selected keyword: coastal protection, 13 pics

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Title: Port Sudan hosts the largest sea freight terminal in the country
Date created: 21 Jun 2007
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Description: Port Sudan typifies the situation for marine resources in Sudan: economic development is occurring at the expense of the environment, and the surrounding lagoons are suffering from land-based pollution and modification due to the indiscriminate building of infrastructure.

Keywords: environmental management, Port Sudan, Red Sea state, coastal protection, marine resources
 
Title: A typical shoreline north of Port Sudan, with sparse vegetation on a sandy-silty beach
Date created: 21 Jun 2007
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Description: A fringing reef is indicated by the breaking waves in the distance

Keywords: Coastal and arid region mountain ranges, Coastline, Coastline and islands, Red Sea state, coastal protection, coral reefs, marine resources
 
Title: Mangrove stands on the Rea Sea coast
Date created: 21 Jun 2007
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Keywords: flora, Coastline, Red Sea mangroves, Red Sea state, coastal protection
 
Title: The \"Green Port\" extension to the Port Sudan harbour is going ahead in an area surrounded by seagrass beds and coral reefs
Date created: 21 Jun 2007
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Description: It is now necessary to focus on planning port operations to minimize ongoing impacts.

Keywords: environmental protection, Coastal and arid region mountain ranges, Coastline, Coastline and islands, Port Sudan, Red Sea state, coastal protection, coral reefs, marine resources
 
Title: Ships passing and entering ports in Sudan currently have no place to deposit oily waste
Date created: 21 Jun 2007
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Description: In the absence of facilities and controls, the risk is that ships jettison this oil at sea

Keywords: Coastline, Coastline and islands, Red Sea state, coastal protection, marine resources, sea, oil pollution, pollution control, pollution sources
 
Title: The Port Sudan landfill is located at the head of a seasonal watercourse
Date created: 21 Jun 2007
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Description: Every wet season, the run-off draws pollution from the site to the coastal lagoons

Keywords: Coastline, Coastline and islands, Port Sudan, Red Sea state, coastal protection, pollution control, pollution sources, landfill/dumpsite, solid waste management, waste management
 
Title: Camels grazing mangroves 20 km south of Suakin
Date created: 21 Jun 2007
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Description: The impact of such grazing can be seen in the absence of foliage below three metres. This stand also shows signs of extensive timber-cutting

Keywords: deforestation, forest degradation, flora, Coastal and arid region mountain ranges, Coastline, Coastline and islands, Red Sea mangroves, Red Sea state, coastal protection
 
Title: Young men on duty on national service picking up litter from the tidal lagoons of Port Sudan
Date created: 21 Jun 2007
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Description: The level of interest in the environment in Red Sea state is among the highest in all of Sudan

Keywords: Coastline, Coastline and islands, Port Sudan, Red Sea state, coastal protection, pollution sources, solid waste management, waste disposal, waste management
 
Title: This lagoon in the centre of Port Sudan is already burdened with urban pollution and shoreline development
Date created: 21 Jun 2007
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Description: Unless a solution for the saline effluent is found, the lagoon is expected to become a biologically dead zone

Keywords: environmental protection, Coastal and arid region mountain ranges, Coastline, Coastline and islands, Port Sudan, Red Sea state, coastal protection, saline waters, pollution control, pollution sources
 
Title: A salt marsh 40 km south of Port Sudan.
Date created: 21 Jun 2007
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Description: Offshore, seagrass beds support various types of marine life

Keywords: flora, Coastal and arid region mountain ranges, Coastline, Coastline and islands, Red Sea state, coastal protection, marine resources, sea
 
Title: The coastal plain 10 km south of Suakin
Date created: 21 Jun 2007
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Keywords: Coastal and arid region mountain ranges, Coastline, Coastline and islands, Red Sea state, Suakin, coastal protection
 
Title: Waste oil dumped outside this Port Sudan power station migrates towards a lagoon and mangroves on the outskirts of the city
Date created: 21 Jun 2007
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Keywords: Port Sudan, Port Sudan power station, Red Sea state, coastal protection, oil pollution, pollution control, pollution sources, electricity plant, waste disposal, waste management
 
Title: Stand of mangroves located some 500 metres from the power station
Date created: 22 Jun 2007
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Keywords: Port Sudan, Port Sudan power station, Red Sea state, coastal protection, oil pollution, electricity plant, waste treatment, waste management