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Coastal erosion in Pacific Small Island Developing States (SIDS) : the need for an approach to integrated coastal management (ICM)

 Commonwealth Secretariat/SOPAC
 Land  Coastal and Marine

Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are generally characterised by their relatively small land area in comparison to their large ocean space in their respective Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).
In the South and North Pacific, SIDS account for a large percentage of ocean space, but very small land areas. The percentage of land/sea area was calculated for twenty North and