Overall, the decentralized approach streamlines regional resource management, and by bolstering institutional and human capacities, such strategies underpin concerted efforts to conserve, protect, and enhance coastal assets, which are essential for a nation's economic bedrock (Bennett & Dearden, 2014; ...
3.1.2. Soils and Hydrology Soils of the western BNH include reddish Nitosols and Acrisols on deeply weathered bedrock, while Phaeozems and Andosols dominate at higher altitudes and in the northern portion of the region. Vertisols tend to form at footslopes throughout the region [36]. ...