He made the comment during the Environment and Sustainability Committee inquiry into coastal protection on 5 July 2012.
"This guide is a tool for decision-makers regarding the selection and implementation of different options for coastal protection, " says Annie Bonin Roncerel.
Should the UNCSD set up a process to promote coastal habitat protection and restoration targets for States with clear timelines and commitments?
Know our ocean: How can science and technology serve coastal nations for the sustainable management of ocean and coastal resources, the protection of their coastal populations, and to maintain ecosystem services?
Michel Jarraud (Secretary-General, World Meteorological Organization) presented early warning systems for the protection of coastal communities.
These would include things like watershed protection, pollination and protection from coastal erosion.
On 9 February 2011, junior environment minister Richard Benyon said 21 of the new flood and coastal defence projects will provide extra protection to more than 13, 000 households.
One of these proposals is the development of a global programme aimed at greater protection and restoration of vital ocean and coastal habitats, and of a global blue carbon market as a means of creating direct economic gain through habitat protection.
But he has yet to actively intervene to make sure New Orleans gets state-of-the-art flood protection and robust and timely coastal wetland reconstruction.
With this partnership, we hope to encourage youth and coastal communities to become engaged in the protection of their ocean and water resources.
Eleven substantive publications were issued by Member States to commemorate the IOC anniversary and its input to the research and protection of the Ocean and coastal zones.
It isn't as if the coastal communities who rely on the wetlands for protection and economic vitalization are choosing to live in dangerous places.
King Pacific Lodge, a floating luxury lodge in a remote coastal section of British Columbia, Canada, received a Global Vision Award for establishing protection for the 21 million-acre Great Bear Rainforest, which surrounds the property.
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Its mission is to promote international cooperation and to coordinate programmes in research, services and capacity building to learn more about the nature and resources of the oceans and coastal areas, and to apply this knowledge to improved management, sustainable development and protection of the marine environment and the decision making processes of its 144 Member States.
'promote international cooperation and to coordinate programmes in research, services and capacity building, in order to learn more about the nature and resources of the ocean and coastal areas and to apply that knowledge for the improvement of management, sustainable development and protection of the marine environment and the decision-making process of its Member States'.
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