As a coastal state, sailing Schleswig-Holstein is one of the most enthusiastic about a campaign.
Continental shelf rights of coastal state rest on the basis of the title to it.
A woman collects water from a well in the beach village of Anjuna, in the coastal state of Goa. Photograph by Palani mohan.
New Jersey is not in a seismically active zone but meteorologists say the coastal state is long overdue for a Category Five hurricane.
And the coastal states off whose shores the oil lies may also cause trouble.
The four low-lying coastal states (Guinea-Bissau, Belize, Guyana and Suriname) all have substantial forest cover ranging from 59 to 91 percent of the total land area.
