Integrated Coastal Management

Abstract

Traditionally the cornerstone of the nature conservation is the protection of the best examples of particular habitats and species concentrations. Many precious wildlife areas have been destroyed or reduced considerably in size, others survive only as small ‘islands’ in a landscape used for intensive agriculture or otherwise highly modified. In the face of the continuing attrition of wildlife and their habitats, it is perhaps not surprising that the conservation movement continues to promote the protection of those places with special habitats and species.