The Socio-Economics of the West, Central and Southern African Coastal Communities

4.4 Achieving Sustainable Development in theWest, Central and Southern African Coastal Regions

that influence human lives, culture and well-being. The west, central and southern African management regimes must use and build on the data and information presented and work towards properly reinvesting in the LME services.When social equity, economic growth and environmental protection are balanced, sustainable development prevails.

The rough estimates provided in the west, central and southern African LME studies show that marine and coastal ecosystems are integral to the lives of people living along the continent’s coast. As the “flow of value” changes, so do the different forms of capital that affect the social, cultural and economic landscape of the regions, as well as the ecosystems

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