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Another spectacular beach of Anse Source d'Argent on the island of La Digue, Seychelles. March 2008. Attribution: Tobias Alt

Coastal Community Activism focuses on local initiatives that protect and improve coastal environments. Discover how communities are coming together to tackle environmental challenges and support sustainable practices.

Women in the Sundarbans embracing mangrove restoration as an alternative livelihood, news.mongabay.com (Aug 15, 2024)
Madagascar’s mangroves making a comeback, news.mongabay.com (Aug 14, 2024) — engagement with coastal communities is critical to empower those communities to protect the local mangroves that they depend on.
Barcelona protests: holiday hotspots need fairer tourism for local communities, theconversation.com (Aug 08, 2024)

Community action projects[edit | edit source]

beach clean ups
raise awareness of coastal communities threatened by Climate change, mitigation and adaption response options

Events[edit | edit source]

May 6 - 12, 2024 (Mon - Sun) — Screen-Free Week, screenfree.org

Sea level rise[edit | edit source]

From Climate action

Coastal Cities' Futures Depend on Today’s Climate Decisions

Authors: climatecentral, Oct 12, 2021

Societies can adapt to sea level rise in three different ways: implement managed retreat, accommodate coastal change, or protect against sea level rise through hard-construction practices like seawalls or soft approaches such as dune rehabilitation and beach nourishment. Sometimes these adaptation strategies go hand in hand, but at other times choices have to be made among different strategies. For some human environments, such as so called sinking cities, adaptation to sea level rise may be compounded by other environmental issues such as subsidence. Natural ecosystems typically adapt to rising sea levels by moving inland; however, they might not always be able to do so, due to natural or artificial barriers. ^W

Maps

Land projected to be below annual flood level in 2030 and beyond, coastal.climatecentral.org

Sea Level Rise, information from climatecentral.org

Resources[edit | edit source]

Organisations working with communities[edit | edit source]

From Wikipedia:Blue Ventures

Blue Ventures is a charity focused on marine conservation. It is based in the UK.

The organization operates in the Indian Ocean, Southeast Asia, and the Caribbean, with sites in Madagascar, Belize, Indonesia, and Timor-Leste. They also manage projects in Comoros, Kenya, Mozambique, and Tanzania.

Blue Ventures

Coral Reef Alliance

Headquartered in Oakland, California with field offices in Hawai‘i, Fiji, Indonesia and Honduras, CORAL unites communities to save coral reefs. Working with local people, communities, and partners—from fishermen and government leaders to divers to scientists—CORAL protects one of our most valuable and threatened ecosystems. International teams design long-term and lasting conservation programs that reduce local threats to coral reefs and are replicated across the globe.^[1]

Coral Reef Alliance, Coral Reef Alliance ^W

Citizens data initiative[edit | edit source]

Research shows that 634 million people - one tenth of the global population - live in coastal areas that lie within just ten metres above sea level.^[2]

Maps[edit | edit source]

Land projected to be below annual flood level in future years from 2030, coastal.climatecentral.org
Allen Coral Atlas, added 13:04, 1 March 2022 (UTC)

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+Coastal Community Activism focuses on local initiatives that protect and improve coastal environments. Discover how communities are coming together to tackle environmental challenges and support sustainable practices.
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+{{Newslist|keyword=Coasts|limit=3}}
+{{Read more|Coasts news}}
 According to the UN atlas, 44% of people live within 150 kilometres (93 miles) of the sea. {{W|Coasts}}
-== What communities can do ==
+'''Environmental importance''': The coast and its adjacent areas on and off shore are an important part of a local ecosystem: the mixture of fresh water and salt water in estuaries provides many nutrients for marine life. Salt marshes and beaches also support a diversity of plants, animals and insects crucial to the food chain.
-*beach clean ups
-*raise awareness of coastal communities threatened by [[Climate change]], mitigation and adaption response options
+The high level of biodiversity creates a high level of biological activity, which has attracted human activity for thousands of years. {{W|Coasts#Environmental importance}}
+'''Sea level rise''': Sea level rises can considerably influence human populations in coastal and island regions and natural environments like marine ecosystems. Sea level rise is expected to continue for centuries. Because of the slow inertia – long response time for parts of the climate system, it has been estimated that we are already committed to a sea-level rise of approximately 2.3 meters for each degree of temperature rise within the next 2,000 years. {{W|Sea level rise}}
-== Why it matters ==
+== Community action projects ==
-=== Environmental importance ===
+* beach clean ups
+* raise awareness of coastal communities threatened by [[Climate change]], mitigation and adaption response options
-The coast and its adjacent areas on and off shore are an important part of a local ecosystem: the mixture of fresh water and salt water in estuaries provides many nutrients for marine life. Salt marshes and beaches also support a diversity of plants, animals and insects crucial to the food chain.
+== Events ==
-The high level of biodiversity creates a high level of biological activity, which has attracted human activity for thousands of years. {{W|Coasts#Environmental importance}}
+{{Eventlist|location=world|keyword=coast|year=2024}}
-=== Sea level rise ===
+== Sea level rise ==
-Sea level rises can considerably influence human populations in coastal and island regions and natural environments like marine ecosystems. Sea level rise is expected to continue for centuries. Because of the slow inertia – long response time for parts of the climate system, it has been estimated that we are already committed to a sea-level rise of approximately 2.3 meters for each degree of temperature rise within the next 2,000 years. {{W|Sea level rise}}
+{{Excerpt|Climate action|Sea level rise}}
 == Resources ==
-=== Citizens data initiative ===
+=== Organisations working with communities ===
-Research shows that 634 million people - one tenth of the global population - live in coastal areas that lie within just ten metres above sea level. <ref>[http://www.iied.org/mediaroom/releases/070328coastal.html International Institute for Environment and Development], March 28 2007 ''link not found, June 2015'' </ref>
+{{Wikipedia excerpt|Blue Ventures}}
-=== Maps ===
+* [https://blueventures.org/ Blue Ventures]
-Land projected to be below annual flood level in 2050, [https://coastal.climatecentral.org coastal.climatecentral.org]
+'''Coral Reef Alliance'''
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+Headquartered in Oakland, [[California]] with field offices in [[Hawaii community action|Hawai‘i]], Fiji, [[Indonesia]] and Honduras, CORAL unites communities to save coral reefs. Working with local people, communities, and partners—from fishermen and government leaders to divers to scientists—CORAL protects one of our most valuable and threatened ecosystems. International teams design long-term and lasting conservation programs that reduce local threats to coral reefs and are replicated across the globe.<ref>[https://coral.org/en/blog/ipccreport/ coral.org], 10.15.2018 / Posted in CORAL Updates, Press Release</ref>
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+* [https://coral.org/ Coral Reef Alliance], Coral Reef Alliance {{W|Coral Reef Alliance}}
-== News and comment ==
+=== Citizens data initiative ===
-'''2015'''
+Research shows that 634 million people - one tenth of the global population - live in coastal areas that lie within just ten metres above sea level.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20080515194359/http://www.iied.org/mediaroom/releases/070328coastal.html International Institute for Environment and Development], March 28 2007 ''link not found, June 2015''</ref>
-[[File:Harmony Flats Nature Reserve - city of Cape Town.jpg|140px|left]]
+=== Maps ===
-[[South Africa]] must start managing its retreat from the coast, May 8 <ref>[http://theconversation.com/south-africa-must-start-managing-its-retreat-from-the-coast-41198 @ConversationUK]</ref><br clear=left>
-'''2014'''
+* Land projected to be below annual flood level in future years from 2030, [https://coastal.climatecentral.org coastal.climatecentral.org]
+* [https://allencoralatlas.org/ Allen Coral Atlas], ''added 13:04, 1 March 2022 (UTC)''
-Plenty more fish in the sea: preserving stocks in [[Madagascar]], October 15 <ref>[http://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2014/oct/15/plenty-more-fish-in-the-sea-preserving-stocks-in-madagascar The Guardian]</ref>
 == See also ==
-*{{localtopic}}
-*[[Climate action]]
-== Interwiki links ==
+* [[Coastal community activism UK]]
-Wikipedia: [[wikipedia:Coasts|Coasts]], [[wikipedia:Coral reef|Coral reef]], [[wikipedia:Sea level rise|Sea level rise]]
+* [[Climate action]]
+* [[Urban sustainability]]
+* [[Rural sustainability]]
+* [[Towards sustainable economies]]
+* [[Localism]]
+* [[Oceans]]
-[http://www.coastalwiki.org/wiki/Main_Page Coastal wiki]
+{{Localtopic}}
-== External links ==
+{{CASwiki menu}}
-*[http://blueventures.org/ Blue Ventures] is a science-led social enterprise that develops transformative approaches for nurturing and sustaining locally led marine conservation. The organisation works in partnership with coastal communities in places where the ocean is vital to the culture and economy, and promotes transformative and integrated approaches to marine conservation and coastal poverty alleviation. Blue Ventures has operated field programmes in [[Belize]], [[Fiji]], [[Malaysia]], [[Madagascar]] and [[Ghana]]. Blue Ventures is currently operating in Madagascar and Belize. The promotion of community-based tropical marine conservation forms the cornerstone of Blue Ventures’ work, which focuses on developing innovative models for sustaining and scaling locally-led marine conservation.
-:Blue Ventures runs volunteer expeditions to [[Madagascar]], [[Belize]] and a new site in 2016 - [[Timor leste]], for international volunteers and for school and university groups. The volunteer programmes are integrated within every part of Blue Ventures' work. BV’s volunteer programme has received numerous awards within the tourism sector, and been praised by Simon Reeve of the BBC's Indian Ocean Series. {{W|Blue Ventures}}
+'''External links'''
-*[http://coral.org/ Coral Reef Alliance], nonprofit organization based in [[San Francisco]], [[California]], that partners with local reef communities around the world to protect coral reefs. With 19% of the world's coral reefs already destroyed and another 35% at immediate risk or threatened due to human pressures, organizations like CORAL are addressing an urgent need. CORAL promotes conservation through its Coral Reef Sustainable Destination (CRSD) approach, a holistic model that combines marine protected area (MPA) management and sustainable business operation for community benefit. {{W|Coral Reef Alliance}}
+* Wikipedia: [[Wikipedia:Coasts|Coasts]], [[Wikipedia:Coral reef|Coral reef]], [[Wikipedia:Sea level rise|Sea level rise]]
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