Nigeria- Erosion threatens entire coastal communities- DW News video n transcript at Heating Planet blog

In some areas, the ocean swallows more than 2 m of land each year. Lagos authorities point to climate change and rising sea levels as the cause. 

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TRANSCRIPT: It was the latest event to hit this 1:06 coastal community, one of over a dozen 1:08 in Lagos, facing the existential threats 1:11 of rising waters and coastal erosion. 1:15 Standing in the ruins of what used to be 1:17 a home and facing what used to be a 1:19 coconut plantation stretching 50 m 1:22 within this community, a major source of 1:24 economic livelihood for many. All that 1:27 has now been washed away alongside their 1:29 ancestral graves. Residents here say 1:31 nothing was spared and they've had to 1:33 endure unbearable loss. In some areas, 1:36 the ocean swallows more than 2 m of land 1:39 each year. Lagos authorities points to 1:42 climate change and rising sea levels as 1:45 the cause. But environmentalists say 1:48 governmentbacked commercial projects 1:50 like deep water ports and a new major 1:53 refinery have made matters worse. the 1:56 cumulative 1:58 reduction 2:00 in I mean the rise in sea level at this 2:03 service the topography of Lagos already 2:06 tells us without being a prophet that 2:08 there is problem ahead if we don't act 2:10 local authorities say they need more 2:13 funding to protect the coastline they 2:15 blame private illegal developments for 2:18 part of the erosion 2:20 in this case I I I think it's ridiculous 2:23 to not even know the amount of sand 2:25 that's being dredged on a daily basis 2:29 and certainly some people are gaining. 2:32 It's it's a he it's a it's a heavy 2:34 industry. So with with people benefiting 2:37 from those illegalities and we're saying 2:39 no, we're not going to do that anymore. 2:43 But for Aay and other members of Lagos's 2:46 coastal communities, the risks they face 2:49 from coastal erosion continue. They fear 2:52 that without urgent action they will 2:54 lose their land to the sea.

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