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Strengthening Regional Collaboration and Integration

Name: Strengthening Regional Collaboration and Integration
Creator: World Bank Group
Keywords: INFORMATION, EROSION, DRAINAGE, CANALS, CLIMATE CHANGE, STORM SURGES, LIVELIHOODS, FLOODING, DONORS, PARTNERSHIP

appsOther research productkeyboard_double_arrow_right Other ORP type 17 May 2016 United States English Publisher:World Bank, Washington, DC

Authors: World Bank Group;

handle: 10986/24285

Strengthening Regional Collaboration and Integration

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Abstract

West Africa’s coastal area is critical to the region, home to a third of its people and the source of about half of its gross domestic product (GDP). Because most of it is composed of mangroves and sand formations, the area’s coastline is also highly vulnerable to erosion caused by coastal currents and storm surges. Erosion is evident from Mauritania to Gabon - and the rates of erosion are increasing. Around the port of Lome, for example, Togo’s coastline is estimated to have receded by as much as 12 to 15 meters a year. Regional integration will improve the sustainability of shared coastal waters, the protection of environmental services, and the livelihoods that rely on coastal ecosystems. Cooperation will also contribute to the development of regional principles or guidelines for coastal infrastructure investments.

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Keywords

INFORMATION, EROSION, DRAINAGE, CANALS, CLIMATE CHANGE, STORM SURGES, LIVELIHOODS, FLOODING, DONORS, PARTNERSHIP, SEDIMENT, COAST, DELTAS, ECOSYSTEMS, LITTORAL, PROTECTION, NATURE, HABITAT, POPULATION GROWTH, REGIONAL PLAN, SEA, NATURAL HABITAT, MARINE ECOSYSTEM, REGIONAL INTEGRATION, COASTLINE, SHORELINE, COASTAL WATERS, MANGROVES, INTEGRATION, COASTAL AREAS MANAGEMENT, SEDIMENTS, CURRENTS, LAND, COASTAL EROSION, CONSERVATION, COASTAL RESOURCES, AGENCIES, COASTAL ENVIRONMENT, REGIONAL APPROACHES, WATERS, REGION, REGIONAL COLLABORATION, FISH, POLLUTION, COASTAL MANAGEMENT, COASTAL AREA, MANAGEMENT, RURAL AREAS, KNOWLEDGE, COASTAL REGION, BASIN, LARGE MARINE ECOSYSTEM, REGIONAL DIALOGUE, REGIONAL COOPERATION, COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT, MARINE POLLUTION, COASTAL AREAS, REGIONAL AGENCIES, SAND, ECOSYSTEM, COASTAL ZONE, FISHERIES

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