Taljaard, SusanWeerts, Steven PNewman, Brent KArabi, SumaiyaKimwaga, RJNiwagaba, CBMashauri, DA2025-10-302025-10-302025-09978-997656195-1http://hdl.handle.net/10204/14448The coastal and marine pollution in WIO region is increasingly becoming the environmental management challenge of concern. It threatens and deprives all the services and functions accorded to the local communities’ wellbeing and livelihoods. As such efforts have to be put in place to address the environmental challenge at hand. This chapter provides an overview of the extent, magnitude and nature of the coastal and marine pollution in the WIO region. The chapter sets the stage and tone for the need to use nature-based solutions to address the ever-increasing pollution of coastal and marine ecosystems largely from land-based activities.FulltextenMarine pollutionCoastal pollutionWestern Indian Ocean RegionWIOBook Chaptern/a