Lack of coastal development

The development potential of coastal zones includes: fish and products of mariculture for the local population or for export; energy; water; and contributions to land-based agriculture. The conservation of marine life, coastal conservation and the control of marine pollution assume great importance in this context.

Lack of effective exploitation of island developing countries coastal zones, including reefs, increases the need for imports and decreases food security; and lack of integration of marine space utilization and sea resources into national development strategies affects a large number of sectoral roles, such as agriculture, energy and environmental management. In many areas of great potential importance to the self-reliant development of island developing countries, such as mariculture, polyculture, energy and coastal transport, development efforts may well take a decade or more to ripen into substantial value-adding and other economic gains.

1. Underdevelopment of industrial and economic activities
2. Insufficient use of natural resources

1. Underdevelopment of fishing industry

1. Vulnerability of island developing countries and territories
2. Unsafe port facility

1. Shifting coastlines
2. Prohibitive cost of coastal protection against sea damage
3. Lack of finance in coastal communities

1. Unsustainable development of coastal zones

1. Obstacles to the utilization of coastal and deep sea water resources
2. Lack of integrated marine resource management

1. Mapping ocean resources
2. Managing coasts
3. Developing coastal zones
4. Developing coastal resource planning
5. Assisting developing countries' ocean fisheries
6. Abstaining from coastal development

1. Neglect
2. Lack
3. Undeveloped