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Do you speak "coastal restoration"?

Lex Icons™ are an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and machine-readable icons that describe how we create positive impacts to meet the globe’s greatest challenges.

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Do you speak "coastal restoration"?

Lex Icons™ are an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and machine-readable icons that describe how we create positive impacts to meet the globe’s greatest challenges.

Learn More

Born from an unprecedented global collaboration between hundreds of designers and agrifood system experts, the system that began as Foodicons™ has now evolved into the more comprehensive system of Lex Icons™, consisting of several thousands of machine-readable visual representations of foundational terms and concepts. Learn more here.

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Community Fisheries Infrastructure

Upgrading and improvement of coastal infrastructure for community fisheries infrastructures including bridges, public facility, offices and housing buildings.

Olya Batievskaya

Ukraine

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Coastal Resilient Infrastructure

Development of key coastal resilient infrastructures to improve fisheries management including government offices, vessel jetties, and landing sites. A climate resilient coastal infrastructure with customized design withstand climate challenges such as sea level rise, extreme heat to foster fishery productivity and inclusive market growth. "

Nilufer Sen

Turkey

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Fisheries Management

Ability of institutions and stakeholders to effectively regulate and oversee fisheries activities to ensure sustainable use of aquatic resources. This includes developing and implementing policies, conducting scientific assessments, and enforcing regulations to maintain healthy fish populations and marine ecosystems.

Olya Batievskaya

Ukraine

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Mariculture

A marine protected area (MPA) is a section of the ocean where a government has placed limits on human activity.

Quentin Freeman

USA

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Reducing Fisheries Effort

Decrease level of fishing activity through reducing intensity, fishing capacity and transitioning main fishing input in gears and vessels.

Nilufer Sen

Turkey

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Quality Control Seal

Quality control seal and guarantees that product has highest integrity and safety quality. This could include seal testing, microbiological testing and sensory analysis.

Olya Batievskaya

Ukraine

Customer Feedback

Seagrass Regeneration

Seagrass regeneration is the natural recovery of seagrass meadows through sexual reproduction (seed dispersal) and asexual reproduction (rhizome spread and clonal growth). Essential for marine ecosystems, it provides habitat, stabilizes sediments, sequesters carbon, and protects shorelines, dependent on water quality, light, and sediment stability.

Nilufer Sen

Turkey

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Biomass Regeneration

Regeneration of coastal and marine biomass with high abundance level and diverse varieties.

Nilufer Sen

Turkey

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Biomass Regeneration

Coastal Resilient Infrastructure

Development of key coastal resilient infrastructures to improve fisheries management including government offices, vessel jetties, and landing sites. A climate resilient coastal infrastructure with customized design withstand climate challenges such as sea level rise, extreme heat to foster fishery productivity and inclusive market growth.

Nilufer Sen

Turkey

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Coastal Resilient Infrastructure

Community Fisheries (CFi) Management

A fisheries management system that enhances the livelihoods of local fishing communities while safeguarding marine and freshwater ecosystems.

Olya Batievskaya

Ukraine

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Community Fisheries (CFi) Management

Diversified Community Livelihood

Improved livelihoods refer to positive changes in the quality of life, well-being, and economic conditions of individuals and communities. It encompasses various aspects, including income generation, access to basic services, social empowerment, and overall human development.

Nilufer Sen

Turkey

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Diversified Community Livelihood

East Asian Australasian Flyway Site

One of nine major flyways or routes that migratory waterbirds traverse on annual basis across 37 countries from Alaska to Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand and supports over 50 million migratory birds from more than 250 populations and 600 bird species.

Nilufer Sen

Turkey

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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East Asian Australasian Flyway Site

Fisheries Co-Management

The collaborative and participatory process of regulatory decision-making among representatives of user-groups, fisherpeople, government agencies and research institutions.

Mikhailo Sidash

Ukraine

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Fisheries Co-Management

Fisheries Information Management System

A digitalization program for overall adaptive marine fisheries resource management through application development and its commercial roll out. This includes application on data surveys, data tracking and connecting to commercial value chain.

Nilufer Sen

Turkey

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Fisheries Information Management System

Fisheries Productivity Structure

Protection and rearing structure allowing native aquatic organisms to grow and regenerate. The structure also function as anti-trawling blocks made of concrete. Their purpose is to disrupt trawler nets, either by slowing them down or compelling them to cease operations.

Emily Murphy

USA

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Fisheries Productivity Structure

Gender Equity

The provision of fairness and justice in the distribution of benefits and responsibilities between women and men.

Lex Icons™ Community

USA

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Gender Equity

Institutional Strengthening of Fisheries

Ability of governmental and non-governmental organizations to effectively manage, regulate, and sustain fisheries resources. It encompasses the skills, knowledge, infrastructure, and financial resources necessary for implementing policies, conducting research, enforcing regulations, and engaging with stakeholders in the fisheries sector.

Nilufer Sen

Turkey

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Institutional Strengthening of Fisheries

Khmer Enterprise SME Business Incubator

Khmer Enterprise, SCMF project implementing agency develop business incubator to develop SMEs from coastal communities. SMEs play a critical role in community resilience to have stable income. To adapt with stock decline, SMEs need to be developed to seek alternatives through building new business plans.

Nilufer Sen

Turkey

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Khmer Enterprise SME Business Incubator

Mangrove Ecosystem (Stable)

A mangrove ecosystem is a coastal wetland characterized by salt-tolerant trees, shrubs, and mudflats, vital for biodiversity, protecting coastlines, and serving as nurseries for marine life in brackish water environments.

Olya Batievskaya

Ukraine

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Mangrove Ecosystem (Stable)

Mangrove Reforestation

Reforestation of mangrove area through planting or dispersing new seeds. This includes re-establish mangrove forests in areas where they previously existed but have been completely removed or severely degraded.

Mingyu Han

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Mangrove Reforestation

Mariculture

The cultivation of marine animals for food that takes place in enclosed sections of the open ocean, fish farms, or in artificial tanks, ponds and raceways filled with seawater.

Quentin Freeman

USA

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Mariculture

Marine Fisheries Management Area

Designated region of marine waters where specific management measures and regulations are implemented to sustainably manage fisheries resources and protect marine ecosystems.

Nilufer Sen

Turkey

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Marine Fisheries Management Area

Nature-Based Coastal Infrastructure Led by Fisheries Administration

Nature-based infrastructure are activities that leverage inherent resilience and efficiency of natural systems like mangroves. A nature-based mangrove infrastructure aimed at mitigating coastal erosion risks by enhancing mangrove protection, reforestation, and management practices.

Nilufer Sen

Turkey

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Nature-Based Coastal Infrastructure Led by Fisheries Administration

Product Traceability System

End to end traceability system to to effectively track and trace products from capture/harvest to the market.

Hendi Perkasa

Indonesia

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Product Traceability System

Safe Seafood

Measures, practices and regulations throughout the seafood supply chain that prevent, detect, and manage risks associated with foodborne illnesses to assure food is free from contaminants, pathogens, or hazards that could harm consumers; safety measures include proper handling, storage, processing, and distribution.

Nilufer Sen

Turkey

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Safe Seafood

Seafood Traceability

Implementing seafood traceability to inform where the product comes from and how it is produced, with ability to track and recording digitally and equipped with verification and certification.

Nilufer Sen

Turkey

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Seafood Traceability

Seagrass Bed Expanding / Seagrass Regeneration

The seagrass in the area is declining at a rate of approximately 7% annually. To address this, efforts are underway to manage and safeguard seagrass habitats.

Nilufer Sen

Turkey

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Seagrass Bed Expanding / Seagrass Regeneration

Shellfish Culture

Shellfish farming or mariculture includes practice of breeding, rearing and harvesting species like oysters, clams, mussels, and scallops in controlled or semi controlled environments.

Nilufer Sen

Turkey

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Shellfish Culture

Sustainable Fishing Effort

Level of fishing activity that can be maintained over long term, conducted sustainably and conserving health and productivity of fish stocks. This balances catch rates with natural regeneration rates of fish stocks.

Olya Batievskaya

Ukraine

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Sustainable Fishing Effort

Trained and Transitioned Fisherfolks

Training and transitioning fisherfolks for fisherfolk and fisherwomen through providing access to skills, knowledge, and opportunities to adapt to changes in the fishing industry or to transition to alternative livelihoods. This enhances their resilience, improve their socioeconomic status, and ensure sustainable use of marine resources.

Hendi Perkasa

Indonesia

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Trained and Transitioned Fisherfolks

Women’s Economic Empowerment

The increased capacity of women to participate in, contribute to, and benefit from economic resources and opportunities (e.g., jobs, financial services, property, skills development); increases ability to negotiate fairer distribution of benefits derived from economic growth.

Nilufer S.

Turkey

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Women’s Economic Empowerment

COASTAL RESTORATION FROM A TO Z

Institutional Strengthening of Fisheries

Ability of governmental and non-governmental organizations to effectively manage, regulate, and sustain fisheries resources. It encompasses the skills, knowledge, infrastructure, and financial resources necessary for implementing policies, conducting research, enforcing regulations, and engaging with stakeholders in the fisheries sector.

Nilufer Sen

Turkey

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Institutional Strengthening of Fisheries

Judges Panel

Group of experienced professionals and experts assembled to evaluate and assess business proposals submitted by startups and small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) seeking to join the incubator and potentially receive funding, mentorship, and other resources.

Hendi Perkasa

Indonesia

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Judges Panel

Juvenile Catch and Bycatch

Catching of juveniles, a young, immature fish and marine species that have not reached reproductive and mature size or age. Bycatch refers to unintentional capture of non-target species while fishing for specific target species.

Nilufer Sen

Turkey

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Juvenile Catch and Bycatch

Khmer Enterprise SME Business Incubator

Khmer Enterprise, SCMF project implementing agency develop business incubator to develop SMEs from coastal communities. SMEs play a critical role in community resilience to have stable income. To adapt with stock decline, SMEs need to be developed to seek alternatives through building new business plans.

Nilufer Sen

Turkey

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

lex-icons.org

Khmer Enterprise SME Business Incubator

Knowledge of Biomass

Information collected and analyzed to monitor and regulate the population levels of fish species. Knowledge of biomass is analyzed through scientific process of collecting, analyzing, and reporting on the condition of a fish stock and estimating its sustainable yield.

Nilufer Sen

Turkey

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Knowledge of Biomass

Land Use & Pollution

Competing use of coastal land area and increasing pollution from urban centers and industrial hubs.

Nilufer Sen

Turkey

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Land Use & Pollution

Landing Site and Supporting Infrastructure

Upgrading and improvement of coastal infrastructure for landing sites and supporting infrastructures.

Nilufer Sen

Turkey

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Landing Site and Supporting Infrastructure

Loan and Grant Negotiation

Reaching mutually beneficial agreements between ADB and the borrowing country or implementing agency.

Hendi Perkasa

Indonesia

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Loan and Grant Negotiation

Mangrove Demarcation

Identification, mapping and protection of specific areas of mangrove forest to ensure ecosystem conservation and sustainable management.

Nilufer Sen

Turkey

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Mangrove Demarcation

Mangrove Ecosystem (Stable)

A mangrove ecosystem is a coastal wetland characterized by salt-tolerant trees, shrubs, and mudflats, vital for biodiversity, protecting coastlines, and serving as nurseries for marine life in brackish water environments.

Olya Batievskaya

Ukraine

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

lex-icons.org

Mangrove Ecosystem (Stable)

Mangrove Protection Sub-Decree

Transforming regulatory sub decree to increase conservation and reforestation efforts in mangrove ecosystem.

Nilufer Sen

Turkey

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Mangrove Protection Sub-Decree

Mangrove Reforestation

Reforestation of mangrove area through planting or dispersing new seeds. This includes re-establish mangrove forests in areas where they previously existed but have been completely removed or severely degraded.

Mingyu Han

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

lex-icons.org

Mangrove Reforestation

Mangrove Rehabilitation

Restore the health, function, and productivity of existing but degraded mangrove ecosystems. Mangrove rehabilitation through improvement and accretion of sediment, hydrology and nutrient access of mangrove that allow new seeds grow in optimum condition.

Nilufer Sen

Turkey

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Mangrove Rehabilitation

Mangrove State Land Registration

Mangrove titling or state land registration includes legal process of formally recognizing and documenting ownership, rights, or stewardship responsibilities over mangrove areas. It supports the sustainable management and conservation of mangrove ecosystems.

Nilufer Sen

Turkey

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Mangrove State Land Registration

Mariculture

The cultivation of marine animals for food that takes place in enclosed sections of the open ocean, fish farms, or in artificial tanks, ponds and raceways filled with seawater.

Quentin Freeman

USA

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

lex-icons.org

Mariculture

Marine Fisheries Management Area

Designated region of marine waters where specific management measures and regulations are implemented to sustainably manage fisheries resources and protect marine ecosystems.

Nilufer Sen

Turkey

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Marine Fisheries Management Area

Marine Management Principles

ADB key principles as guidance for projects and initiatives related to marine management in promoting sustainable development and conservation of marine resources.

Nilufer Sen

Turkey

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Marine Management Principles

Marine Water Quality and Biotoxicity Early Warning System

A biotoxicity early warning system is a monitoring and alert system designed to detect and warn about the presence of biotoxins in water bodies, particularly in areas where seafood is harvested for human consumption.

Olya Batievskaya

Ukraine

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Marine Water Quality and Biotoxicity Early Warning System

Market Demand

Increasing market demand of certain product in quantity that customers willing and able to purchase driven by economic conditions, market dynamics and consumer preferences.

Hendi Perkasa

Indonesia

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Market Demand

MFMA Upscaling

Upscaling of protected are in marine fisheries management area, especially for nearshore with depth less than 20m.

Nilufer Sen

Turkey

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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MFMA Upscaling

Modernizing Mariculture

Modernized mariculture involves cultivation of marine organisms in controlled or semi-controlled environments using advanced techniques and technologies.

Hendi Perkasa

Indonesia

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Modernizing Mariculture

Monitoring, Control and Surveillance

Monitoring, Control, and Surveillance (MCS) in fisheries involve a comprehensive set of activities to oversee and regulate fishing operations, ensuring compliance with management and conservation measures. MCS includes tracking fishing activities, enforcing regulations, and gathering data to prevent illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, thereby promoting sustainable fisheries management.

Olya Batievskaya

Ukraine

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Monitoring, Control and Surveillance

Nature-Based Coastal Infrastructure Led by Fisheries Administration

Nature-based infrastructure are activities that leverage inherent resilience and efficiency of natural systems like mangroves. A nature-based mangrove infrastructure aimed at mitigating coastal erosion risks by enhancing mangrove protection, reforestation, and management practices.

Nilufer Sen

Turkey

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Nature-Based Coastal Infrastructure Led by Fisheries Administration

Nature-Based Coastal Infrastructure Led by Ministry of Environment

Nature-based infrastructure are activities that leverage inherent resilience and efficiency of natural systems like mangroves. A nature-based mangrove infrastructure aimed at mitigating coastal erosion risks by enhancing mangrove protection, reforestation, and management practices.

Nilufer Sen

Turkey

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Nature-Based Coastal Infrastructure Led by Ministry of Environment

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