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Ecosystem-based adaptation most effective in coastal cities, study shows

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Publication Date: 
June 19, 2012
Author: 
LEONY AURORA
News Source: 
CIFOR
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (19 June 2012)__ Maintaining and rehabilitating natural ecosystems like mangroves may be the most cost-effective way to help protect cities on small islands from rising sea levels, according to preliminary findings from a study in Fiji.
 

Climate change experts looking at Lami, a vulnerable coastal settlement, estimate money spent on improving existing natural ecosystems would bring twice the benefits to the dollar as investments for building dams and other protective barriers. The findings are indicative and should not be viewed as a general solution, noted authors from the UN Environment Program, UN Habitat and Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP).
 

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