Strategic Directions Hewawasam, Indu creator Hewawasam, Indu text dcu Washington, D.C The World Bank 2002 monographic eng

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1 online resource (72 p.) 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. Indu Hewawasam Biodiversity Coastal and Marine Environment Ecosystems and Natural Habitats Environment Environmental Economics and Policies Wildlife Resources Print Version: 0821351699 http://elibrary.worldbank.org/content/book/9780821351697 http://elibrary.worldbank.org/content/book/9780821351697 020129 20260707185153.0 124