IOC-UNEP-WMO-SAREC Planning Workshop on an Integrated Approach to Coastal Erosion, Sea level Changes and their Impacts : Coastal Erosion

The intention with this paper is to give a short review of the status of Coastal Erosion Problems noted in the Western India Ocean, and raise some issues that could be discussed during the workshop. The phenomena of Coastal Erosion have been ongoing since the forming of the Oceans. Thus, the man driven Coastal Erosion has accelerated erosion on several places in the Coastal Zone.