NOAA Releases Coastal Population Trends Report
NOAA's National Ocean Service | 26 Mar 2013
If current population trends continue, the already crowded U.S. coast will see population grow from 123 million people to nearly 134 million people by 2020, putting more of the population at increased risk from extreme coastal storms like Sandy and Isaac, which severely damaged infrastructure and property last year. The projection comes from a new report released today from NOAA with input from the U.S. Census Bureau.
 Coastal Development and Tourism | Natural Hazard

The Antarctic is left defenceless to tourism
The Independent UK | 17 Mar 2013
Across most of Earth, a tourist attraction that sees 35,000 visitors a year can safely be labelled sleepy. But when it's Antarctica, every footstep matters. Tourism is rebounding here five years after the financial crisis and is now growing fast, with the number of cruise ship passengers visiting doubling in a year.
 Southern Ocean | Coastal Development and Tourism | Conservation

The fragile bonds between tourism and wildlife (opinion)
The Independent UK | 16 Mar 2013
On one hand, the news from this week's Cites conference, held in Bangkok, was good: the international trade in manta rays and five species of sharks has been regulated for the first time, offering protection to extraordinary species including the great hammerhead shark. On the other hand, the news was bleak.
 Coastal Development and Tourism | Conservation

Manta Rays Maldives – Southern Maldives Expedition 3 (blog)
Save our seas | 11 Mar 2013
With dramatic reductions in the numbers of whales, sharks, dolphins, turtles, manta rays and other large, enigmatic species observed the world over, the burgeoning eco-tourism industry appeared to be a positive alternative to the problem of our over exploitation of species.
 Indian Ocean | Coastal Development and Tourism | Diving | Fish

Oil and gas could transform East Coast - report
New Zealand Herald | 07 Mar 2013
A Government report has highlighted the potential benefits of developing an onshore oil and gas industry on the North Island's East Coast.
 Pacific Ocean | Coastal Development and Tourism | Economy | Non-Living Resources

Tauranga port dredging gets green light
New Zealand Herald | 05 Mar 2013
Conservation Minister Nick Smith has given the green light for Port of Tauranga to widen and deepen its shipping channels, creating space to let in bigger vessels.
 Pacific Ocean | Coastal Development and Tourism | Dredging

Kosrae Conservation and Safety Organization
kosraeconservation.org | 07 Feb 2013
On January 21, 2013, the KCSOs Executive Director Andy George signed a grant agreement with the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Foundation. The grant was awarded to Kosrae Conservation and Safety Organization (KCSO) in the amount of $10,000.00 to support the Awareness Campaign for Sustainable Management of the Tafunsak Marine Protected Area (TMPA) project.
 Pacific Ocean | Coastal Development and Tourism | Conservation | Marine Protected Area

Tourists drawn to wonders of Antarctic
New Zealand Herald | 14 Jan 2013
Eco-tourism in the Antarctic has spiked in the past decade, and some operators predict locally run tours could eclipse the profits of New Zealand's controversial fishing in the Ross Sea.
 Southern Ocean | Coastal Development and Tourism

Small hapu wins big battle
New Zealand Herald | 23 Nov 2012
A tiny hapu has been left "gob-smacked" at winning a battle to stop a United States-owned company from subdividing a third of the country's largest barrier island.
 Pacific Ocean | Coastal Development and Tourism

Coastal wetlands of temperate eastern Australia: will Cinderella ever go to the ball?
publish.csiro.au | 06 Nov 2012
The many sheltered embayments, riverine estuaries and drowned river valleys of temperate eastern Australia support a large area and a wide diversity of coastal wetlands. The story of Cinderella provides an excellent simile for the status of coastal wetlands in this region of Australia: coastal...
 Pacific Ocean | Blue Carbon | Coastal Development and Tourism | Research