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Ways to prevent or mitigate the impact of land
development, waste disposal and construction of

structure on control coastal processes
Objectives:
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elf or the Coastal zone
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are nutrients cause adverse impacts to human health and the environment.
and
all their Industries, housing settlements and hotels/resorts not equipped with
septic tanks or sewage treatment plants results in runoff of nutrients 5
and pathogens to the sea that severely degrade coral reefs and sea grass
habitats and endangers human health.
elf or the The Joint Group of Experts on Scientific Aspects of Marine Pollution
of body (GESAMP), an advisory group to the United Nations, periodically assesses the
s problems of the world ocean. In their most recent report (GESAMP, 2018)
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top of the marine food chain; and
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• oil in marine systems, mainly the global impact of tar bails on beaches and the
effects of spills in local sheltered areas..

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