Description: Managing the Marine and Coastal Environment of Sub-Saharan Africa : Strategic Directions for Sustainable Development

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Managing the Marine and Coastal Environment of Sub-Saharan Africa : Strategic Directions for Sustainable Development

The trends toward ecosystem degradation and social change are affecting coastal areas around the world, not least in Sub-Saharan Africa. The crisis affecting this region's coastal and marine areas requires an urgent and resolute response from...

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Main Author:	Hewawasam, Indu
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2013
Subjects:	AGRICULTURE AQUACULTURE BAYS BEACH BEACH EROSION BEACHES BIODIVERSITY BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY BIOMASS BOUNDARIES CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE COASTAL AREAS COASTAL COMMUNITIES COASTAL DEVELOPMENT COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS COASTAL EROSION COASTAL MANAGEMENT COASTAL PROCESSES COASTAL REGIONS COASTAL RESOURCES COASTAL WETLANDS COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT COASTS COMMERCIAL FISHING CONSERVATION CONSTRUCTION CORAL REEFS CREEKS CURRENTS DEBRIS DEFORESTATION EARTH EAST AFRICA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECOSYSTEM EFFLUENTS EL NINO ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT EROSION CONTROL ESTUARIES FISH FISHERIES FISHERIES MANAGEMENT FISHERS FISHERY FISHING FISHING FLEET FISHING VESSELS FLOODING FLOODS FOOD PRODUCTION FORESTS FOSSIL FUELS GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE GRAVEL HUMAN ACTIVITIES HUMAN ACTIVITY INCOME INDUSTRIAL WASTE INUNDATION INVASIVE SPECIES JOINT IMPLEMENTATION JUVENILE FISH LAND AREA LAND CLEARING LAND SUBSIDENCE MANGROVE MANGROVES MAP DESIGN MARINE AREAS MARINE ECOSYSTEMS MARINE ENVIRONMENT MARINE ENVIRONMENTS MARINE HABITAT MARINE HABITATS MARINE MAMMALS MARINE POLLUTION MARINE PROTECTED AREAS MARINE RESOURCES MARPOL MARSH MINERALS MITIGATION NATURAL RESOURCE BASE NATURAL RESOURCES OCEAN CURRENTS OCEANS OIL OIL REFINERIES OIL SPILLS OVERFISHING PETROLEUM PHOSPHATES POINT POLLUTION POPULATION DENSITIES POPULATION GROWTH PRODUCTIVITY PROGRAMS PUBLIC HEALTH RECYCLING RESOURCE USE RIVER SYSTEMS RIVERS RURAL DEVELOPMENT SAND SCIENCES SEA SEA LEVEL SEA LEVEL RISE SEAS SHORELINE SHRIMP SOUTHERN AFRICA STORM SURGES SUBSIDENCE SURFACE WATER SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT SUSTAINABLE USE TIMBER TRAWLERS WASTE DISPOSAL WATERSHEDS WAVES WEST WEST AFRICA WIND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT COASTAL ECOLOGY MARINE BIOLOGY INTEGRATED COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIC COORDINATION MECHANISMS INVESTMENTS TRADITIONAL FISHERMAN INTERVENTION STRATEGIES INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/07/1981828/managing-marine-coastal-environment-sub-saharan-africa-strategic-directions-sustainable-development http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14268

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Summary:	The trends toward ecosystem degradation and social change are affecting coastal areas around the world, not least in Sub-Saharan Africa. The crisis affecting this region's coastal and marine areas requires an urgent and resolute response from the global community. This report details the challenges facing coastal and marine environments in Sub-Saharan Africa. It describes the World Bank's strategy for supporting sustainable development in the sector, while stressing an integrated approach to coastal management in Sub-Saharan Africa, which will be strategic in design, with both traditional investments in fisheries, or coastal biodiversity, and creative interventions for making large-scale investments in infrastructure, or water "coastal friendly", to avert impacts, while bringing tangible benefits to coastal populations, and ecosystems.