Development threatens Morocco's wild shoreline
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SAIDIA, Morocco  - Ecologists say a tragedy is unfolding in north Africa where construction firms are moving in on some of the last unspoilt stretches of Mediterranean coastline in the search for profits.
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Europe's seas are in serious decline as a result of coastal development, fishing and pollution, warn scientists.
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The breathtaking coastline of South Africa's Eastern Cape has now become the object of a minor land rush by foreign investors.
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Excerpt from report by Mwinyi Sadallah entitled "Unguja and Pemba islands threatened with..." published by Tanzanian newspaper The Guardian website on 6 June  Zanzibar government has cautioned that the islands of Unguja and Pemba are likely to be submerged due to global glacier melting.
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A developer sets out to resuscitate a storied beachfront amusement district, but the plans leave denizes uneasy.
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Much of the Welsh coastline is threatened by erosion and flooding in the near future,  the National Trust says.
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Rising seas, an inevitable result of global warming, will almost certainly inundate those important historical sites located along coastlines. And at this point, there's very little to be done about it.
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Desertification represents one of the "greatest environmental challenge of our times" and could set off mass migrations of people fleeing degraded homelands, a United Nations report warned Thursday.
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By Drew Dixon  With builders honing in on the Beaches' few pieces of open land, some government officials and residents have deduced that working with, not blocking, developers could be the best option.
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The African nation's last rain forests are in danger from both agricultural developers and locals who believe its plants hold pharmacological secrets
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Increased tourism and nearby development could irreparably harm Jordan's ancient sandstone city.
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Waves over 20m high are getting bigger, more frequent and are eroding Britain's Atlantic coast, experts say.
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In a statement, Moviment Graffiti said that the development of a golf course requires use of large areas of land and this is unsustainable for islands like Malta and Gozo, in which development is always on the ...
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A zoo in the Gulf has bred a bird which is threatened by the fast pace of development in the region.
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Parts of New York City's fabled waterfront are disappearing faster than the Brooklyn accent of "dese, dem, and dose." A preservation group wants to do something about it, declaring the area one of the most endangered places in the country.
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A proposed solution to channel water into the rapidly shrinking Dead Sea could carry critical side effects, a local expert warns.
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SIMIJI, Mali  - A row of shiny new streetlights looks out of place in this sand swept village of conical thatched roofs and mud-brick huts.