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• Shoreline management
  * Degradation of coastal water and marine ecosystems from land-based pollution including sediment run-off, fertilizers and untreated sewage; #Reduce pollution and enhance sustainable utilisation of coastal waters.
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• Threats to the coastal zone
  ==Water quality/pollution== [[image:Grebe-with-oil.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Oil pollution victim.]]
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• Coastal pollution and impacts
  ...radations in marine environments: Implications from the literature. Marine Pollution Bulletin 52: 844-864.</ref>. The relative contribution of each human activity to the overall pollution impact depends on the specific situation and on the released substances. Qu
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• Oil spill monitoring
  ...e wind characteristics which important for oil weathering (see [[Oil spill pollution impact and recovery]]). Wind direction can be retrieved from an orientation ...gh signal processing techniques. Although inspection of different spectral regions does not yield strong discrimination, multispectral observations of optical
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• Remote sensing
  *"Inaccessible" regions become accessible (e.g. Antarctica) *Pollution: [[Oil spill monitoring]]
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• Transport and dispersion of pollutants, nutrients, tracers in mixed nearshore water
  ...coastal source, and noticeable impacts have been detected even in deep sea regions. ...e bondage between [[pollutant]]s (e.g. trace metals, among which [[mercury pollution|mercury]], major elements, various organic and inorganic chemicals, etc.) a
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• Blue carbon sequestration
  ...between the terrestrial and marine environment in tropical and subtropical regions. The dominant vegetation are several species of woody trees and shrubs with ...mate change. National Science Review 8: nwaa296</ref>, but varying between regions by a factor 10-100.
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• Nutrient conversion in the marine environment
  ...lobal ocean<ref name=MN/>. However, atmospheric deposition differs between regions. For instance, atmospheric deposition amounts to 30% of the total land-base ...climate change. Phil. Trans. R. Soc .B 368: 20130121</ref>. In low-oxygen regions of the deep sea, N₂ is also fixated through another process, in
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• Environmental risk assessment of marine activities
  How likely will the receptors be exposed to the released pollution? ...as (MEHRA's) in the UK''. Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, ST-87639-MI-1-Rev 01, London, UK.</ref>
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• References for environmental risk assessment
  Gilbert, T. (2002). Geographic information systems based tools for marine pollution response. Port Technology International, 13, 25-27. ...reas (MEHRA's) in the UK. Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, ST-87639-MI-1-Rev 01, London, UK.
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• Submarine groundwater discharge
  ...terrestrial groundwater exceeds 25% of the river flux and poses a risk for pollution and eutrophication. However, estimates of SGD from tracer studies are subst ...oundwater discharge can therefore carry a long contamination history. This pollution legacy can be compounded with metal and organic contaminants that are mobil
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• Coastal meteorology
  ...d with many processes that contribute to the recirculation and trapping of pollution, the evolution of precipitating convective storms, the creation of strong n Severe storms affect many coastal regions during the winter and, to a lesser extent, in summer. Regional differences
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• Global Forum of Oceans, Coasts and Islands
  ...|ecosystem]] for the past fifty years. It is now apparent that, aside from pollution and over fishing, climate variability and change, including [[acidification ...imate change]] by Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and less developed regions and countries within Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Central and South America
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• Ramsar Convention for Wetlands
  ...Ramsar in 1971 and the Convention's member countries cover all geographic regions of the planet. In 2013, there are 163 contracting parties, 2065 registered ...anging or is likely to change as the result of technological developments, pollution or other human interference.
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• Spatial Planning and Integrated Coastal Zone Management
  ...s the opportunity to identify those areas at particular risk from possible pollution or excessive disturbance and to examine in detail how many activities are o ...coastal zones. ICZM projects cover various geographical areas, from local regions to spatially extensive [[coastal area]]s. The “Integrated” in ICZM refe
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• UN Convention on the Law of the Sea
  ...ion of seas. Its objective is to fully eliminate the continuous sources of pollution from oil and other harmful elements and limit the risk of accidental releas ...o enforce laws in four specific fields: customs, taxation, immigration and pollution if the infringement started within their territory.
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• Mediterranean Sea and Region, including Adriatic Sea
  ...an and south Atlantic regions, and the ongoing economic viability of these regions and local communities may depend on the maintenance of the coastal and mari Alterations in water quality due to [[pollution]], nutrient flows, and the disposal of storm water and sewage and other urb
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• Evaluation of ICZM in Europe
  ...s well as the consequences of [[climate change]], [[sea level rise]] and [[pollution]] on a Regional Sea level and in a long-term perspective, striving for the * Offer possibilities for staff exchange between different regions and countries
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• Biodiversity in the European Seas
  ...ef name="North Sea"> EEA (2002). ''Europe`s biodiversity - biogeographical regions and seas - Seas around Europe - The North Sea''</ref>== ...ef name="North Sea"> EEA (2002). ''Europe`s biodiversity - biogeographical regions and seas - Seas around Europe - The Baltic Sea''</ref> |frame]]
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• Marine Spatial Planning - the need for a common language
  ...erns about nature included direct impacts such as declining water quality, pollution or [[habitat]] loss. More recently, environmental concerns shifted to the m ...Regional Planning. Development and planning prospects in European Maritime Regions. The European Regional/Spatial Planning Charter. 6th Session, Torremolinos
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