The State of the Mediterranean Marine and Coastal Environment

The ability to suggest measures in order to reach the objectives agreed within the framework of the Ecosystem Approach is grounded on the systematic analysis of the major issues identified. The following chapters include information on the pressures, state and impacts associated with each of the major issues, moving progressively from pressure dominated to state dominated and from coastal to offshore focussed issues. The amount of information related to each of the issues varies depending on how much focus has been placed in the past on that specific issue and it does provide an initial indication of where further work is needed if the objectives related to them are to be fulfilled.

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STATE OF THE MEDITERRANEAN MARINE AND COASTAL ENVIRONMENT