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Counting coastal ecosystems as an economic part of development infrastructure
… to value ecosystems when choices are made about allocating land, resources and investment funds can incur far-reaching … techniques, habitat clearance and conversion, and land-based and marine sources of pollution have all taken … infrastructure has involved widespread conversion and reclamation of natural habitats. Intensive harvesting of …
Integrated coastal management law: Establishing and strengthening national legal frameworks for integrated coastal management
… Convention for the Prevention of Marine Pollution from Land-Based Sources (Paris), UKTS 64 (1978), Cmnd. 7251; 13 … Protection of the Mediterranean Sea Against Pollution from Land-Based Sources (Athens), 19 ILM (1980), 869. In force on … intervention. Physical changes to the coast, such as land reclamation or the construction of artificial islands, can …
In the front line : Shoreline protection and other ecosystem services from mangroves and coral reefs
… of tropical coral reefs and mangroves 8 planet’s total land area, is home to one-third of the world’s population, … rate of disappearance (or conversion to other forms of land use) is estimated at 2.1 per cent, with the greatest … tourist, industrial and port development, involve land reclamation and dredging which invariably results in sediment …