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Beach and Shoreline ProtectionLiving ShorelinesJudi Clarke, CARIBSAVE
Innovators Think Tank: Climate Change and Costal and Marine TourismJuly 22-24, 2015
Presentation Outline
Beach and Shoreline Protection - Living ShorelinesInnovators Think Tank: Climate Change and Costal and Marine Tourism
The living shoreline
The context of the coastal zone
Impacts on the coastal zone
Measures being implemented
What about the future?
The Living Shoreline
More than just infrastructure at riskEcosystems, natural resourcesLivelihoods
Beach and Shoreline Protection - Living ShorelinesInnovators Think Tank: Climate Change and Costal and Marine Tourism
The Context of the Coastal Zone in the CaribbeanExisting non-climate stressors and cumulative impactsHeavily developed coastlines which support a large percentage of the socio-economic activity within a countryLittle or no option for retreat for coastal (especially tourism) facilitiesHigh degree of vulnerability to sea level rise and storm surge
Beach and Shoreline Protection - Living ShorelinesInnovators Think Tank: Climate Change and Costal and Marine Tourism
Impacts on the Coastal Zone
Other damage from storms
Barbados Coastal Erosion October 2010
Antigua Coastal Erosion October 2010
Damage from storm surge and erosion
Beach and Shoreline Protection Living ShorelinesInnovators Think Tank: Climate Change and Costal and Marine Tourism
Impacts on the Coastal ZoneFindings from 2010 CARIBSAVE Study
Beach and Shoreline Protection Living ShorelinesInnovators Think Tank: Climate Change and Costal and Marine Tourism
Tourism asset Effect of 1m SLR Effect of 2m SLR
Large resorts At least USD149 multi-million dollar tourism resorts damaged or lost
At least USD233 multi-million dollar tourism resorts damaged or lost
Beaches Beach assets lost or greatly degraded at many tourist resorts
Beach assets lost or greatly degraded at most tourist resorts
Airports Loss or damage to 21 CARICOM airports
Loss or damage to 31 CARICOM airports
Sea turtle nesting sites
Flooding of approximately a third of known nesting beaches
Flooding of approximately half of known nesting beaches
Simpson et al. (2010).
Impacts on the Coastal ZoneFindings from 2010 CARIBSAVE Study
Vulnerability of Belize City, Belize to SLR (1 to 6m)Vulnerability of Montego Bay, Jamaica to SLR (1-6m)
Beach and Shoreline Protection - Living ShorelinesInnovators Think Tank: Climate Change and Costal and Marine Tourism
Impacts on the Coastal ZoneOverview of Modelling Climate Change Impacts in the Caribbean Region with Contribution from the Pacific Islands (2009)
Modelling the Transformational Impacts and Costs of Climate Change Induced Sea Level Rise in the Caribbean (2010)
Beach and Shoreline Protection - Living ShorelinesInnovators Think Tank: Climate Change and Costal and Marine Tourism
Impacts on the Coastal Zone
Loss of coastal protectionLoss of livelihoods dependent on nearshore fisheries and healthy reefs
Coral bleaching
2005 Coral bleaching event, Caribbean
Beach and Shoreline Protection - Living ShorelinesInnovators Think Tank: Climate Change and Costal and Marine Tourism
Measures Being ImplementedTo protect built infrastructure
Coastal engineering (Barbados)Building standards and regulationsSoft engineering for long-term protection
South Coast Board Walk, Barbados
Beach and Shoreline Protection - Living ShorelinesInnovators Think Tank: Climate Change and Costal and Marine Tourism
Measures Being ImplementedTo protect ecosystem and livelihoods
Coral transplantation/restoration (Dominican Republic, Bluefields Bay Jamaica, Mustique, Saint Lucia) Mangrove replantation (Caye Caulker, Belize)Capacity building in sustainable and alternative livelihoods (coral gardeners, sea moss farming, tour guides)
Mangrove Replantation, Caye Caulker, Belize
Beach and Shoreline Protection - Living ShorelinesInnovators Think Tank: Climate Change and Costal and Marine Tourism
What About the Future?
Beach and Shoreline Protection - Living ShorelinesInnovators Think Tank: Climate Change and Costal and Marine Tourism
What about the Future?Hard engineering for quick fixes but must be socially and environmentally responsibly designedSoft engineering for longer term adaptation
Ridge-to-reef approachEcosystem-based adaptationAwareness and capacity building amongst:
EngineersPlannersPolicymakersUsers of resources in the coastal zone
Beach and Shoreline Protection - Living ShorelinesInnovators Think Tank: Climate Change and Costal and Marine Tourism
What about The Future?
Data and information on risk, assessment of risks and adaptations should be more readily available to stakeholdersISO13009 International Standard on Beach services (http://www.sustainableseas.co.uk/oceans-and-coast
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Beach and Shoreline Protection - Living ShorelinesInnovators Think Tank: Climate Change and Costal and Marine Tourism
Call to Action…Think Tankers!
Beach and Shoreline Protection - Living ShorelinesInnovators Think Tank: Climate Change and Costal and Marine Tourism
All of the approaches mentioned previously are being done somewhere!Knowledge-sharing
Publish successes and ‘failures’Exchange visitsTechnology transfer
Coordinated approach across countries where that worksIndependent efforts where necessary