Dilapidated houses at the water edge, Popenguine, Thies, Senegal. Photo source: ©© Joyce Lee
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The problem is not high prices or mismanagement but coastal erosion that is blighting the West African country’s coast.
The Atlantic has washed away beaches, forcing hotels to make drastic choices…
Read Full Article, Reuters / Yahoo News
Erosion and the Disappearance of Senegal’s coast, EuroNews (06-15-2015)
Coastal Erosion, Senegal; a IRIN Video Documentary (Uploaded 05-16-2013)
In the Senegalese town of Saint Louis, rising sea levels means that every year the sea gets closer to peoples homes and it is now just a matter of when, not if, their houses are swept away…
Rising Seas Ruining Lives in Togo, IRIN (11-16-2015)
Coastal erosion displaces hundreds, Liberia; IRIN
A Photo Gallery: “We Were Once Three Miles From the Sea” (01-03-2014)
Grain by grain, West Africa’s coasts are eroding away, the dry land sucked under the water by a destructive mix of natural erosion and human meddling… Nyani Quarmyne has poignantly photographed the impacts of climate change on people living on the Ghana coast…
West Africa Scores High In Disaster Risk, IRIN (03-18-2014)
West African coastal cities, both the large and the small, are expanding rapidly and face specific challenges related to infrastructure, zoning and spatial planning, which directly contributes to an increased risk from flooding…
One Flew Over a Beach Sand Mining Pit, Senegal; INA Video (Uploaded 07-17-2013)
One flew over a coastline, North of Dakar, used as and ad hoc beach sand mining pit…
Sand, Rarer Than One Thinks: A UNEP report (March-2014)
Sand Wars, An Investigation Documentary, By Denis Delestrac
“Seawalls Kill Beaches,” Open Letters by Warner Chabot And Rob Young, (10-03-2014)
