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ICZM Plan Fact Sheets

Fact sheets related to the ongoing activity to update the current Integrated Coastal Zone Management Plan for Barbados can be accessed by clicking on the images below.

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Glossary of Terms

Groyne Field

A series of groynes acting together to protect a section of beach. Also called a groyne system.

Downstream

Along coasts with obliquely approaching waves there is a longshore (wave-driven) current.

Seashore

(Law) All ground between the ordinary high-water and low-water mark.

The shore of the sea or ocean, often used in a general sense (e.g. to visit the seashore).
An area of sandy stony rock or rocky land bordering and level with the sea.

Macro-tidal

Tidal range greater than 4 m.

Precautionary approach

The essence of the approach is expressed in Principle 15 of the Rio Declaration that states "Where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of scientific certainty shall not be used as a reason to postponing cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation." The approach is concerned with avoiding risk that has not been assessed, i.e. uncertainty.

Patch Reef

a mound like or flat-topped organic reef, generally less than 1 km across, frequently forming part of a larger reef complex.

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