Oceans & Coastal Resources:
A Briefing Book
Congressional Research Service Report 97-588 ENR
Redistributed as a service of the National Library for the Environment

APPENDIX B

UNITED NATIONS
CONFERENCE ON
ENVIRONMENT & DEVELOPMENT

United States of America National Report
1992

CHAPTER 6: NATURAL RESOURCES ENDOWMENT AND KEY ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

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Oceans and Coastal Resources

CONTENT:

Overview
Characterization of the U.S, Coastal Areas and Resources
Ocean Resources
Living Marine Resources
Specially Protected Areas
Challenges: Ongoing and in the Future
Non-Living Marine Resources
Coastal and Marine Pollution
Coastal Pollution
Open Ocean Pollution
Additional References:

TABLES & BOXES

Selected Ocean and Coastal Data
U.S. Coastal Areas: Environmental Problems
Marine Mammal Protection Act
The Chesapeake Bay Program


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