UN Atlas: 44 percent of us live in coastal areas
About 44 percent of the world’s population lives within 150 kilometres of the sea. This interesting research result...
View ArticleUNDP: the world has become less sustainable
The recently published Human Development Report 2010 by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is a useful coastal management publication: the report highlights major factors behind daily...
View ArticleCoastal zone of Chile: ten management recommendations
Chile is a country with thousands of kilometres of coastline (the exact length of the coast depends on the definition applied). Naturally, moving towards integrated coastal zone management benefits a...
View ArticleIntegrated coastal zone management: a specialist highlights the needs,...
Dr. Peter R. Burbridge is a well-known advocate of integrated coastal zone management (ICZM). In a recent Coastal Challenges interview he explained what integrated coastal management is and why it is...
View ArticleUN Conference on Sustainable Development: highlights of the Rio+20 final...
At the UN Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio (June 2012), binding new international agreements were not agreed upon, which was disappointing. Nevertheless, the final document is worth...
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