World ocean resources conservation
Oceans cover almost three-quarters of the planet, comprising the largest ecosystem on Earth. Large coastal populations in every region depend on them for their livelihoods and prosperity. Oceans also provide priceless environmental services: they generate half the oxygen we breathe, support a wealth of marine resources, and act as a climate regulator. Yet despite their critical importance, the mounting impacts of climate change (including ocean acidification), overfishing, and marine pollution are jeopardizing progress in protecting the world’s oceans. Small island developing States are the most threatened. Due to the transboundary nature of oceans, marine resource management requires interventions at all levels (national, regional, and global) to mitigate threats. That's why we must keep the ocean healthy for future generations.
The goal of mastering the discipline
To give an idea of
- the global problems of the World Ocean and ways to solve them;
- the ecological principles of the use of the natural resources of the World Ocean and its protection;
- special role of the World ocean in all processes of the biosphere, as a global ecosystem of the Earth.
The skills you get
- Ability to plan measures to preclude the consequences of environmental disasters
- Ability to predict environmental disasters and their consequences
- Ability to analyze the causes of environmental accidents and disasters
- Skills in applying of environmental principles to sustainable nature management
- Knowledge of methods of processing scientific data and interpretation of results, ability to analyze scientific information critically, professionally arrange and present research results
Topics covered
- Introduction to the subject. Basic concepts and definitions, historical information. Natural resources of the World Ocean, their development and economic significance
- Modern engineering and technical possibilities of using of the World Ocean resources
- Biological resources of the World Ocean, scientific support for their rational usage
- Current state and prospects of development of world and Russian fisheries in the XXI century
- Distribution of hydrocarbon production in the World Ocean
- Oil and gas fields in the Arctic and prospects for their development
- The problem of fresh water and the use of the World Ocean for its solution
- World and domestic shipping in the oceans and seas
- The main types of negative impact of economic activities on the World Ocean ecology and methods for assessing this impact
- International legal conditions for maritime activities and rational usage of the World Ocean resources
- International legal conditions for maritime activities and rational usage of the World Ocean resources
- Expected problems by learning and management of the World Ocean resources conservation and ways to solve them
When instructed
- 4th year, 1st semester
List of references and sourses
1. Longhurst Alan R. Ecological geography of the sea. Longhurst Alan R. Ecological geography of the sea
2. Michaelides E.E. (Stathis). Alternative Energy Sources. Springer, 2012. — 478 p.
3. Siedler G., Church J., Gould J. (eds), Ocean Circulation and Climate: Observing and Modelling the Global Ocean. International Geophysics Series, 2001, Volume 77. Academic Press, New York, London, 2001. – 736 pp.
4. Arias A.H., Menendez M.C. (Eds.) Marine Ecology in a Changing World. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2013. — 260 p.
5. Wang Yeqiao (ed.) Coastal and Marine Environments. 2nd Edition. — CRC Press, 2020. — 387 p.
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