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Barbados Marine Spatial Plan Project Launch Photos

Damaged Coral

Corals and Coral Reefs

Sargassum Seaweed

Glossary of Terms

Polluter-pays Principle

The principle adopted by the OECD countries in 1972, requires that the polluter should bear the costs that pollution damage or pollution control impose upon society.

Dune Walkover

Light construction that provides pedestrian access without trampling dune vegetation.

Wave Setup

Super elevation of the water surface over normal surge elevation due to onshore mass transport of the water by wave action alone.

Geographical Information System (GIS)

Database of information which is geographically referenced, usually with an associated visualization system.

Suspended Load

The material moving in suspension in a fluid, kept up by the upward components of the turbulent currents or by colloidal suspension.

Sediment Transport Paths

The routes along which the net sediment movement occurs.

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