Louisiana's wetlands have been eroding for years, for instance, the result of the damming of the Mississippi River and of coastal development, including for oil and gas drilling.

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The enduring erosion of the coastline, caused by bad water management all the way from the upper Mississippi River and the coastal canals, erodes the marshes and leaves coastal Louisiana exposed to the full brunt of future hurricanes.

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And in Guyana and Suriname, coastal farmers irrigating with water from river estuaries have had to stop: because of the rivers' weak flow, it was sea-water.

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They live in communities that at one time or another were safe, but have become dangerous or risky to live in over time because of human progressions that have spread the erosion processes of the coastal wetlands, i.e. refineries, river navigation, etc.

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Steps should certainly be taken to rebuild the coastal wetlands that have been eroded over time due to river dredging, oil drilling, and other human progressions.

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The colonel has expensive hobbies: he is building a river through the Sahara, and wants to start work on a railway connecting the country's coastal towns.

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