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Coastal Resources
A vast majority of the world's population lives in the coastal zone, at the edge of land and sea. We live in mega-cities; we dispose of our industrial, agricultural, and human waste into streams and rivers that lead to the ocean; we look to coastal resources to support our growing urban populations, our demand for food and energy, and our need for recreation and personal renewal.
Present Situation
The Coastal Wiki an Internet encyclopaedia for and by coastal professionals providing up-to-date high quality Coastal and Marine information featuring categories such as human activities, issues and...
The Graduate School of Oceanography at the University of Rhode Island explores themes such as urban coasts, critical coastal habitats and presents approaches for capacity building and planning and...
Marine pollution, climate change and the resilience of coastal ecosystems - UNEP/Grid-Arendal's Rapid Response Assessment details the importance of and threats to global coastal ecosystems.
Solutions
Sea level rise and coastal hazards mean that human communities along the coasts need their natural resources more than ever.
The purpose of the Coastal Resilience project is to provide communities...
IMCORE stands for Innovative Management for Europe’s Changing Coastal Resource.
Scientists and practitioners involved in coastal management from Ireland, the UK, France, Belgium and the...
The goal of the Post-Tsunami Sustainable Coastal Livelihoods project is to rebuild livelihoods and rehabilitate coastal communities affected by the tsunami through participatory ICM processes and...
The Coral Triangle Region is defined as the exclusive economic zones of Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Solomon Islands and Timor-Leste as well as Fiji and Vanuatu.
This 5-...
Nov 19, '09 14:57 EST
Pneill
If we do not address impact of climate and ocean on the mega-cities of the world, we will have no chance of real success. These intense...
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