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	<title>The Temas Blog &#187; Marine/Coastal Issues</title>
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		<title>An Online Database of Marine Protected Areas / Un base de datos online sobre las áreas marinas protegidas</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/environmental-protection/marine-coastal-management-issues/an-online-database-of-marine-protected-areas-un-base-de-datos-online-sobre-las-areas-marinas-protegidas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:48:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marine/Coastal Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ambientes costeros]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ambientes marinos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[áreas marinas protegidas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biodiversidad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cambridge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coastal environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Día Mundial de los Océanos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google Earth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google Ocean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ICRAN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IUCN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marine environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marine protection areas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medio ambiente]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PNUMA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UNEP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WCMC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WDPA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Oceans Day]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/?p=4779</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[From the UN Environment Programme (UNEP):
UNEP launches new online system to view and study the world&#8217;s marine protected areas

UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre in Cambridge, UK

At a time when the world&#8217;s oceans are facing unprecedented pressures from human impacts in the marine environment, a new decision-making tool is being launched to provide the most current [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Bank: Coastal and Marine Ecosystem Services Severely Undervalued</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/environmental-protection/economics-the-environment/world-bank-coastal-and-marine-ecosystem-services-severely-undervalued/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics & the Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marine/Coastal Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Banco Mundial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beach erosion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biodiversidad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blue Ocean Institute]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon storage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coral bleaching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coral reefs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ecosystem services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FAO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mangroves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marine ecosystems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wastewater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wetlands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Bank]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/?p=3362</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[From the World Bank:
Coastal and Marine Ecosystem Services Severely Undervalued

New World Bank Review Calls for Action to Protect the Marine Environment

Properly valuing coastal and marine ecosystem services is critical to sustainable development, according to the World Bank publication “Environment Matters 2008” launched today.
Titled: “Valuing Coastal and Marine Ecosystem Services”, the review argues that while we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EPA to Study Virgin Islands Coral Reefs</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/environmental-protection/marine-coastal-management-issues/epa-to-study-virgin-islands-coral-reefs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/environmental-protection/marine-coastal-management-issues/epa-to-study-virgin-islands-coral-reefs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 23:02:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marine/Coastal Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charlotte Amalie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clean Water Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coral reefs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DPNR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ecosystem services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EPA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sediment pollution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[St. John]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[St. Thomas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Nature Conservancy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Virgin Islands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vessel discharges]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water quality]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/?p=2662</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[From the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA):
EPA to Study Coral Reefs in U.S. Virgin Islands

For nearly three weeks, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will study coral reefs in the Caribbean Sea around the U.S. Virgin Islands. Starting today, EPA’s ocean survey vessel, the OSV BOLD, will conduct a series of scientific observations to help [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EPA to Study Puerto Rico Waters</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/environmental-protection/marine-coastal-management-issues/epa-to-study-puerto-rico-waters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/environmental-protection/marine-coastal-management-issues/epa-to-study-puerto-rico-waters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 01:59:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marine/Coastal Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arrecifes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Caribbean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Caribe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EPA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jobos Bay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Parguera]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marine debris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marine habitats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mayaguez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medio ambiente]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plastic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Puerto Rico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reefs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[San Juan Bay Estuary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[San Juan Harbor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Styrofoam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[University of Puerto Rico]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/?p=2551</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[From the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA):
EPA to Study Puerto Rico Waters and Marine Habitat
For nearly two weeks, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will study water, reefs and marine habitats in the Caribbean Sea around Puerto Rico.
Starting today, EPA’s ocean survey vessel, the OSV BOLD, will conduct a series of scientific studies aimed at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mini-Bins Make for Cleaner Beaches</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/environmental-protection/marine-coastal-management-issues/mini-bins-make-for-cleaner-beaches/</link>
		<comments>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/environmental-protection/marine-coastal-management-issues/mini-bins-make-for-cleaner-beaches/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2009 16:09:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marine/Coastal Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Waste & Recycling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[algodão doce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beaches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bitucas de cigarro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bottle caps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brasil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brazil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[canudos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cigarette butts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cotton candy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IAP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lixeirinha]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mini-lixeira]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[palitos de picolé]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paraná]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[popsicle sticks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[praias]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[residuo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEMA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[straws]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tampinhas de garrafa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UFPR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UFPR Litoral]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[waste]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/?p=3178</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the first few months after I launched The Temas Blog,  I came across a an article in regional Brazilian periodical about a couple of professors in a Paraná university who had this interesting idea.  Cognizant of data showing that a large percentage of trash found on beaches consists of small items such [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bahamas Finally Acts on Marine Protection</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/environmental-protection/marine-coastal-management-issues/bahamas-finally-acts-on-marine-protection/</link>
		<comments>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/environmental-protection/marine-coastal-management-issues/bahamas-finally-acts-on-marine-protection/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:20:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marine/Coastal Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bahamas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BEST Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bimini]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bimini Bay Resort and Marina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bonefish]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crabbing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[golf course]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lemon sharks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manglares]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mangroves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marine environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marine protection areas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marine reserve]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/?p=2260</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Nearly two years ago I did a post about a terrific National Geographic article on the dangers of unchecked real estate and tourism development on the Bahamas&#8217; marine habitats, and how in the end, the Bahamas may lose far more than they&#8217;d gain from ripping up mangroves to build hotels, golf courses and marinas.
Thanks to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Panama Ratifies the Bunker Fuel Pollution Liability Convention</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/environmental-protection/marine-coastal-management-issues/panama-ratifies-the-bunker-fuel-pollution-liability-convention/</link>
		<comments>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/environmental-protection/marine-coastal-management-issues/panama-ratifies-the-bunker-fuel-pollution-liability-convention/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2009 18:24:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marine/Coastal Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Antigua and Barbuda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bahamas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bunker fuel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[civil liability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hidrocarburos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IMF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IMO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jamaica]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maritime claims]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil pollution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil spills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Panama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SDRs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shipping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[St. Vincent and the Grenadines]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/?p=3566</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On 14 January Panama&#8217;s National Assembly ratified the International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage (&#8220;Bunker Convention&#8221;).  The Convention, negotiated under International Maritime Organization (IMO) auspices, was adopted in 2001 but did not come into force until last November.  Until Panama ratified, the only Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) nations that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What a Shame</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/environmental-protection/marine-coastal-management-issues/what-a-shame/</link>
		<comments>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/environmental-protection/marine-coastal-management-issues/what-a-shame/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 01:52:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marine/Coastal Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arrecifes coralinos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barrier reefs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Belize]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Caye Glory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coral reefs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[daños ambientales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environmental damage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environmental liability]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/?p=1962</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just two months ago a study was released putting a dollar value on the preservation of Belize&#8217;s reefs.  Now comes a report that a cargo ship wandered (reportedly while on autopilot) onto a barrier reef 32 miles from Belize City in an area near Caye Glory.
Experts say that the grounding may have permanently destroyed 10,000 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Putting a Value on Belize&#8217;s Reefs and Mangroves</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/environmental-protection/economics-the-environment/putting-a-value-on-belizes-reefs-and-mangroves/</link>
		<comments>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/environmental-protection/economics-the-environment/putting-a-value-on-belizes-reefs-and-mangroves/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:13:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics & the Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marine/Coastal Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arrecifes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arrecifes coralinos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Belize]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Campbell Foundation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cayes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coastal management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coastal zone management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coral reefs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[erosion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MacArthur Foundation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manglares]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mangroves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MPA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oak Foundation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[overfishing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recifes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reefs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SwedBio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tourism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[turismo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WRI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WWF]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In a recent post I applauded efforts to estimate the true economic value of the mangroves along the coast of Mexico&#8217;s Baja California.  Last month the World Resources Institute (WRI) and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) released a report that estimates the economic value of Belize&#8217;s coral reefs and mangroves that I similarly applaud &#8212; in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Poor Report Card for the Mesoamerican Reef</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/environmental-protection/marine-coastal-management-issues/a-poor-report-card-for-the-mesoamerican-reef/</link>
		<comments>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/environmental-protection/marine-coastal-management-issues/a-poor-report-card-for-the-mesoamerican-reef/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:35:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marine/Coastal Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arrecife Mesoamericano]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arrecifes coralinos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Banco Mundial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Belize]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Belize Audubon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Caribbean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Caribe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coastal environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coral reefs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Earthwatch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Friends of Nature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greenreef]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guatemala]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Honduras]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mangroves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marine environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MBRS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medio ambiente]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mesoamerican Reef]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Perigee Environmental]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seagrass meadows]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Smithsonian Institution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Summit Foundation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TASTE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Nature Conservancy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TIDE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WCS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wildlife Conservation Society]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Yucatan Peninsula]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A &#8220;report card&#8221; on the health of the Mesoamerican Reef (MAR) was released recently, and it was not pretty.  Not the type of report card a student would want to take home to his/her parents.
The MAR follows the Caribbean coastline of Mexico and Central America for over 1,000 kilometers, and as such is the hemisphere&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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