The Gulf of Mexico Alliance reports that "Coastal wetlands and estuarine ecosystems are threatened throughout all five Gulf Coast states. Major threats to these ecosystems include human activity and processes accelerated by anthropogenic inputs such as erosion, subsidence and sea level rise. Wetland/marine permitting and "no net loss" policies have been difficult for Gulf Coast states and Federal agencies to implement for wetland impacts associated with human activities. In addition, these efforts do not encompass loss due to failure of mitigation sites, lack of monitoring and enforcement, and indirect loss due to processes accelerated by anthropogenic activities. The result is that wetland loss continues to occur. One of the goals of the Gulf of Mexico Alliance is to continue and enhance cooperative planning and programs among the Gulf Coast states and Federal agencies to reverse wetland/estuarine loss. The long-term goal of the Alliance is to establish a sustainable "no net loss" standard, which encompasses both human and natural losses while addressing the restoration and conservation of coastal wetland and estuarine ecosystems."

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