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COASTAL RESTORATION IN FOROS BAY (WESTERN BLACK SEA): NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS IN SUPPORT TO CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION PATHWAYS
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Coastal zones are among the most climate-vulnerable environments, exposed to extreme weather events, sea level rise, accelerating coastal erosion, biodiversity loss, and socio-economic vulnerability. As these pressures intensify, adaptation strategies have moved beyond engineered infrastructure toward nature-based solutions restoration interventions that work with ecosystems. One of most spread nature-based coastal restoration are seagrass and saltmarsh recovery, dune and wetland rebuilding, and integrated watershed-coastline management. These ecosystems act as natural buffers, reducing wave energy, stabilizing sediments, and enhancing biodiversity. More importantly, instead of short-term linear assumptions, they offer flexible adaptation pathways forward-looking strategic sequences of actions that evolve over time as climate risks change and social priorities shift. This paper explores how nature-based coastal restoration supports climate change adaptation pathways, potential socio-economic impacts, policy implications and governance challenges that may hinder implementation. The study is supported by modelling results on contribution of a couple of important coastal protection ecosystem services.
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