| dc.contributor | Ecosystems Division | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | United Nations Development Programme | en_US |
| dc.contributor.other | Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association | en_US |
| dc.contributor.other | Ocean Data Information Network of Africa | en_US |
| dc.contributor.other | Mauritius Oceanography Institute | en_US |
| dc.contributor.other | Mauritius Research Council | en_US |
| dc.contributor.other | Ministry of Fisheries | en_US |
| dc.contributor.other | Ministry of Housing and Lands | en_US |
| dc.contributor.other | Water Resources Unit | en_US |
| dc.contributor.other | Central Statistics Office | en_US |
| dc.contributor.other | University of Mauritius | en_US |
| dc.coverage.spatial | Mauritius | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-30T11:43:48Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-07-30T11:43:48Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/25892 | |
| dc.description | Mauritius is one of the Western Indian Ocean states being impacted by global climate change. Mauritius has experienced a very slow fall in sea level (- 0.10 mm/yr) from 1986 to 2003. In Rodrigues, sea level has declined at a rate of - 0.32 mm/yr during the same period. However, during the last few years an accelerated sea level rise at a rate of between 1.2 and 3mm/yr has been observed. This is a matter of serious concern since it has led to the intensification of coastal erosion leading to destruction of coastal infrastructure and settlement. The continuing sea level rise is expected to worsen the problem of coastal erosion which is being accelerated due to ill-planned and ill-designed coastal development. Hard engineering approaches (e.g. construction of sea walls
and groynes) for controlling coastal erosion have not been successful in Mauritius. The main critical ecosystems include mangroves, seagrass beds and coral reefs. | en_US |
| dc.description.uri | https://archive.org/details/ASCLME_MEDA | en_US |
| dc.format | Text | en_US |
| dc.language | English | en_US |
| dc.publisher | United Nations Development Programme | en_US |
| dc.rights | Public | en_US |
| dc.subject | marine resource conservation | en_US |
| dc.subject | marine ecosystem | en_US |
| dc.title | National Marine Ecosystem Diagnostic Analysis (MEDA)- Mauritius | en_US |
| wd.identifier.sdgio | http://purl.unep.org/sdg/SDGIO_00000048 | |
