Sustainable Development and Environmental Management of Chabahar Coastal Region

Coasts are vulnerable to damaging effect of erosion in any area. Coastal management needs an integrated coastal zone management (ICZM) in such a way that a sustainable development can be established in these areas. In Chabahar coastal area the unregulated plans and activities of various parts aiming at accomplishing development programs, the unstable exploitation of marine sources, and other coastal activities have led to the sea and coast pollution. It has also led to disorders in ecosystem processes and balance in the shoreline. In other words, the increase of population and hunting activities in coastal area of Chabahar, unawareness of coastal organizations on relations and living processes existing in the sea and coast, as well as the failure of plans, which do not follow environmental standards, have imposed problems on the process of natural interaction. This has accelerated coastal erosion and the annihilation of different types of marines in coastline areas. Meanwhile, natural limitations and difficulties have also led to little attention to environmental problems with regard to human activities in this area. The findings of this research show that the compilation of strategies of environmental sustainable development needs an awareness of ecosystem process of sea and coast, distinction between the limitations and potentials of natural environment, and also the effective role of coastal management. Following the investigation of limitations and potentials of natural environment and coastal management activities, we have proceeded to propose the appropriate ways and to complete the environmental sustainable development of Chabahar coast in the future development horizons of this region.