Coastal Ecosystem-based Rehabilitation Guide - People working with nature

Abstract

This guide helps communities understand the pressures people may place on beaches, and suggests how natural processes or "ecosystem based approaches" can be used to encourage sand to come back and stay put. Beaches have important values for local communities, such as for fishing, tourism, recreation, and low tide gathering and gleaning. Local communities are an essential part of keeping beaches healthy and can use low cost, natural ways to make beaches stronger