Coasts And The Sea - Health Of The Marine And Coastal Environment Health of the Marine and coastal environment. Trends. Area of seagrass along the The continued development of coastal areas, if allowed to proceed http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/reporting/coast/health.html
Portugal - Costa Azul - Nature And Environment The Arrábida Natural Park was formed in 1976 and covers an area of 10800 hectares . The river bank dates from when the coastal line was further inland. http://www.portugalvirtual.pt/_tourism/costadelisboa/costazul/naturezu.html
Extractions: Nature and Environment Portugal Tourism Lisbon Costa Azul Nature and Environment e-Mail The need to conserve nature, landscape, heritage in harmony with the growing needs of a nounshing population has recently been responsible for the establishing of protected areas, one National Park, two Natural Reserves and an area of Protected landscape. The idea is to establish a closer contact between man and nature, keeping alive traditional activities and resources to provide for balanced development. On the coast, between the sandy beaches and clear water, up above, breeding grounds for birds of prey abound and one can also find a typical maritime flora which extends as far as the Serra do Risco, the highest coastal point of continental Portugal (300 metres above sea-level). In Creiro, around the Pedra da Anicha, an island traced above the sea leads us to the only zoological reserve of the Natural Park, named so because of the value of underwater plant species found there.
Extractions: of the Mediterranean Action Plan Introduction In this understanding, UNEP Technical Cooperation Branch and Priority Actions Programme Activity Centre (PAP/RAC) of the Mediterranean Action Plan have jointly developed and published the Conceptual Framework and Planning Guidelines for Integrated Coastal Area and River Basin Management in 1999 ( for download - English French-francais introduction to the guidelines Case Studies UNEP (Technical Cooperation Branch) and the Priority Actions Programme Regional Activity Centre of the Mediterranean Action Plan organized a workshop on Integrated Coastal Area and River Basin Management in Toulon, 10-12 January 2000. The workshop was hosted by the IFREMER, France. During the workshop, five case studies on the ICARM approach were presented: Krka River Basin and the Adjacent Coastal Areas (Croatia) Watershed Area of the Rhone River and Its Adjacent Coastal Area (France) Penang Island (Malaysia) Lower Limpopo River Basin and its associated coastal area (Mozambique) Cetina River basin and its associated coastal area (Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina) Further, cases of the Mediterranean countries were also presented (download - meeting report -
EPA : Global Warming : Impacts : Coastal Zones The EPA Global Warming Site coastal Zone Impacts. and in extremely flat areas,floods can be caused by storm surges from the sea or by river surges. http://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/content/ImpactsCoastalZones.html
Extractions: EPA Home Global Warming Impacts Health ... International Impacts Sea level is rising more rapidly along the U.S. coast than worldwide. Studies by EPA and others have estimated that along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts, a one foot (30 cm) rise in sea level is likely by 2050. In the next century, a two foot rise is most likely, but a four foot rise is possible and sea level will probably continue to rise for several centuries, even if global temperatures were to stop rising a few decades hence (see Sea Level in the Climate System section). Rising sea level inundates wetlands and other low-lying lands, erodes beaches, intensifies flooding, and increases the salinity of rivers, bays, and groundwater tables. Some of these effects may be further compounded by other effects of changing climate. Measures that people take to protect private property from rising sea level may have adverse effects on the environment and on public uses of beaches and waterways. Federal, state, and local governments are already starting to take measures to prepare for the consequences of rising sea level. Coastal marshes and swamps are particularly vulnerable to rising sea level because they are mostly within a few feet of sea level. As the sea rises, the outer boundary of these wetlands will erode, and new wetlands will form inland as previously dry areas are flooded by the higher water levels. The amount of newly created wetlands, however, will be much smaller than the area of wetlands that are lost. The amount of dryland within a few feet above the wetlands is much less than the area of wetlands that would be lost if sea level rises a few feet. Moreover, developed areas will often be protected with bulkheads, dikes, and other structures that keep new wetlands from forming inland. See
Coastal EMAP Study Areas Links to maps of for Western EMAP coastal Study areas. systems on both thenorth and south sides of the river for a single environmental assessment. http://yosemite.epa.gov/R10/OEA.NSF/0/970b0b38fd0b6af48825688100664182?OpenDocum
Coastal And Aquatic Managed Areas (CAMA) The Florida Department of Environmental Protection s coastal and Aquatic ManagedAreas program is Environmental Education Center 505 Guana river Road, http://www.dep.state.fl.us/coastal/
Extractions: Documents on this website are Adobe Acrobat files, unless indicated, and require the free Reader Software. Coastal and Aquatic Managed Areas Highlights The Office of Coastal and Aquatic Managed Areas held a series of public workshops across the state to get feedback on a proposed System-wide Management Plan for all of Florida's Aquatic Preserves. A summary of the workshops has been posted on the website, along with public comments and questionnaires
EW - Proposed Regional Coastal Plan /APPENDIX VI: Glossary coastal environment The coastal environment is an environment in which the A transition zone (or environment) includes areas that are characterised by http://www.ew.govt.nz/policyandplans/rcpintro/coastalplan/CoastalPlan_124.htm
Extractions: Page content Topic navigation Section navigation Print Version Email Us Site Map Home Policy and Plans Regional Coastal Plan Proposed Regional Coastal Plan Regional Coastal Plan On This Site: Main Sections About EW Environmental Info For Schools News and Events ... Index Text appearing in green identifies those parts of the plan that are the subject of references to the Environment Court. Please email us for further information on legal status. [NB: Definitions marked with an * are taken from the RMA 1991 or Resource Management Amendment Act 1993] Air Quality Characteristics: Include: the health status of the air (i.e. the ability to sustain all life) matters of importance to Maaori. (Environment Waikato, 1997). Amenity Values*: Those natural or physical qualities and characteristics of an area that contribute to people's appreciation of its pleasantness, aesthetic coherence, and cultural and recreational attributes. Anchoring: means the securing of a vessel to the bed of the waterway by means of an anchor, cable or other device that is removed with the vessel when it leaves the site of anchorage.
EW - Tsunami In The Coastal Areas Of The Waikato Region Tsunami threaten people in coastal and low lying areas. To reduce the risksto these communities environment Waikato and environment Bay of Plenty have http://www.ew.govt.nz/enviroinfo/hazards/naturalhazards/coastal/tsunami.htm
Extractions: Page content Topic navigation Section navigation Print Version Email Us Site Map Home Environmental Information Natural Hazards Natural Hazards ... Coastal Hazards Tsunami On This Site: Main Sections About EW Environmental Info For Schools News and Events ... Resource Consents Related Links: Coastal Erosion Coastal Flooding Development Setback Recommendations: Coromandel Beaches Tsunami are giant waves that can threaten people and property near coastal areas. They can occur after large disturbances such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and deep sea landslides. Find out more about tsunami and why they are a natural hazard in coastal areas of the Waikato Region. Useful links A tsunami is made up of a series of travelling ocean waves of extremely long wavelength . They are triggered by large disturbances such as earthquakes, undersea volcanic eruptions or deep sea landslides. Figure 1 below shows the amplitude trough and crest of a tsunami wave in relation to the sea floor and still water level. Note how the wave shape changes and the height increases as it approaches the coastline.
Protected Areas Programme - DATE AND HISTORY OF ESTABLISHMENT The area of the Subterranean river has longaroused Protected areas and Wildlife Bureau, Department of environment and http://www.unep-wcmc.org/sites/wh/princesa.html
Extractions: COUNTRY Philippines NAME Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park IUCN MANAGEMENT CATEGORY St Paul Subterranean River National Park II (National park) World Heritage Site - Criteria (i), (ii) and (iii). BIOGEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION The area is located in the Saint Paul Mountain Range on the northern coast of Palawan Province. St Paul Bay bound the territory of the national park to the north and the Babuyan River to the east. It situated in some 80 km Northwest from the centre of the City of Puerto Princesa, the capital of Palawan Province. National Park is accessible from Puerto Princesa by road and boat, via Baheli 10° 10'N, 118° 55'E. DATE AND HISTORY OF ESTABLISHMENT AREA 20,202 ha. This includes the land area of the national park, a core zone of 5,753 ha, plus a buffer zone of 14,449ha. LAND TENURE Ownership of the core zone was officially transferred from the national Government to the City Government of Puerto Princesa in 1992. Ownership of the buffer zone is mixed, and probably includes considerable private ownership. ALTITUDE From the sea level up to the highest point of the park, which is 1,028 m above sea level (Mount Saint Paul).
Extractions: Home About ELC Site Map Contact Us ... Food The lowlands of far southern Louisiana, slowly sinking into the Gulf where boundaries blur between river, ocean, and land, are disappearing. Due to natural and human causes, the part of southern Louisiana that extends into the Gulf of Mexico is sinking below water at a rate of 64 square kilometers (25 square miles) per year. The consequences of this are far reaching for this biologically rich region. It is impossible to understand Louisiana's coastal lowlands, and their current troubles, without grasping the massive, land-shaping forces of the great Mississippi River. The Mississippi drains a vast watershed that extends from eastern Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico. This watershed, which encompasses almost 5 million square kilometers (almost 2 million square miles), disgorges over 200 billion kilograms (almost 450 billion pounds) of sediment every year. Most of southern Louisiana is a delta, or deltaic plain, meaning that it is created out of this sediment and etched with small river-mouth tributaries and wetlands. Lower Louisiana contains the seventh largest river delta in the world. The land is predominantly swamp or marsh land, which means that it floods often and is populated by prairie grasses. Many of the factors that endanger plant life play a role in the disappearance of the land. The major factors contributing to the loss of Louisiana's coastal lands are natural forces and processes exacerbated by human activities. The land in the region was created over thousands of years by soil that washed down from the delta, and requires constant replenishment from the river in order to offset two natural processes. The first is subsidence, or sinking land. Alluvial soils in this region naturally sink under their own weight. The underlying deposits compact, and, without additional soil being added on top, the overall land-level drops below sea level. The second natural process involves not the soil but the underlying continental crust. As more earth is deposited on top of it, the crust is forced downward in a process geologists call downwarping. Inland areas are typically protected by barrier islands, which absorb heavy storm surges from hurricanes and tropical storms. But as the barrier islands sink, the lands are vulnerable to flooding and resulting erosion.
Coastal Areas In coastal areas, waters from several sources mix to become the essence ofbeautiful and Lower West Coast Regional Service Center (Caloosahatchee river, http://www.sfwmd.gov/site/index.php?id=18
ADRICOSM - ADRIatic Sea Integrated COastal AreaS And River Basin 5)Further develop the coupling of the marine coastal areas with the integratedriver catchment simulator systems for all the major rivers discharging into http://webapps01.un.org/dsd/partnerships/search/partnerships/134.html
Extractions: Site Map Contact the DNR What's New? Newsroom ... FEIS Introduction Section 306(d)(2)(C) of the CZMA requires that each state's coastal program include a description, inventory and designation of areas of particular concern within their coastal area. The following sections address those areas on Minnesota's North Shore of Lake Superior that are of particular concern because of their coastal related values or characteristics, or because they may face pressures which require detailed attention beyond the general planning and regulatory system. These are areas which require special management attention and may include: regulatory or permit requirements applicable only to the area of particular concern, increased intergovernmental coordination, technical assistance, enhanced public expenditures, or additional public services and maintenance to a designated area. In many cases, these special management areas on the North Shore are also areas which have been identified for preservation and/or restoration. Pursuant to the Coastal Zone Management Program Development and Approval Regulations Areas of unique, scarce, fragile or vulnerable natural habitat: unique or fragile, physical, figuration; historical significance, cultural value or scenic importance (including resources on or determined to be eligible for the National Register of Historic Places).
Ministry Of Natural Resources Publications coastal Wetlands; Appendix L Lake Erie Natural areas, Environmental Appendix N Lake Ontario and Niagara river Natural areas, Environmental http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/MNR/pubs/pubmenu.html
Extractions: select a link Aviation and Fire Fish and Wildlife Lands and Waters Ontario Parks Ontario's Forests Science, Info and Tech Youth Programs Bears Camping Crown Land Fire Fighting Fishing Forests Rabies Rare Species Water Resources MNR Offices MNR Store Renew Outdoors Card Reserve a Campsite Location: MNR Home The following publications are free to download. MNR produces many other publications which are available at a cost. Please visit the MNR Store website for a complete listing. You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader to view these Portable Document Format (or PDF) publications. NOTE: WINDOWS users: To save a copy for printing, right-click on the link and "Save Target as" to your hard drive. MACINTOSH users: Hold-click on link "Save Target Link As...". Note: For additional information about biodiversity, visit the Biodiversity section of this web site.
Extractions: GOAL: To understand mechanisms and establish models of coastal ocean trapping, bypassing, and cycling of solutes and sediments from wet tropical river catchments of high relief (PNG and West Papua) on contrasting coastal shelves. We determine the processes that control the dispersal of wet tropical riverine dissolved and particulate material into the coastal ocean, and how these processes affect estuarine, deltaic, coastal, shelf and slope productivity, marine resources, and sustainable development options. STUDY AREAS: Map of the TROPICS study areas (60 Kb) Due to high precipitation, great relief, and tectonically active geography, the island of New Guinea (West Papua and Papua New Guinea) contributes more water, solutes, and sediment to the coastal ocean than the Amazon River. The north coast of PNG and West Papua delivers riverine material directly to deep waters of the Bismarck Sea, with little coastal shelf environment. Australian and US marine scientists lead studies of the Sepik River estuary and coastal ocean plume in this region. In contrast, the Fly and Purari Rivers of the south coast of Papua New Guinea drain the same mountain ranges, but discharge into broad swampy alluvial plains, long estuaries, and a broad, shallow continental shelf.
Coast Plans And Reports which is the coastal area between the Waimakariri river mouth and The Rocks Proposed Regional coastal environment Plan 2003 This plan promotes the http://www.ecan.govt.nz/Our Environment/Coast/Plans and Reports/
Extractions: About Us Resource Consents Our Environment Protection and Education Plans and Reports Contact Us Home Our Environment Coast Help Coast Our Coastline Wave Buoy Marine Farming Virtual Trip Inland Water Navigation Safety Bylaws 2004 Environment Canterbury has replaced its navigation safety bylaws for inland waters with new bylaws that are consistent with Environment Canterbury bylaws applying in Harbour Areas and Maritime Rule 91. The new bylaws come into effect on 1 April 2004 . At this stage Environment Canterbury is not extending its bylaws beyond the presently regulated areas. This will retain our ability to service the existing areas within existing budgeting constraints. Aquaculture in New Zealand, especially mussel farming, is a rapidly growing industry. In some parts of the country it has grown too fast and with little control over where it should be allowed. As a result there are environmental and cultural problems occurring. Environment Canterbury has asked the Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu Natural Resources Unit (Kaupapa Taiao) to consult with the Papatipu Runanga of the Region as the first part of consultation in preparing a regional aquaculture management plan. The Natural Resources Unit has chosen to co-ordinate this work on the basis of the tribal significance of the area in question and the multi-Runanga involvement.
Madagascar - PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT The coastal region extends roughly from north of Baie d Antongil, the most prominent The Mangoky river has a basin area of some 50000 square kilometers; http://www.country-data.com/cgi-bin/query/r-8329.html
Extractions: Country Listing Madagascar Table of Contents Figure 3. Madagascar: Topography and Drainage Madagascar can be divided into five geographical regions: the east coast, the Tsaratanana Massif, the central highlands, the west coast, and the southwest. The highest elevations parallel the east coast, whereas the land slopes more gradually to the west coast (see fig. 3 The Tsaratanana Massif region at the north end of the island contains, at 2,880 meters, the highest point on the island and, north of this, the Montagne d'Ambre (Ambohitra), which is of volcanic origin. The coastline is deeply indented; two prominent features are the excellent natural harbor at Antsiranana (Diégo Suarez), just south of the Cap d'Ambre (Tanjon' i Bobaomby), and the large island of Nosy-Be to the west. The mountainous topography to the south, however, limits the potential of the port at Antsiranana by impeding the flow of traffic from other parts of the island. The west coast, composed of sedimentary formations deposited in several layers over time, is more indented than the east coast, especially in the northwest, thus offering a number of fine harbors sheltered from cyclones, such as the harbor at Mahajanga. Deep bays and well-protected harbors have attracted explorers, traders, and pirates from Europe, Africa, and the Middle East since ancient times; thus, the area has served as an important bridge between Madagascar and the outside world. Yet the broad alluvial plains found on the coast between Mahajanga and Toliara, which are believed to have great agricultural potential, are thinly inhabited and remain largely unexploited.
Extractions: The State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) at the South Carolina Department of Archives and History coordinates the states historic preservation program. One of its responsibilities is advising the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Controls Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management (DHEC-OCRM) about the potential impact of development on historic properties in the states eight coastal counties (Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, Georgetown, Horry, and Jasper). Historic properties are buildings, structures, objects, sites, and districts with significance in American history, architecture, archaeology, engineering, and culture. A historic property may be listed in or eligible for the National Register of Historic Places . DHEC-OCRM considers resources that have been listed in the National Register of Historic Places and those that are eligible for the National Register to be Geographic Areas of Particular Concern (GAPCs). Special management consideration is given to GAPCs through the issuance of permits in the critical areas and review and certification of permits in the coastal zone. Legislative Authority The Coastal Zone Management Act of 1976 , as amended (Title 48, Chapter 39 of the South Carolina Code of Laws) created the South Carolina Coastal Council (now DHEC-OCRM) and addressed protection of historical and archaeological properties as well as other environmental issues. Section 48-39-150 of the Act, as amended, requires DHEC-OCRM
