Land degradation has become one of the biggest environmental challenges human society
is currently facing, which is why understanding the global pattern of this land crisis is …

The Earth's climate is changing; ice sheets and glaciers are melting and coastal hazards
and sea level are rising in response. With a total population of over 300 million people …

With a global increase in coastal development, together with increasing storminess and
continuing sea level rise, coastal erosion has become a serious problem along a significant …

Beaches and coastal dunes have always supplied sand for a wide range of uses, and
initially the extracted volumes were limited to buckets, wheelbarrows, or small pickup truck …

Habitats, such as coral reefs, can mitigate increasing flood damages through coastal
protection services. We provide a fine-scale, national valuation of the flood risk reduction …

Over the last 50 years, coastal erosion has become a serious problem, rising in magnitude
and dominance along the Caribbean coastline of Colombia. Circa 50% of this important …

Coastal area constitutes a vulnerable environment and requires special attention to
preserve ecosystems and human activities therein. To this aim, many studies have been …

IUCN-WCPA's Best Practice Protected Area Guidelines are the world's authoritative
resource for protected area managers. Involving collaboration among specialist practitioners …

The coastal zone of Cartagena city, Colombia provides illustration for applying risk
assessments as a basis for guiding coastal management. Much of this coastal reach is …

Abstract Ocean & Coastal Management (OCMA) has significantly contributed to international
ocean and coastal management, policy-making, governance, and other related research …