Outcomes
Improvement in the quality of coastal and marine ecosystems depends largely on the effective implementation of policy and legislation. Stabilisation of population growth and migration are also required to ensure sustainable development.
A reduction in ribbon coastal developments (urban encroachment) and more sustainable use of the marine and coastal resources is conceivably possible, although this is only likely to be successful if management strategies and policies are effectively implemented through institutional capacity. However, South Africa's transitional economic (as well as socio-political) state which emphasises development and economic growth might, in the short term, act against environmental sustainability and a reduction in marine and coastal pollution.
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There is also information about Terrestrial Ecosystems in the following reports:
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Metropolitan reports:
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