DirectedbyDepartmentofMarineEarlyWarningandMonitoring,MinistryofNaturalResources,PRChinaPreparedbyTheThirdInstituteofOceanography,MinistryofNaturalResourcesHohaiUniversityIslandResearchCenter,MinistryofNaturalResourcesOceanUniversityofChinaHebeiCenterofMarineGeologicalResourcesSurveyNationalMarineEnvironmentalMonitoringCenterTheSecondInstituteofOceanography,MinistryofNaturalResourcesSunYat-senUniversityZhejiangInstituteofHydraulics&Estuary(ZhejiangInstituteofMarinePlanningandDesign)LudongUniversityNationalMarineHazardMitigationService,MinistryofNaturalResourcesSouthChinaSeaEcologicalCenteroftheMinistryofNaturalResourcesNorthChinaSeaEcologicalCenteroftheMinistryofNaturalResourcesShanghaiWaterwayEngineeringDesignandConsultingCo.,Ltd.SpecialAdvisorsFengCai,JinhaiZhengAuthorsHongshuaiQi,YanyuHe,ChiZhang,FanYu,BingchenLiang,JiaboZhang,JianhuiLiu,YuanLi,JunZhu,LiangwenJia,GenLiu,LianqiangShi,TuanjieLi,WeiweiWang,ChaoCao,FengLiu,YuHan,ShaohuaZhao,GangLei,XinpingChen,MingDu,HuimeiCao,JixiangZheng,YangyangLiu,PengTian,YangZhengOrganizationsandPersonnelHandbookofEcosystemRestorationforCoastalHazardMitigation:SandyCoastsINaturaldisastersareamongthemostpressingglobalchallengesfacinghumanitytoday.Toeffectivelyaddresstheirsevereimpacts,approachessuchasNature-basedSolutions(NbS)andEcosystem-basedDisasterRiskReduction(Eco-DRR)havegainedsignificantglobalattention.Thesestrategiesaimtoleverageecosystemservicesfordisastermitigationthroughtheprotection,restoration,andsustainablemanagementofecosystems,ultimatelyensuringsustainableandresilientsocio-economicdevelopment.TheseapproachesarehighlyalignedwithChina’svisionofecologicalcivilizationanditsmodernprinciplesofdisasterpreventionandmitigation.Incoastalareas,ecosystemssuchassaltmarshes,oysterreefs,sandyshores,andseagrassbedsserveasnaturalbuffers,protectingagainsttidesandwaveswhilereinforcingembankmentsandsafeguardingshorelines.Theseecosystemsactas“guardiansofthesea,”playingacrucialroleinmitigatingtherisksofmarinedisasters.Throughtheecologicalprotectionandrestorationofcoastalzones,thedisastermitigationfunctionsoftheseecosystemscanbefullyrealized,enhancingtheabilityofcoastalareastowithstandtyphoons,stormsurges,andothermarinehazards.Toguidepracticalworkinthisfield,theMinistryofNaturalResourceshaslaunchedaseriesofhandbooksoncoastalecosystemrestoration.Thesehandbooksaimtointegrateecologicalbenefitswithmarinehazardmitigation,focusingontherestorationofcoastalsaltmarshes,oysterreefs,sandyshores,andseagrassbeds.Theyofferdetailedguidanceonecologicalbaselinesurveys,problemdiagnosis,restorationobjectives,interventionmeasures,andtheentirechainoftechnicalsteps,NTRODUCTIONHandbookofEcosystemRestorationforCoastalHazardMitigation:SandyCoastsincludingmonitoring,evaluation,andadaptivemanagement.Emphasizingsciencepopularisation,practicality,andoperability,thehandbooksareconciseandwell-illustrated,providingvaluabletechnicalsupportforthescientificimplementationofecologicaldisastermitigationandrestorationincoastalareas.ThisseriesofhandbookshasbeendevelopedwithsupportfromtheMinistryofFinanceandtheInternationalUnionforConservationofNature(IUCN),towhomweexpressoursinceregratitude.Wealsoextendourappreciationtothepractitionersandexpertsdedicatedtocoastalzoneecologicaldisastermitigationandrestoration.Duetothelimitedtimeandresourcesavailableforthepreparationofthesehand...
