research / Barcelona, Spain / Est. 1993
Consejo del Istmo Centroamericano de Deportes y Recreación / Panama, Panama / Est. 1992
Intergovernmental Coordination Group for Tsunami and Other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions / Quatre-Bornes, Mauritius / Est. 2005
Comité Regional de Recursos Hidraulicos del Istmo Centroamericano / San José, Costa Rica / Est. 1966
Comisión Trinacional para el Desarrollo de la Cuenca del Rio Pilcomayo / Asunción, Paraguay / Est. 1995
International Commission of the Congo-Ubangui-Sangha Basin / Kinshasa, Congo DR / Est. 1999
Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf / New York NY, USA
African Network for Basin Organizations / Dakar, Senegal / Est. 2002
Network of Asian River Basin Organizations / Saitama, Japan / Est. 2004
UN-OCEANS / New York NY, USA / Est. 2003
Coastal Zone Asia-Pacific Association / Bangkok, Thailand
Mangroves for the Future / Bangkok, Thailand / Est. 2006
International Coral Reef Action Network / Cambridge, UK / Est. 2000
Congo Basin Forest Partnership / Est. 2002
Nile Basin Initiative / Entebbe, Uganda / Est. 1999
Action Plan for the Protection of the Marine Environment and Coastal Areas in the South East Pacific / Guayaquil, Ecuador / Est. 1981
Asian Fisheries Social Science Research Network / Serdang, Malaysia / Est. 1983
Latin American Network of Basin Organizations / Brasilia, Brazil / Est. 1997
Nile Basin Discourse / Entebbe, Uganda / Est. 2003
International Offshore Petroleum Environmental Regulators / Est. 2013
Fondo para el Sistema Arrecifal Mesoamericano / Guatemala, Guatemala / Est. 2004
Black Sea Coastal Association / Varna, Bulgaria / Est. 1997
Coastwatch Europe / Dublin, Ireland
North American Network of Basin Organizations / Québec QC, Canada / Est. 2009
Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation / Seattle WA, USA / Est. 1971
Costas Grammenos Centre for Shipping, Trade and Finance, The / London, UK
Institute for Global Learning, Seaside CA / Seaside CA, USA
Fondazione Mediterranea / Ragusa, Italy / Est. 1985
The Coral Reef Alliance / Oakland CA, USA / Est. 1994
WiLDCOAST / Imperial Beach CA, USA / Est. 2000
Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds / Cape Town, South Africa / Est. 1968
Coastal Conservation Network / Costa Mesa CA, USA
Coastal Environmental Rights Foundation / Encinitas CA, USA
Coastal Footprint
Coastal Watershed Institute / Port Angeles WA, USA
Asociación para la Conservación de la Cuenca Amazónica / Lima, Peru / Est. 1999
European Federation of Nautical Tourism Destinations / Paris, France / Est. 2009
Coral Restoration Foundation / Key Largo FL, USA
Straits Commission / Est. 1924
Caribbean Basin Corrections Association
Caribbean Basin Investment Fund / Est. 1998

View all profiles (308 total) in the Yearbook of International Organizations

World Problems relating to Land and Coastal Forms

From the Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential

Threatened coral reef ecosystems
Coastal water pollution
Vulnerability of land-locked countries
Overexploitation of underground water resources
Environmental hazards of empolderment of wetlands
Uncoordinated international river basin development
Threatened lake habitats
Interference of transnational banks' off-shore borrowing with domestic monetary policies
Shifting coastlines
Non-accountability of offshore banks
Eutrophication
Loss of coastal lagoons
Inadequate rail transport facilities
Conflicting claims concerning off-shore territorial waters
Threatened alluvial forests habitats
Lack of coastal development
Inadequate watershed management
Threatened habitats of bare sand
Threatened marine coastal habitats
Legal havens
Restrictions on passage through straits and interoceanic canals
Lack of finance in coastal communities
Threatened littoral habitats of freshwater lakes
Threatened coastal aquatic habitats with algal beds
Threatened coastal sand dune systems

Action Strategies relating to Land and Coastal Forms

From the Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential

Protecting coral reefs
Protecting coastal wetlands
Protecting against environmental hazards of empolderment of wetlands
Integrating wetlands biodiversity conservation into river basin management
Coordinating sectoral programmes for management of coastal zones
Coordinating international river basin development
Establishing marine conservation zones
Instituting integrated management of water catchments
Conserving estuarine ecosystems
Ensuring sustainable development of coastal zones
Facilitating environmentally sound technologies for coastal zones
Developing human resources in coastal zones
Managing coasts
Negotiating conflicting claims concerning off-shore territorial waters
Establishing offshore zones
Preserving coastal biodiversity
Adapting coast management techniques to environmental conditions on small islands
Monitoring coastal environment
Reclaiming wetlands
Developing sustainable coastal fishing policy
Monitoring conservation of coral reefs
Managing degraded river basins
Assisting coastal and island states to expand marine research capabilities
Conserving Alaskan north slope coastal tundra ecoregion
Conserving Northeast Congo Basin forest ecoregion

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