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B C lacks overarching authority to oversee coastal flood management, ecosystem conservation: researcher
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Boats are battered by waves at the end of the White Rock Pier that was severely damaged during a windstorm, in White Rock, B.C., on Thursday, December 20, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck December 21, 2020 - 1:00 AM
VANCOUVER - Parts of British Columbia could see massive losses if the province doesn t start planning for flooding as ocean waters rise and storms surge due to climate change, says a researcher at the University of B.C. in Vancouver.
B.C. lacks a much-needed overarching authority to oversee coastal flood management and ecosystem conservation, said Kees Lokman, a professor of landscape architecture and the head of the university s coastal adaptation lab.
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As sea levels rise, building higher walls may not be the best way to protect property, infrastructure and ecosystems in southwestern B.C., according to the leader of a four-year project aimed at co-ordinating local adaptation efforts.
Low-lying wetlands, salt marshes and natural assets are not just valuable habitat for wildlife, they might also be potent tools to manage flooding as sea levels rise by up to one metre over the next 80 years, said Kees Lokman, director of the UBC Coastal Adaptation Lab.
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VICTORIA This week, the University of Victoria announced it would spearhead a project to help identify more eco-friendly ways of stopping - or dealing with - rising ocean levels. The project, called Living with Water, will partner the University of Victoria s Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions with climate leaders from several B.C. universities. The key goal of the four-year project is to connect coastal communities, identify environmentally friendly ways of dealing with rising tides, and give regional governments the ability to implement the ideas. Stoked by climate change, scientists believe B.C. coastal communities will experience anywhere from a half-metre to a full metre of ocean rise before the end of the century.
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