Protecting the Region’s Natural Resources
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World Bank, Washington, DC
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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.
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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