Podcasts about Coastal management

Following filmmaker Mark Jackson’s call for greater transparency around marine sewage outfalls and water quality along Cape Town’s Atlantic Seaboard, the City of Cape Town responds. Gregg Oelofse, Manager of Coastal Management, joins John Maytham to address the concerns raised by the Bays of Sewage citizen group. Oelofse outlines the City’s current monitoring systems, including the annual Know Your Coast report and daily Operational Management System, and shares the latest summer sampling data showing strong compliance across 48 beaches.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Recent state grants focus on coastal management. If you want to take an active role in protecting and preserving the Great Lakes, you might want to check out a webinar from the Alliance for the Great Lakes. Fish-eating birds nesting in polluted shoreline areas of Michigan suffer from lower reproductive success and higher rates of deformities. Mr. Great Lakes: https://mrgreatlakes.com/

The Surfrider Foundation has made a significant positive impact over its 40-year history, evolving from a grassroots organization focused on protecting surf spots to a powerful advocate for ocean and coastal conservation. Here are some key highlights of its achievements: Grassroots Mobilization: Surfrider has built a network of over 200 chapters and more than 100,000 volunteers across the U.S. and beyond. This grassroots model empowers local communities to address specific environmental issues, fostering a sense of belonging and collective action among volunteers. Major Legal Wins: The organization has successfully fought for stronger environmental protections, including a landmark Clean Water Act lawsuit that reached the Supreme Court, reinforcing the Act's reach and effectiveness. This case highlighted the connection between wastewater treatment and coral reef health, showcasing Surfrider's commitment to clean water. Legislative Achievements: Surfrider played a crucial role in passing the Beach Act, which standardized and funded water quality monitoring across the country. This legislation ensures that beachgoers are informed about water safety, akin to health grades for restaurants. Community Engagement: Surfrider has effectively engaged communities in conservation efforts, such as beach cleanups and the Ocean-Friendly Restaurants program, which encourages local eateries to reduce single-use plastics. These initiatives not only improve local environments but also educate the public about sustainable practices. Coalition Building: The organization has successfully collaborated with various stakeholders to oppose harmful policies, such as offshore drilling initiatives during the Trump administration. By mobilizing local communities and making economic arguments for preserving coastal resources, Surfrider has demonstrated the power of collective action. Innovative Programs: Surfrider has developed numerous programs focused on clean water, beach access, plastic pollution, climate resilience, and ocean conservation. These initiatives are tailored to local needs, allowing chapters to address the unique challenges faced by their communities. Training and Support: The foundation invests in training and resources for its volunteers, ensuring they are well-equipped to advocate for their local environments. This support fosters a knowledgeable and passionate network of activists dedicated to ocean protection. Overall, the Surfrider Foundation's 40 years of advocacy, community engagement, and grassroots mobilization have led to significant environmental victories and a stronger, more connected community of ocean advocates. Volunteer for Surfrider: https://volunteer.surfrider.org/ Website: https://www.surfrider.org/ Follow a career in conservation: https://www.conservation-careers.com/online-training/ Use the code SUFB to get 33% off courses and the careers program.   Do you want to join my Ocean Community? Sign Up for Updates on the process: www.speakupforblue.com/oceanapp   Sign up for our Newsletter: http://www.speakupforblue.com/newsletter   Facebook Group: https://bit.ly/3NmYvsI Connect with Speak Up For Blue: Website: https://bit.ly/3fOF3Wf Instagram: https://bit.ly/3rIaJSG TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@speakupforblue Twitter: https://bit.ly/3rHZxpc YouTube: www.speakupforblue.com/youtube  

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Tommy talks to Michelle Gonzales, Director of Ecosystem and Coastal Management for Jefferson Parish

The Carolina Weather Group talks with Doug Marcy, Senior Coastal Hazards Specialist at NOAA Office for Coastal Management, about the threat of sea level rise. Doug and Shea discuss how a changing environment is causing our oceans to observe more heat, more water, and thus rise along the shorelines. To hear an extended version of this conversation, join us at https://patreon.com/carolinaweathergroup #northcarolina #southcarolina #weather #ncwx #scwx

Lester Kiewit speaks to Gregg Oelofse, City Manager for Coastal Management about the latest water quality report and the status of beaches across the Cape. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gregg Oelofse is the Manager of Coastal Management for The City of Cape Town and he joins Mike to bring an update on the current status of water pollution in Muizenberg and to explain the city's stance to the monitoring and management of it.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I met Sean years ago when I was getting my life together. He was a mutual friend of my wife and brother in law. I kind of knew what he did but wasn't entirely sure. We reconnected when Chelsea and I were looking to buy our first home and he lived in the neighborhood. He made the experience pretty easy and was always available for questions or concerns. After we moved in and were neighbors did we become closer and share similar interest in fitness, triathlons and run into each other as he was walking around the neighborhood with his kids. Sean is a true entrepreneur and has a passion for business and helping people achieve what they most want out of life. After college he entered the real estate market and rose to the highest ranks with a small company that was acquired by a real estate conglomerate. Now he is the Managing Director of Coastal Management which is a private equity company specializing in giving successful people access to and advice about institutional real estate and venture capital investment opportunities.  He and his team fulfill this mission by delivering personalized guidance that supports your investment objectives. Aside from being a successful businessman Sean makes it a point to be and stay present with those he's with. He's a great husband and father of two and spends his limited free time competing in ironman competitions. One of his tips to success is taking the time at the end of the day to review what's happened and prepare for the day ahead. Its part of his disciplined routine that keeps everything running smoothly. If you are seeking to connect with Sean you can do so on instagram @investwithcoastal or @seanrcasper or linked in. Remember to enjoy the show and INVEST WITH COASTAL at www.investwithcoastal.com

Guest Jane Willenbring is a geoscientist who studies accelerating coastal erosion. The challenge lies not in understanding why coasts are receding today, but in determining what they looked like a thousand years ago to know how much they've changed — a secret revealed in coastal rocks through isotopes shaped by cosmic radiation. But measurement is only one part of the equation, she says. We must now think about erosion's impact on humans, Willenbring tells host Russ Altman on this episode of Stanford Engineering's The Future of Everything podcast.Chapter Timestamps:(00:00:00) Introduction by Jane Willenbring Jane Willenbring, a distinguished expert in coastal erosion and a professor at Stanford University, joins Russ Altman to explore "The Future of Coastal Erosion."(00:01:42) Defining Coastal ErosionDr. Willenbring provides an overview of coastal erosion, explaining its causes and effects on coastlines around the world. She discusses the natural processes and human influences contributing to coastal landscape erosion.(00:04:56) Challenges of Coastal ErosionThe conversation delves into the challenges of coastal erosion, including the impacts on infrastructure, property, and communities. Dr. Willenbring highlights the complexities of addressing erosion in different geographical regions and the importance of understanding erosion rates.(00:06:44) Erosion Rates and PredictionsDr. Willenbring discusses the methods used to measure erosion rates and predict future coastal changes. She explains how these predictions can guide policy and planning decisions to mitigate the impacts of erosion.(00:10:49) Impacts on the Infrastructure Dr. Willenbring shared the impacts on the infrastructure and on the actual coast. Also shared all the different kinds of reasons to be concerned about the same.(00:12:44) Interplay with Policy and PlanningThe conversation shifts to the intersection of coastal erosion with policy and planning. Dr. Willenbring explores how episodic erosion events and long-term projections influence decision-making for infrastructure and land use.(00:15:49) Building Bridges vs. Managed Retreat Exploration of options for addressing coastal erosion, such as building bridges.Consideration of the downsides of building bridges and hardening infrastructure. Examination of landscape "unzipping" and its implications for erosion.(00:18:15) Sea Level Rise and Its Coastal ImpactDelve into the ways in which sea level rise affects coastlines and the Impact of flooding and potential changes in coastal shapes. Explore the significance of wide beaches in protecting coastlines.(00:22:33) Displacement and Human Impacts Delve into the potential displacement caused by coastal erosion. Focus on the impact on low-income communities and indigenous villages. Reflection on the ethical considerations of policy responses.(00:25:16) Health Implications and Infrastructure ChallengesExamining the potential health risks associated with coastal erosion.Consideration of compromised water treatment plants and their consequences.Discussion on the uncertainties and challenges of responding to erosion-related threats.(00:26:34) Role of Vegetation in Coastal DefenceExplore the role of vegetation in protecting coastlines. Difference between invasive and native plants in coastal environments.Insights into the potential use of kelp for wave buffering.(00:27:50) Human Activities and Cliff StabilityExamining the impact of human activities, such as irrigation, on cliff stability. Discussion on the potential consequences of excessive water use on erosion.

On The Capitol Beach, host Derek Brockbank is joined by Adam Schempp with the Environmental Law Institute and Daniel Govoni with North Carolina Division of Coastal Management to explore federal consistency as established by the Coastal Zone Management Act. Federal consistency is a rare policy that requires the federal government to coordinate with a state before any federal action takes place in that state's coastal zone. Each state, with the approval of NOAA, can establish “enforceable policies” that determine what state rules and regulations can trigger federal consistency. Daniel is a federal consistency coordinator for NC and provides local examples and a state perspective; Adam and ELI have recently released a report entitled, “Strong Enforceable Policies: Examples and Tips”, and provide a national explanation. Further learning on this topic can be done through Digital Coast's learning module on federal consistency.  This podcast gets wonky – which I think we mention 5 or 6 times during the pod! – but provides a great overview of complicated but important coastal policy.

Monitoring large and constantly changing coastlines can be expensive, time consuming and dangerous. Traditional surveying methods are also limited because they only provide a single snapshot in time and don't capture the full picture. As a result, coastal managers don't always have the information they need to understand dynamic coastal conditions and plan projects that preserve our nation's coasts, protect the environment, and support the economy. To overcome this knowledge gap, ERDC launched CorpsCam, which uses remote video technology to better monitor federal beach and other coastal projects. CorpsCam can rapidly analyze a variety of images, from cellphone pictures uploaded by citizen scientists to scientific-grade video captured by high-end cameras, to provide hourly data on beach state, erosion rates, bathymetry, wave parameters and more. It is enabling better project designs and more proactive coastal management. Joining us to talk about CorpsCam are Dr. Brittany Bruder, Dr. Ian Conery and Sean McGill from ERDC's Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory (CHL). Bruder is a researcher coastal engineer based at CHL's Field Research Facility (FRF) on North Carolina's Outer Banks, and Conery is a research oceanographer based at the FRF. McGill is a research physical scientist at CHL's Vicksburg location. Topics include what CorpsCam is and how it can improve coastal resilience (4:06), how it got started (18:50), and the types of locations the effort is targeting (12:48). We also talk about ERDC's Field Research Facility and its capabilities (22:21) and growing military portfolio (26:36). And we discuss past CorpsCam projects (28:11) and what lies ahead for this effort (39:06). For more information on CorpsCam, visit https://coastalimaging.erdc.dren.mil/CorpsCam or email Bruder at Brittany.L.Bruder (at) usace.army.mil. For more information on the Power of ERDC podcast, visit https://www.PowerofERDCPodcast.org.

How do we address climate change, reduce poverty, and boost shared prosperity on a livable planet? Climate change is one of the defining issues of our time, and no country is immune.On this episode of The Development Podcast, we hone in on voices across Africa about the experience of climate change and how it intersects with poverty, and we hear from Richard Damania, World Bank's Chief Economist for Sustainable Development in Washington, DC. Tune in as we speak with Cathy Kamamu, a farmer from Kenya, Professor Denis Aheto, Director of the Centre for Coastal Management in the Africa Centre of Excellence in Coastal Resilience, Roselyn Fosuah Adjei, Director of Climate Change for the Ghana Forestry Commission, and Richard Damania, Chief Economist for Sustainable Development at the World Bank. Tell us what you think of our podcast here >>>. We would love to hear from you! Featured VoicesRichard Damania, Chief Economist for Sustainable Development, World BankRoselyn Fosuah Adjei, Director of Climate Change for the Ghana Forestry CommissionProfessor Denis Aheto, Director, Centre for Coastal Management, Africa Centre of Excellence in Coastal ResilienceCathy Kamanu, farmer from KenyaTimestamps[00:00] Welcome and introduction of the topic[01:56] Visions from Kenya: Everyday effects of climate change on a farmer[05:45] Data overview on the relationship between climate change and poverty[07:21] Visions from Ghana: The impact of climate change for coastal communities[10:08] Ghana: World Bank's Country Climate and Development Report[11:55] Deforestation in Ghana: How to protect the natural landscape of countries?[15:19] Addressing both climate change and poverty[19:01] Detox Development: Repurposing environmentally harmful subsidies[20:37] Hope (and concerns) on the horizon[22:33] Closure and thanks for tuning in!ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT PODCASTThis international development podcast brings together the data, research—and solutions—that can pave the way to a sustainable future. Through conversations focused on revealing the latest data, the best research, and cutting-edge solutions, let us introduce you to the folks working to make the world a better place. Listen and subscribe for free on your favorite platform. And rate our show! ;) Tell us what you think of our podcast here >>>. We would love to hear from you! ABOUT THE WORLD BANK GROUPThe World Bank Group is one of the world's largest sources of funding and knowledge for low-income countries. Its five institutions share a commitment to reducing poverty, increasing shared prosperity, and promoting sustainable development.

In the latest episode of the American Shoreline Podcast, co-hosts Peter Ravella and Tyler Buckingham speak with Joelle Gore, Stewardship Division Chief, Office for Coastal Management at NOAA, and Jessica Grannis, Program Director, Coastal Resilience at the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, about the 2023 National Coastal Resilience Fund (NCRF). The guests discuss how the NCRF, which is being supported by funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act, aims to enhance protections for coastal communities from the impacts of storms, floods and other natural coastal hazards while also improving habitats for fish and wildlife. They also cover the selection process for funding, the role of partnerships in advancing coastal resilience, and successful projects that have been funded in the past.

Guest: Gregg Oelofse is the City's Manager of Coastal Management, and he joins Mike with the latest updates on water safety and beach access.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Liberal member for Polwarth on Victoria's south coast speaks with Flow about Labor's late claims in the state election campaign - concluding Saturday 26 November 2022 - on the Liberals' position on fracking, and discusses the Melbourne-driven coastal authority set up to control Great Ocean Road tourism and the way that has put locals offside. The local MP also responds to a petition before the Colac Otway Council to have the Colac Visitor Information Centre operate at regular hours, saying regional tourism has been underfunded after the Premier gave $15 million of taxpayer money on the final day before the caretaker period to fund Netball Australia after players offended Gina Rinehart, the principal of then-sponsor Hancock Prospecting

This bonus episode of The Cabin is presented by the Lakeshore Natural Resources Partnership; https://bit.ly/3Qtg9M2, Wisconsin Coastal Management Program / Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary and NOAA: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration's Coastal Management; https://bit.ly/3A7ZzvH, and the Wisconsin Department of Administration; https://bit.ly/3QzhIIyCampfire Conversation: Every week we talk about how to discover Wisconsin by land, or on water, but…what about under the water? There is so much of our waters that has yet to be explored, and Lake Michigan specifically, has some of the most incredible things waiting to be uncovered. In this episode, we dive under the fresh water with two experts in lakeshore resources, conservation, and marine sanctuaries to talk about what shipwrecks they've found so far – and where you can go explore for yourself! Celebrate Lake Michigan Day with us on Friday, August 12th and remember these tips on how to be a good steward of our Wisconsin waters. After all, when you come for the shipwrecks, you'll stay for the conservation. For more information, check out their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/WisconsinShipwreckCoastNMSOr their website: https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/wisconsin/

Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today's episode, we talk with Kevin Doyle, Executive Director of Career and Professional Development at Yale School of the Environment about Career development, Mentorship, and the Future of Environmental Careers.   Read his full bio below.Help us continue to create great content! If you'd like to sponsor a future episode hit the support podcast button or visit www.environmentalprofessionalsradio.com/sponsor-form Showtimes: 2:04  Nic & Laura talk about Getting the Most out of a Mentor Relationship9:56  Interview with Kevin Doyle Starts11:55  Mentorship18:12 Career Development27:13  Future of Environmental CareersPlease be sure to ✔️subscribe, ⭐rate and ✍review. This podcast is produced by the National Association of Environmental Professions (NAEP). Check out all the NAEP has to offer at NAEP.org.Connect with Kevin Doyle at https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-doyle-98aa4820/Guest Bio:Kevin Doyle is Executive Director of the Office of Career and Professional Development, and a member of the leadership team at the Yale University School of the Environment (YSE), one of the world's leading environmental graduate schools, with ten specializations and twenty Centers and Programs.Before coming to YSE, Kevin was President of Green Economy, an independent environmental consultancy in Boston, from 2007-2019, serving dozens of public, private and nonprofit clients throughout the US and its territories, with a focus on coastal management, clean energy, and environmental workforce/professional development. He continues to serve as a professional development consultant for NOAA's Coastal Management, Digital Coast Management, and Coral Reef Conservation Fellowship Programs.Prior to 2007, he was National Director of Program Development for the former Environmental Careers Organization (ECO), a national nonprofit organization that organized and managed more than 12,000 employer-paid internships and fellowships, including a national Diversity Initiative paid internship program. Kevin is the co-author of four popular environmental career guides for Island Press in Washington, DC.Music CreditsIntro: Givin Me Eyes by Grace MesaOutro: Never Ending Soul Groove by Mattijs MullerSupport the show

5/5. As we look back on 50 years of the Coastal Zone Management Act, we can't help but note the challenges facing our coastlines today seem more dire than they've ever been. Does the CZMA have the foresight and flexibility to guide coastal managers for the next 50 years? Or will fundamental changes be needed? Keelin Kuipers, the Deputy Director of NOAA's Office for Coastal Management and Rachel Keylon with Coastal States Organization share how coastal management might need to shift and what may be in store for the CZMA..

4/5. In addition to establishing the framework for coastal management in the US, the Coastal Zone Management Act authorized the National Estuarine Research Reserve System. Erica Seiden with NOAA's Office for Coastal Management and Rebecca Roth with the National Estuarine Research Reserve Association (NERRA) join The Capitol Beach to share the origins of the “NERRS” and explain how the partnership and collaborative approach of the CZMA is fundamental to how the NERRS operate.

Like most major legislation, the Coastal Zone Management Act includes multiple sections that are often just referred to by number (306, 306a, 309, 310, etc.) by the federal and state staff charged with administering the law. Joelle Gore with NOAA's Office for Coastal Management and Braxton Davis, the coastal zone manager for North Carolina, explain what some of the most critical sections of the CZMA do, and explain how coastal resources are directly affected by the details of the law.

To really understand the Coastal Zone Management Act, you need to know how it came to be and how it has evolved. David Kaiser with NOAA's Office for Coastal Management joins The Capitol Beach to bring us back to the 1970s (and earlier) and explains how some of the icons of coastal policy and management got the CZMA passed and implemented.

Chad Nelsen is the Chief Executive Officer of The Surfrider Foundation. Chad was brought to Laguna Beach, California with his family in the 70's by his Dad who was an Ocean Science Educator. He spent his entire life growing up around the ocean, swimming, diving and surfing. He became a Lifeguard at Laguna and went on to study Geosciences then Coastal Management. Chad volunteered at the Surfrider Foundation a non-for profit organisation dedicated to the protection of the world's oceans, waves and beaches. A few years later he landed a job at Surfrider coordinating a beach mapping programme which opened up to him running the Environmental Department for 16 years. In 2014 Chad became the CEO of the Surfrider Foundation and oversees more than 180 chapters and student clubs around the world. He also helped establish “Surfonomics,” which looks at the economic implications of surf tourism.Tune in to find out how Chad combined his love of surfing with science and conservation, what Surfrider are working on and the future of the organisation. Enjoy and get rad!You can follow what Surfrider are up to on Instagram at surfrider and be sure to check out their website surfrider.org to see how you can help support the cause.  Like what you hear?  Please consider subscribing and leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts. It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference.  The Rad Season Action Sports Podcast come out across all podcast players with a new episode every Monday. For show notes and past guests, please visit: radseason.com/magazine/Follow Rad Season:Website: radseason.comTwitter: twitter.com/radseasonInstagram: instagram.com/radseasonFacebook: facebook.com/radseasonLinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/rad-season/YouTube: youtube.com/c/RadSeasonPast guests on The Rad Season Show include Chris Bertish, Shaun Tomson, Bjorn Dunkerbeck, Chris Burkard, Selema Masekela. 

Bron and Kade get out the crystal ball and look to the past and to the future of marine and coastal management – perspectives from 60 years of recreational fishing, 20 years of Marine Protected Areas in Victoria, and the concept of 30% global protection by 2030...• Bob Kearney is a life-long recreational fisher, having spent countless hours fishing off NSW rocks and beaches since the 1960s. He is also Emeritus Professor of Fisheries Management at the Institute for Applied Ecology at the University of Canberra. Bob has explored a lifetime of fishing for fun and work in “Fishing in the Good Old Days – was it really better?”, and we'll speak with Bob his book and whether he's found an answer to this question.• We continue our discussion with Chris Smyth, former marine campaigner for the Victorian National Parks Association, about 20 years of marine and coastal protection in Victoria. We'll take a look back at Marinara's ‘game changing' interview with world conservation heavyweights Sylvia Earle, David Bellamy and David Suzuki, and contemplate a growing global push for '30 by 30' – 30% of the marine environment protected by 2030.• And we'll speak with Mechelle Cheers, Chair of the Rye Community Group Alliance, about community concerns following recent news of plans to install 16 large concrete structures as a new artificial reef off Point Nepean.

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On The Capitol Beach, Derek Brockbank discusses the Administration's proposed FY22 budget for NOAA, with Kim Texeira, Division Chief of Policy, Planning, and Communications with NOAA's Office for Coastal Management. With a proposed increase of $1.5 Billion over FY21, NOAA's budget has significant increases for many different programs, but perhaps none more so than for coastal resilience programs. Kim and Derek explain how the budget process works and take a deeper dive into how the current budget proposal reflects the administration's priorities, such as new funding for “Advancing Racial Equity through… Coastal Resilience,” as well as reflects ongoing need for an agency on the frontlines of major climate impacts. The FY22 NOAA budget is a generational opportunity for increased funding for an agency working to address existential threats.

How can ecological resistance be sustained? This week on World Ocean Radio, part 40 of the BLUEprint Series, we outline various tools to confront the challenge of stressed ocean systems: coastal zone management, pollution reduction, marine spatial planning, and other active restoration programs that may serve to diminish the negative decline and define a new, sustainable way forward. The "BLUEprint Series: How the Ocean Will Save Civilization" outlines a new and sustainable path forward, with the ocean leading the way. 

On this special rerun, late host Dan Martin welcomes Doug Marcy, Coastal Hazards Specialist at NOAA's Office for Coastal Management. Dan and Doug discuss the amazing work that NOAA and other federal agencies do to gather data and develop tools to make the data usable for the private sector and NGOs. Its a great show!

Creating or restoring natural infrastructure can enhance coastal resilience for communities and ecosystems. One of the key sources of funding for this work is the National Coastal Resilience Fund grants program, which is jointly administered by the National Fish & Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Since 2018, the NCRF has awarded $90 million to enhance, build, or restore almost 17,800 acres of coastal habitat that have provided enhanced protection to 100,400 properties and 2,500 critical facilities. And right now they have a new 2021 Request for Proposals on the street. On this broadcast we’ll speak with Erika Feller, the Director for Coastal and Marine Conservation for NFWF and Dr. Laura Petes, the Manager of the Communities Program in NOAA's Office for Coastal Management, two of the principals of the program, about the program and the current RFP, how the grant program is evolving, some successes and more. For more information here are links to the National Coastal Resilience Fund Program , the 2021 NCRF Request for Proposals, the Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management and the Digital Coast.

In this episode we talk to Paola Díaz a biologist from Honduras currently studying a masters in Integrated Management of Tropical Coastal Areas at the University of Costa Rica. Her upcoming project with Centro de Investigación en Ciencias del Mar y Limnología at the University of Costa Rica involve the documentation of the arrivals of Sargassum to Central America. According to her most people think of Sargassum as a problem but in the recent years more and more people also see it as an opportunity and wake-up call as a result of environmental impacts. - Her studies in Coastal Management(5:25) - Sargassum situation in Costa Rica (9:05; 11:00) - Using interviews and Epicollect 5 to document Sargassum landings in Costa Rica(9:45) - How she is planning on collecting data from remote beaches (12:34) - Working together with NGOs that monitor beaches and hotels that have beaches (13:50) - Plans to involve local community: first make local connections, then give locals information and then interview them to learn how they are experiencing Sargassum (15:40) - Interview method that is standardized and used in different places in the Caribbean (17:30) - First they plan informative webinars for NGOs and government and then practical webinars for people who will collect data (18:45) Transcript Learn more about Paola's work: ֍ Research gate profile with publications ֍ Centro de Investigación en Ciencias del Mar y Limnología Instagram ֍ Paola's Instagram ֍ Paola's twitter ֍ Become a Sargassum citizen scientists: 1. Download Epicollect5 for iphones Download Epicollect5 for Android 2. Within the Epicollect5 download the projects Sargassum Watch (English) or Monitoreo de Sargassum (Spanish) if you want to collect full data sets or EZ Sargassum, Sargazo facil (Spanish) or Sargasse facile(French) to just snap pictures 3. Take pictures of the beach every time you visit even if there is none We love to hear from you, feel free to drop us an email to SargassumPodcast@gmx.net, and connect with us on social media: facebook, twitter, Instagram, linkedin. Can't get enough? Become one of our patrons for as little as $1 a month and take part in an exclusive monthly happy hour with our podcast guests and other Sargassum crazy patrons. We are grateful for each supporter and look forward to connecting with you. Like our music? The song is called Them Ah Pree by Drizzle Roadranna. Follow him on spotify and youtubeand Spotify

I fenomeni di erosione delle coste australiane possono essere ricondotti agli effetti del cambiamento climatico. Ma non è un problema solo australiano, con il 60% delle zone costiere mondiali a rischio nei prossimi anni.

On this episode, Peter Ravella and Tyler Buckingham are joined by Nicolas "Miki" Schmidt, the chief of the Science and Geospatial Division for NOAA’s Office for Coastal Management. As part of his duties, Miki runs NOAA's Digital Coast, the subject for this episode. The Digital Coast was developed to meet the unique needs of the coastal management community. The website provides not only coastal data, but also the tools, training, and information needed to make these data truly useful. Data sets range from economic data to satellite imagery. The site contains visualization tools, predictive tools, and tools that make data easier to find and use. It's a great show about one of the most important data portals on the coast, and it's only on ASPN!

On this episode, Peter Ravella and Tyler Buckingham talk with Dr. Chip Fletcher, the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Vice-Chair of the Honolulu Climate Change Commission, and the leader of the Coastal Geology Group, which recently published a study that found that Hawaii's beaches were at an even bigger threat to due to sea level rise and trends toward hardening the shoreline. While the science is familiar around the American Shoreline, Chip and his Group are not only studying the physical shoreline, but also considering new policies might help governments manage SLR and save the beaches for the next generation.

Beach dunes, mangroves, wetlands, rain gardens, and bioswales are just a few examples of what experts call natural and nature-based infrastructure. In this episode, Kim Penn from NOAA’s Office for Coastal Management talks about how simple nature-based systems not only minimize coastal flooding, erosion, and runoff — but also form wonderful areas for recreation and tourism. Episode permanent link and show notes

Surf Break Science and Coastal Management - Tom Simons-Smith and Garrett Chin preview a public meeting offering insights on Dunedin's local surf resources.

Arrêtons le massacre ! Arrêtons le massacre des requins !  il s’agit ici du massacre des requins ,  de l’abattage  fait en pêche punitive chez nous,  en Outre-Mer, à La Réunion ou en Nouvelle Calédonie. Une Nouvelle-Calédonie triomphante  qui vient d’annoncer le 18 juin 2020 que les autorités locales avaient capturé deux requins tigre suite à la découverte du cadavre d’un véliplanchiste disparu, qui portait des traces de morsures de cette espèce. Comment faire autrement ? Eric CLUA, directeur de recherche au CRIOBE, spécialiste des requins, qui propose une alternative que vous pourrez apprécier à l’écoute de cette chronique. D.KRUPKA  références: https://www.lnc.nc/breve/deux-requins-tigres-preleves-a-noumea Clua E.E.G, Linnell J.D.C., Planes S. and C.G. Meyer (2020). Selective removal of problem individuals as an environmentally responsible approach for managing shark bites on humans. Journal of Ocean and Coastal Management. 194 (2020) 105266. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2020.105266

Arrêtons le massacre ! Arrêtons le massacre des requins !  il s’agit ici du massacre des requins ,  de l’abattage  fait en pêche punitive chez nous,  en Outre-Mer, à La Réunion ou en Nouvelle Calédonie. Une Nouvelle-Calédonie triomphante  qui vient d’annoncer le 18 juin 2020 que les autorités locales avaient capturé deux requins tigre suite à la découverte du cadavre d’un véliplanchiste disparu, qui portait des traces de morsures de cette espèce. Comment faire autrement ? Eric CLUA, directeur de recherche au CRIOBE, spécialiste des requins, qui propose une alternative que vous pourrez apprécier à l’écoute de cette chronique. D.KRUPKA  références: https://www.lnc.nc/breve/deux-requins-tigres-preleves-a-noumea Clua E.E.G, Linnell J.D.C., Planes S. and C.G. Meyer (2020). Selective removal of problem individuals as an environmentally responsible approach for managing shark bites on humans. Journal of Ocean and Coastal Management. 194 (2020) 105266. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2020.105266

In his inaugural episode of the Coastal Conundrum Podcast, Bill O'Beirne, a veteran of NOAA's Office for Coastal Management, welcomes another to the show, Grover Fugate, who lead the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) for 30 years. Bill is joined by Peter Ravella as a one-time co-host for this interesting discussion on the policy and practice of coastal management. The pros who do this work around the country have a huge influence on what happens on the American shoreline. Get the inside skinny from two of the best ever on Bill's new Coastal Conundrum Podcast. Only on ASPN.

Today's episode features Natalia Abarca, Program Specialist with Orange County Department of Education in California where she leads one of the biggest conferences in Southern California for spoken language interpreters in the field of education. Natalia shares her story of how she went from a career in Coastal Management in Ecuador to serving 27 school districts with their language access needs.Tune in and hear her story!SHOW NOTES:Orange County Department of EducationNatalia Abarca LinkedInTell Your Story. Brand the Interpreter!For more information on Story Wednesdays, please visit:https://www.brandtheinterpreter.com/story-wednesdays.html

This week, Peter and Tyler gather the ASPN forces to check in with Jacques Hebert and Simon Maloz about the latest from New Orleans and to welcome two new shows and two new hosts to the ASPN family, Brian Yurasits and Bill O'Beirne. Brian's show -- Shaped by the Sea -- will focus on the "characters on the coast," the real folks who live, play, and work on the American shoreline. It's a show about the often overlooked insight and wisdom to be found outside of the halls of government and universities. A great addition coming to ASPN from Portsmouth, New Hampshire and Long Island, NY. Bill O'Bierne, host of the new Coastal Conundrum podcast -- is a longtime coastal management insider, having spent 25+ years in NOAA and the Office for Coastal Management. He know the ropes, as they say, when it comes to the implementation of federal coastal policy. Bill's show comes to us from Virginia and focuses on the coming "intensification of coastal issues" as climate change forces ever-more complex tradeoffs among coastal stakeholder groups. Plus, he plays a mean guitar, a decent mandolin, and is an all-round great guy. Both Brian and Bill bring to ASPN "good vibes," as Tyler likes to say. We're jazzed to be expanding ASPN and bringing new talent and new stories to our listeners. Check it out today. ASPN: The Voice of the Coastal Community!

Nick Catto has been designing and developing websites since 2001. Now, he spends his days overseeing the design and development of nuCloud as the platform's Co-Founder and UX Designer. He also runs his own web development and consulting business at MrCatto.com. Previously, Nick worked as a senior UI/UX Designer for the NOAA Office of Coastal Management in Charleston, South Carolina. He also spent eight years as the Director of Web Services at the University of South Carolina Upstate. Nick has presented on standards-based coding and web design at conferences in both the U.S. and UK. A jack of all trades, Nick has always been fascinated with all kinds of technologies. What you'll learn about in this episode: How Nick's experience at the University of South Carolina Upstate helped him realize the marketing potential of an interactive and versatile digital campus map How Nick and his partners developed their own award-winning interactive map that later became NuCloud's foundation Why an interactive map is a very different tool from a virtual tour, and why you must keep your goals in mind during the development How an interactive map offers greater data on users' interests than a static image map, and how it may help drive new student applications Why you must make your institution's map as accessible and easy to find as possible, and why you should add a link to your interactive map in the footer of your webpage How illustrations, rather than satellite photography images, allow your institution to curate the campus experience for map users How a digital map serves a flexible purpose that benefits many campus departments Why your institution can incrementally update digital maps to scale with your needs How nuCloud has recently begun developing 3D-printed Braille maps for visually impaired users to be able to explore campuses Resources: Website: https://nucloud.com/ LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/ncatto/ Additional Resources: Website: www.theundeclaredpodcast.com Website: www.upandup.agency Email: contact@upandup.agency LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/foglemanscott LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/allison-lanier Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/upandupagency Twitter: https://twitter.com/upandupagency

The tenth episode of the Ocean Governance Podcast focuses on marine protected areas (MPAs). While being a well-established and much-discussed instrument for protection of the marine environment, the three articles discussed in this episode show that interesting perspectives can still be added to the discourse on MPAs. Our first article looks at the blending of rationales in designating and managing many large-scale MPAs in areas with a strong military legacy and sometimes also a remaining military presence. Although not drawing strong general conclusions about the effects of military legacies or military activities in MPAs, the author opens up an interesting discussion on the multiple interests and legacies that can affect marine areas and shape the conditions for their conservation and management. The second article, with a message directed to the ongoing negotiations on protection of biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction, calls for the elaboration of new dynamic management tools, including mobile MPAs to be employed in high seas areas. Although mobile MPAs entail practical and policy challenges, the article provides strong arguments both for the utility and need of such an instrument and points to factors that could facilitate the practical operation of such MPAs. Not least rapid technological development in areas such as animal tracking, vessel monitoring and communication make such measures practically feasible. The third article constructively challenges the oft-repeated idea that MPAs are a good way of strengthening the resilience of marine ecosystems in the face of climate change. Noting the scarcity of empirical support for ecosystems within MPAs being less negatively affected by climate change related pressures such as rising water temperatures or severe storms, the authors point to factors that may actually make protected areas (seem) more rather than less vulnerable. This, however, does not mean that MPAs cannot be useful in countering the effects of climate change although their effectiveness may be more limited than often thought, and also require integrating climate change factors in the designation of protected areas. The three articles discussed in this episode are: A. E Bates, et al., Climate resilience in marine protected areas and the ‘Protection Paradox’, Biological Conservation 236 (2019), 305–314. S. M. Maxwell, K. M. Gjerde, M. G. Conners, and L. B. Crowde, Mobile protected areas for biodiversity on the high seas - Protecting mobile marine species and habitats under climate change will require innovative and dynamic tools, Science 367:6475 (2020), 252-254. E. M. De Santo, Militarized marine protected areas in overseas territories: Conserving biodiversity, geopolitical positioning, and securing resources in the 21st century, Ocean and Coastal Management 184 (2020), 105006. If you want to comment on the content or otherwise communicate with us, please do so by sending an email to: aron.westholm@law.gu.se. We hope that you will enjoy listening!

Live from the Social Coast Forum 2020 in Charleston, South Carolina Peter Ravella, Tyler Buckingham, and Bill O'Beirne talk to Margaret Allen, the Fellowship Coordinator NOAA Office for Coastal Management. The Coastal Management Fellowship was established in 1996 to provide on-the-job education and training opportunities in coastal resource management and policy for postgraduate students and to provide project assistance to state coastal zone management programs. The program matches postgraduate students with state coastal zone programs to work on projects proposed by the state and selected by the fellowship sponsor, NOAA Office for Coastal Management. These two-year opportunities offer a competitive salary ($42K/year), medical benefits, and travel and relocation expense reimbursement.

Live from the Social Coast Forum 2020, Peter Ravella, Tyler Buckingham, and Bill O'Beirne sit down with Ginger Hinchcliff, the chief of the Learning Services Division for NOAA’s Office for Coastal Management and one of the principal organizers of the Social Coast Forum. We talk about the importance of social science in coastal management, the history of the Social Coast Forum, and what the future has in store. It's a great show!

On this episode of the American Shoreline Podcast, we preview the 2020 Social Coast Forum coming up in Charleston February 3-6. Peter and Tyler welcome the organizers, Rebecca Roth, Executive Director of the National Estuarine Research Reserve Association (NERRA), and Lisa Auermuller, President of NERRA and a manager at the Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve (JC NERR) in Tuckerton, New Jersey. Partnering with NOAA's Office of Coastal Management, Lisa and Rebecca have led the team to develop the Social Coastal Forum, one of the most forward-looking coastal conferences in America. Tackling challenges along the American shoreline is ultimately a human problem and the forum address the complex human considerations in coastal management. Check out this unique and in-depth discussion on the American Shoreline Podcast.

On this episode, we sit down with Sandra Fuimaono-Lutu, the Deputy Director of the Resource Management Division for American Samoa's Department of Commerce, and her "left and right hands," Rienette Thompson-Niko. Together, these two women lead coastal management for the 55,000 people who live on the seven islands of American Samoa. We discuss how coastal management is done in American Samoa and how Sandra is working to spread the word that a "healthy coast is a wealthy coast" and how to integrate indigenous culture and community practices into coastal management. Get the unique perspective from the South Pacific Islands on this episode of the American Shoreline Podcast.

To help local coastal and land use managers prepare for inevitable changes to Santa Barbara’s coastline due to climate change, a multidisciplinary team of researchers synthesized projected changes that are expected as a result of the warming climate. The new study is published in the journal of Ocean and Coastal Management. Today, I spoke with lead author Monique Myers, a California Sea Grant extension specialist based in Santa Barbara, about the proposed adaptations the new study suggested for policy makers by specifically examining the impacts of climate change on watersheds, coastal hazards, wetlands and sandy beach ecosystems.

Host Dan Martin welcomes Doug Marcy, Coastal Hazards Specialist at NOAA's Office for Coastal Management. Dan and Doug discuss the amazing work that NOAA and other federal agencies do to gather data and develop tools to make the data usable for the private sector and NGOs. Its a great show!

On today’s episode of Delta Dispatches, Jacques and Simone talk with Lauren Averill, Jefferson Parish Coastal Zone Director, and ASPBA Central Gulf Coast Board member. Lauren discusses the history and importance of coastal management in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana’s most populous coastal parish, and highlights a number of restoration projects underway in the parish.

On today’s episode of Delta Dispatches, we talk with Lauren Averill, Jefferson Parish Coastal Zone Director, and ASPBA Central Gulf Coast Board member. Lauren discusses the history and importance of coastal management in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana’s most populous coastal parish, and highlights a number of restoration projects underway in the parish.

In the seventh episode of the Ocean Governance Podcast, we are joined by Brita Bohman, post doc researcher in ocean governance law at Gothenburg University and lecturer in environmental law at Stockholm university. In her research, Brita has focused on issues of adaptivity and legitimacy in relation to marine governance. That is fitting since preconditions for adaptive and legitimate governance can be said to be the overall theme of this episode. One of the two articles discussed identifies, based on the relevant literature, impediments to and models for facilitating knowledge exchange among scientists and decision-makers as a precondition for adaptive governance. The second article, which draws on interdisciplinary assessments of the resilience of six North American water basins, formulates guidelines for evaluating ways in which law can be used, adapted, and reformed to facilitate adaptive governance in ways that also enhances the legitimacy of governmental action. While it is evident that creating the right conditions for knowledge-based governance where law provides both legitimacy and facilitate adaptivity is challenging, the texts discussed offer suggestions, at different levels of specificity, for how that can be facilitated. The articles discussed in this episode are: B. A Cosens, R. K. Craig, S. Hirsch, C. A. (T.) Arnold, M. H. Benson, D. A. DeCaro, A. S. Garmestani, H. Gosnell, J. Ruhl, and E. Schlager, The role of law in adaptive governance, Ecology and Society 22(1):30 C. Cvitanovic, A.J. Hobday, L. van Kerkhoff, S.K. Wilson, K. Dobbs, N.A. Marshall, Improving knowledge exchange among scientists and decisionmakers to facilitate the adaptive governance of marine resources: A review of knowledge and research needs, Ocean & Coastal Management 112 (2015) 25-35 It should also be mentioned that Brita Bohman is the author of ‘Transboundary Law for Social-Ecological Resilience?: A Study on Eutrophication in the Baltic Sea Area’ (Department of Law, Stockholm University , 2017) If you want to comment on the content or otherwise communicate with us, please do so by sending an email to: aron.westholm@law.gu.se. We hope that you will enjoy listening!

Peter and Tyler welcome C.J. Lewis and Professor David Kaye, Founder & Artistic Director of PowerPlay's Interactive Labs at the University of New Hampshire. Powerplay is an exercise in "applied theater" and UNH is using this innovative method to reach and educate the public on climate change. Theatre has long been used to educate and inform, as well as entertain, but not quite in the way these guys are doing it. David Kaye and C.J believe Applied Theatre is an effective tool reach people on tough complex issues in non-traditional theatre environments like community meeting spaces. The objective of Applied Theatre is to put the audience in the position of "Witness;" to observe teachable moments in a non-judgemental way and create opportunities for professional development, conflict resolution, and social awareness, and change. PowerPlay Interactive Development hopes to spark new thinking and promote dialogue about climate change in ways that help overcome barriers to action.

Catherine looks at coastal management techniques for your GCSE Geography exam. In this episode, she will look at different hard and soft coastal management techniques. Ideal for preparing your for GCSE Geography exam. For more info visit www.senecalearning.com/blog/gcse-geography-revision

Last gasp revision prior to Paper1

Catherine looks at coastal management techniques for your GCSE Geography exam. In this episode, she will look at different hard and soft coastal management techniques. Ideal for preparing your for GCSE Geography exam. For more info visit www.senecalearning.com/blog/gcse-geography-revision

This special issue episode of the Ocean Governance Podcast combines discussions of a research article with reflections and interviews from the Connecting Seas MSP Conference held in February 2019 in Hamburg. In this episode we discuss practical challenges for transboundary marine spatial planning, with a particular focus on the Baltic and North Seas. What institutional conditions are needed for good regional cooperation on MSP? How can cooperation be fruitful despite significant differences in legislation, planning culture, the current phase of the MSP process, and possibly also focus of and expectations on MSP? The episode also raises issues related to the nature of MSP as both practical problem-solving and an expression of political priorities reflecting fundamental conceptions of sustainability. The article discussed in this episode is: H. Janßen, R. Varjopuro, A. Luttmann, A Morf, and H. Nieminen, Imbalances in interaction for transboundary marine spatial planning: Insights from the Baltic Sea Region, 161 Ocean and Coastal Management (2018) 201–210. The episode also includes parts of interviews made during the Connecting Seas Conference. If you want to comment on the content or otherwise communicate with us, please do so by sending an email to: aron.westholm@law.gu.se. We hope that you will enjoy listening!

Join host Curt Sumner and guest Nicholas "Miki" Schmidt (Division Chief, Science and Geospatial Services, NOAA Office for Coastal Management), as they discuss the mission of his office and its interaction with other NOAA offices, and the public.

Juliana Barrett is with the University of Connecticut Sea Grant College Program and the Department of Extension. Her work focuses on climate change adaptation and coastal habitat management working with Connecticut’s municipalities, NGO’s and state and federal partners. 

Oct. 29 is the deadline for comments on agricultural practices in Michigan. More than 12,000 lake sturgeon are swimming in Michigan waters thanks to an effort to rehabilitate the species. More than $840,000 in grants have been awarded by the Coastal Management Program.

Hurricane Florence came through North Carolina, South Carolina and parts of Virginia whirling 105 mph winds and ocean waves recorded as high as 80 feet. Rains, winds and floods have taken the lives of 17 people in the states and causing an estimated $22 Billion. The hurricane is moving north towards New York and New Jersey after it moved back out to sea where it is now classified as a Category 2. Now we discuss getting people safe and looking to the future on how to put people in office that will provide regulations to help their state adapt to climate change safely. Source Flooding Areas Update Enjoy the Podcast!!! Do you live in a hurricane state? Let me know in the Facebook Group what your thoughts are on the damage and the lack of management in certain states. Join our Patreon Community to help support our mission to build Awareness of Marine Science and Conservation and inspire Action to live for a better Ocean.  

We close our week-long series of conversations about the Mississippi River with a townhall event from deep in Louisiana's Mississippi River delta. Our "Voices from the Bayou" special wraps up our journey with a community conversation on solutions to the problems faced by people in the river's watershed. From the Larose Civic Center in Louisiana, Kerri Miller speaks to a gathering of engineers, educators, shrimpers, tribal leaders and others about their ideas, programs and progress for improving quality life along the last miles of the Mississippi. Our guests were Donald Bogen, co-director of Bayou Interfaith Shared Community Organizing; Chief Shirell Parfait-Dardar of the Grand Caillou/Dula Band of Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw; Denise J. Reed of the Coastal Management and Restoration Science at the University of New Orleans; and Lance Nacio, a shrimper and coastal advocate.

Natural infrastructure provides effective solutions for minimizing coastal flooding, erosion, and runoff, but it has other benefits as well. In this episode, Kim Penn from NOAA’s Office for Coastal Management explains the environmental, economic, and recreational benefits of natural infrastructure. Episode permanent link and show notes

What is causing Sea Level Rise? Has it happened in the past? What are the current trends? Globally? Locally? Future projections? Uncertainty? Scenario vs. Probabilistic approach. How are we tracking vs. projections? Future storms? SLR making things worse. Total water level. Nuisance flooding increasing. Lots at stake. What can we do? What are cities currently doing about it? Quick SLR viewer demo. Doug Marcy is a Coastal Hazards Specialist at the NOAA Office for Coastal Management. He has been with NOAA 14 years working on enhancing flood inundation products and GIS capability, storm surge assessments, sea level rise, and coastal hazards assessment projects contributing to more disaster resilient communities. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/carolinaweather/message

Jim Schwab, AICP, APA's manager of the Hazards Planning Research Center interviews acting Director of NOAA's Office for Coastal Management and Chad Berginnis, Executive Director of the Association of State Floodplain Managers on the Regional Coastal Resilience program.

Associate Professor and the Dean (Research) of the Science, Environment, Engineering and Technology Group at Griffith University where he previously served as Head of the School of Information and Communication Technology. Michael is a nationally and internationally recognised expert in the areas of automated Pattern Recognition, Handwriting Recognition, Document Analysis and Artificial Intelligence. He has published over 90 papers in refereed conferences and journals. His research spans numerous projects applying Artificial Intelligence to the fields of Engineering, Environmental Science, Neurobiology and Coastal Management. Michael has secured numerous internal/nationally competitive research grants to undertake these projects with funds over $3.5 Million. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Developed in 2001, the Coastal Community Engagement Program was developed to maximise community understanding of natural coastal processes and management strategies. Essentially, bridging the gap between coastal decision makers and other stakeholders, which is necessary for sustainable coastal management. Community awareness, education and involvement are valuable tools towards long-term sustainable coastal systems. The program is primarily funded and delivered on behalf of Gold Coast City Council (GCCC) and incorporates four key projects: CoastEd, BeachCare, the Keep Australia Beautiful Clean Beaches Competition, and Beachology.

A short revision recap on Barton on Sea and the coastal management issues due to cliff collapse.

A quick revision recap on hard and soft engineering methods

A look at hard and soft engineering in action along the British coastline.