IUCN Report Released: An Ecosystem Approach to Management of Seamounts in the Southern Indian Ocean

This month, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), "the world’s oldest and largest global environmental organization," released a three-volume report titled, An Ecosystem Approach to Management of Seamounts in the Southern Indian Ocean (2012). The reports available as a downloadable pdfs are listed below:

• Volume 1: Overview of Seamount Ecosystems and Biodiversity
• Volume 2: Anthropogenic Theats to Seamount Ecosystems and Biodiversity
• Volume 3: Legal and Institutional Gap Analysis