- Hail Cove Living Shoreline and Reef Project
Sustainable Science, LCC
Eastern Neck Island, Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge, Maryland, United States
Credit: David W. Sutherland, USFWS - Horsehead's Living Shoreline
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Horeshead's Wetland Center, Kent Island, Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, United States
Credit: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - Hull Springs Farm of Longwood University Living Shoreline Project
Bayshore Design
Montross, Virginia, United States
Credit; Bobbie Burton, Executive Director of Hull Springs Farm - Kushiro Wetlands
Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan
Credit: Jeremy JL Hill - Living Shoreline
North Carolina, United States
Credit: NOAA Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management - Low Profile Sill
Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum, Maryland, United States
Credit: David Burke - Mangrove Restoration
Wetlands International
Cussana Cussentche, Guinea-Bissau
Credit: Wetlands International - Mangroves on Toten Island
Toten Island, Tanga, Tanzania
Credit: Evelyn Whitelaw - Marsh Fringe With Breakers
Jefferson Patterson park and Museum, St. Leonard, Maryland, United States
Credit: David Burke - Port Arthur Wetlands
Port Arthur, Texas, United States
Credit: NOAA Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management. - Rheindelta Along Lake Costance
Lake Constance, Reichenau, Baden-Württemberg, Austria
Credit: Tobias Salathé - Wetlands Restoration Project
Hermitage Museum & Gardens, NOAA Restoration Center, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, the ElizabethRiver Project, and the City of Norfolk
Hermitage Museum & Gardens, Norfolk, Virginia, United States
Credit: Hermitage Museum & Gardens, Norfolk, Virginia - Wetlands Restoration Project
Hermitage Museum & Gardens, NOAA Restoration Center, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, the Elizabeth River Project, and the City of Norfolk
Hermitage Museum & Gardens, Norfolk, Virginia, United States
Credit: Hermitage Museum & Gardens, Norfolk, Virginia - Wetlands Restoration Project
Hermitage Museum & Gardens, NOAA Restoration Center, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, the Elizabeth River Project, and the City of Norfolk
Hermitage Museum & Gardens, Norfolk, Virginia, United States
Credit: Hermitage Museum & Gardens, Norfolk, Virginia - Willows along the Shore of Lake Constance
Lake Constance, Reichenau, Baden-Württemberg, Austria
Credit: Tobias Salathé
对诸如沼泽、海滩和沙丘等自然系统进行保护、创造或加强,有利于保护岸线免受侵蚀。
传统的沿海基础设施往往会增加海岸受侵蚀的速度,并切断陆地和海洋的连接,同时却很少为河口的物种提供自然栖息地。
创造活海岸线包括:
- 在河岸、沼泽和淹没区种植水生植物;
- 安装天然有机材料,如生物木材和有机纤维毡;
- 管理、恢复、增强或创建新的湿地、珊瑚礁和栖息地;
- 构建牡蛎礁或“生物防波堤”可以在波浪到岸前吸收能量。