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IPCC strategies<br />
<strong>for</strong> adapting to<br />
sea-level rise<br />
Source: IPCC, 1990<br />
Viti Levu, FIJI<br />
Coastal resources<br />
and sustainability<br />
• Importance of coral reefs,<br />
mangroves and seagrass meadows<br />
• Growing demand <strong>for</strong> goods and<br />
services<br />
• Degradation of coastal ecosystems<br />
impacts greater on rural population<br />
• Threats to regional food security<br />
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Tarawa Atoll, KIRIBATI<br />
<strong>IGM</strong>/10/17<br />
<strong>SPG</strong>/10/17<br />
Buota Island, Tarawa Atoll, KIRIBATI<br />
Catchment-coast<br />
Catchment coast<br />
interaction<br />
• <strong>Global</strong>ly important rivers (eg ( eg<br />
Mekong, Red, Brahmaputra-<br />
Brahmaputra<br />
Ganges)<br />
• Environmental pressures related<br />
to agriculture and urbanisation<br />
• Issues of dam construction affect<br />
water and sediment flow patterns<br />
• Nutrient and pollutant discharges<br />
• Need to better understand<br />
processes, mechanisms and<br />
management
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