An appraisal Of Issues Facing the Malaysian Marine Environment

The seventeenth chapter of Agenda 21 is titled " Protection of the Oceans, All Kinds of Seas,
Including Enclosed and Semi-Enclosed Seas, and Coastal Areas and the Protection, Rational
Use and Development of their Living Resources". The main thrust of the chapter is to
provide a framework upon which "national, regional, subregional and international activities
can’be undertaken to achieve the above. The framework is based on the recognition that the
problems facing coastal regions and open oceans are complex and require concerted national
as well as international efforts if they are to be resolved (WWF 1992).