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Establishing a Sustainable Development Goal for Oceans and Coasts to Face the Challenges of our Future Ocean [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Oceans regulate our climate, provide us with natural resources such as food, materials, substances, and energy and are essential for international trade, recreational, and cultural activities.
Kronfeld-Goharani, Ulrike   +5 more
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Under the Shade of a Coolabah Tree: A Second Cache of Tulas From the Boulia District, Western Queensland

open access: yesArchaeology in Oceania, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper reports on the excavation of a cache of stone artefacts, buried on the bank of a waterhole or ‘billabong’ in central western Queensland. This is an extremely rare find, and yet it is the second such site to be reported within less than a 10 km radius.
Yinika L. Perston   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Methodological guide to integrated coastal zone management.

open access: yes, 1997
The aim of this guide is to assist in the organisation of environmental information and thus to contribute to the concerted preparation of management plans which should be implemented by all the environmental actors : decision-makers, managers, users and scientists.
Brusseau, P.   +6 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Marine Protected Areas: Country Case Studies on Policy, Governance and Institutional Issues [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This document presents case studies of the policy, governance and institutional issues of marine protected areas (MPAs) in South America (Northeastern)-Brazil; India, Palau and Senegal.
Christophe Breuil   +5 more
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A typology of marine and estuarine hazards and risks as vectors of change : a review for vulnerable coasts and their management [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This paper illustrates a typology of 14 natural and anthropogenic hazards, the evidence for their causes and consequences for society and their role as vectors of change in estuaries, vulnerable coasts and marine areas.
Cutts, Nicholas D.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Gleaning the Rocky Shore? 2500 Years of Coastal Resource Use at Red Bluff 1, GunaiKurnai Country, SE Australia

open access: yesArchaeology in Oceania, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Shell middens in Gippsland along the eastern half of Victoria's coastline have usually been characterised as small, short‐duration camp sites with relatively low shell densities and low taxonomic diversity. Here we present new excavation results from a dense, high‐diversity site at Red Bluff near the eastern end of GunaiKurnai Country, a ...
Patrick Faulkner   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Eco-Environmental Changes in Typical Coastal Zones of Southern China From 1987 to 2020: A Case Study of Guangdong Coastal Counties

open access: yesFrontiers in Environmental Science, 2022
Population growth, socioeconomic development, and rapid urbanization have exacerbated the deterioration of coastal ecosystems, particularly in the coastal region of southern China, which has experienced significant urbanization.
Yuchen Li   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Automated Feature Extraction and Classification of Submerged Cultural Heritage Assets in the Puck Lagoon via Multisensor Remote Sensing

open access: yesArchaeological Prospection, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study presents a strong framework for the detection and classification of Submerged Cultural Heritage Assets (SCHA) in shallow marine environments using the integration of multibeam echosounder and airborne LiDAR bathymetry with object‐based image analysis and fuzzy logic–based classification.
Łukasz Janowski   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Vers la gestion intégrée des zones côtières en Espagne : état des lieux

open access: yesVertigO, 2009
The report presented by Spain to the Commission of the European Communities on March 28, 2006 shows some progress in the integrated management of coastal zones while recognizing that the achievement of an effective policy on the matter still encounters ...
José Juste Ruiz
doaj  

Securing the Livelihoods and Nutritional Needs of Fish-Dependent Communities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Starting in June 2012, the Rockefeller Foundation began investigating the pressing problem of the declining health of the oceans due to climate change, overfishing, pollution and habitat destruction, and the effects of this decline on poor and vulnerable
Amanda Goldberger   +2 more
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