Increasing Coastal Resilience to Climate Change Brief

Increasing Coastal Resilience to Climate Change Brief
January 18, 2019 9:38 am Fact Sheets

The coastal ecosystems of West Africa are a rich source of biological diversity and natural resources. They provide
critical environmental services: natural vegetative buffers to fluctuating tides and rain events; regulation of salinity and water quality where freshwater rivers and coastal saltwater meet; fixation and storage of carbon; and spawning grounds for aquatic resources. Learn how we are working to protect these ecosystems from the effects of climate change.





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