Building with Nature seeks to develop new ways of thinking and acting in relation to sustainable coastal development.
California has some of the world's toughest coastal development regulations.
Communities should limit coastal development, reduce pollution and replant destroyed mangroves, the study recommends.
The A.C.G. is surrounded by agribusiness and coastal development that its existence has served to consolidate.
In the Mediterranean, an invasive species is wiping them out; coastal development can do the same.
They recently fought off an ill-conceived and highly damaging coastal development plan.
Poor water quality from land-based run-off, coastal development and fishing remain concerns.
Coral reefs are also threatened by coastal development, pollution, and global warming.
But we are doing the opposite, offering huge subsidies for coastal development.
Fishing-nets, speeding ships, pollution and coastal development threaten the few that remain.
They do advocate greater limits on coastal development, especially when it comes to high-density buildings.
