Protecting Your Community’s Coastal Assets: Local Leadership in Marine Planning
David Suzuki Foundation and partners
Authored by: Anuradha Rao
Partners: Living Oceans Society, WWF Canada
Oceans and fresh water eco-assets, protecting coastal waters, marine protected areas (MPAs), economics, policy and regulation, community and culture, water systems, natural capital
British Columbia’s coasts and oceans provide billions of dollars in economic benefits. This report describes easily accessible resources local governments can use to maintain aquatic ecosystem value and productivity, including maps and tools to guide decisions and bylaws regarding management of activities on land, and in inter-tidal and sub-tidal zones.
This report is part of a series on marine planning and protected areas.