The German Wadden Sea coast: reclamation and environmental protection |
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Authors: | Lydie Goeldner |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Geography, University of Paris-I, 191 rue St-Jacques, 75 005 Paris, France |
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Abstract: | Why did the reclamation of tidal marshes along the German Wadden Sea coast continue until the 1990s while the country is known for its awareness of the need for environmental protection? A study of the recently adopted reclamation policy in Schleswig-Holstein indicates that since the 1960s, the primary objective of embankments along the coast has been for coastal defence. While focusing their attention on this policy from the late 1970s, environmentalists have been objecting against any reclamation projects. Their main argument has been the ecological richness of the tidal marshes and the negative effects of embankments on the Wadden Sea. During the 1990s, objections from environmentalists, together with the fruition of the Coastal Defence Plan, recent economic factors, new legislation and sea level rise have led to a gradual decline of reclamation projects along the German Wadden Sea coast. |
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Keywords: | Coastal defence Ecosystem restoration Environmental conflict Environmentalist Polder Tidal marsh |
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