Protecting the Region’s Natural Resources

The West African coastal zone hosts critical natural resources and habitats that provide important ecosystem services. The area’s natural resources play vital roles in the functioning of the shoreline, providing natural protection against erosion, pollution, sea level rise, and extreme weather events. Coastal and marine ecosystems, including cold-water coral reefs, sea¬grass meadows, mangrove forests, and coastal wetlands and lagoons, also provide indispensable ecosystem services for the fisheries sector, as spawning and nursery areas for fish. The destruction and degradation of coastal natural resources has trans-boundary impacts. Joint efforts are therefore needed to develop win-win solutions. Regional collaboration and integrated decision making on the part of West African coastal countries is paramount if long-term, viable solutions are to be identified and implemented.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank Group
Format:	Brief biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015-11
Subjects:	ECOSYSTEM SERVICES, CETACEANS, FISH, REEFS, MIGRATORY BIRDS, ECOSYSTEM, MARINE ENVIRONMENTS, BIOGEOGRAPHY, VEGETATION, BIRDS, CLIMATE CHANGE, COASTAL MANAGEMENT, SPECIES OF FISH, PROTECTED AREAS, NATURE, MARINE TURTLES, LAND USE PLANNING, COASTAL FORESTS, CARBON, DAMS, COASTAL WETLANDS, ARCHIPELAGO, DISCHARGE, FISH SPECIES, CLIMATE, PROTECTION, FORESTS, SEAGRASSES, ANIMALS, HABITATS, MARINE NATURAL RESOURCES, GRASS, COASTAL AREAS MANAGEMENT, SPECIES OF CETACEANS, COASTAL ZONE, MARINE ECOSYSTEMS, HABITAT, MANGROVES, COASTAL SAND, SURVIVAL, PLANT, FISHERIES, CORAL, SETTLEMENTS, SATELLITE DATA, BIOMASS, EROSION, COASTS, SEDIMENT, SEA- GRASS, MARINE POLLUTION, LAND, HYDROCARBON, ECOSYSTEMS, ANALYSIS, MANGROVE, COAST, CONSERVATION, SHORELINE, ECOLOGY, STORM SURGES, CONSTRUCTION, COASTAL RESOURCES, ANIMAL, WATER, SAND, COASTAL VEGETATION, BIODIVERSITY, SPECIES, RIVER SYSTEMS, SEA LEVEL RISE, ECOSYSTEM DEGRADATION, SEA, POLLUTION, TURTLES, MEADOWS, VARIETY, SEDIMENT LOADS, CORAL REEFS, HUMAN SETTLEMENTS, NATURAL RESOURCES, WETLANDS, SEA LEVEL, MANGROVE FORESTS, EUTROPHICATION, MINERAL MINING, COASTAL AREAS, FISHING, ANIMAL SPECIES, LAND USE, RIVER, NURSERY AREAS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/11/25486909/protecting-region’s-natural-resources https://hdl.handle.net/10986/24282
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