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New European project "CoastBase" improves access to information |
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Conference meetings |
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New Coastal Publications |
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Vacancy announcements |
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Feedback |
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Courses |
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New Website Links |
| Policy | |
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Non-compliance with directives: EC takes steps against Member States |
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Greenpeace continues anti-whaling campaign |
| Funds | |
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EU Council Regulations for TACIS Successor entered into force |
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EC funds raising awareness on European science and technology |
| Information & Meetings |
New European project "CoastBase" improves access to information
This month, the EUCC and ten other organizations started the "CoastBase"
project which is financially supported by the European Union's 5th Framework
Information Societies Technology Programme. The consortium unites IT specialists
and European data providers and users in the field of coastal management
and research The aim of the project is to develop a user-friendly
internet accessible architecture that helps to improve coastal environmental
assessment and policy making. This virtual data warehouse will provide
easy access to information that is needed by coastal managers and policy
makers either via metadata and data links or for European aggregated information
from the CoastBase server. For more information contact h.niesing@rikz.rws.minvenw.nl
| Feb 16 - 17 | Green Shipping - International Conference on Incentives for Environmentally Sound Maritime Transport, Hamburg, Germany. Info: fax: +49 / 40 / 35 69 - 21 81, e-mail: karsten.krause@ub.hamburg.de, Conference website |
| May 22 - 23 | Integrated Coastal Zone Management and Planning - Final conference in the Norcoast project (Interreg II-C), Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Info: fax: +45 9815 6557, e-mail: nja@nja.dk |
| June 14 - 17 | The Aesthetics of Water. The Fourth International Conference on Environmental Aesthetics, Rantasalmi, Finland. Info: fax: +358 15 768615, e-mail: yki.ym@kolumbus.fi |
| Aug 29 - Sept 4 | Eurocean 2000 - The European Conference on Marine Science and Ocean Technology, Hamburg, Germany. Info: fax: +32 2 295 3736, e-mail: ana.marques@cec.eu.int, Conference website |
| 1st Announcement and Call for Papers End October EUCC-Spain is organising a 3-day conference on the island of Mallorca. The purpose of this international workshop is to sum up articles and reports on research about artificial beach nourishment and its impact on Posidonia oceanica, a mediterraneen endemic seagrass which plays an important role both in littoral protection and coastal equilibrium. Aims of the conference
You are invited to to make an active contribution on the following topics:
Day 1. Visit and excursion of Maritime-Terrestrial National Park of the Island of Cabrera. Day 2 and 3. Presentations and discussions (mornings) and fieldtrips (afternoons). Day 4. Report-back on workshop conclusions, recommendations and final discussion. Conference language Participation
Organizer: EUCC-Spain, Mallorca.workshop@ole.com
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The year 2000 overview of the Coastal Guide conference
meeting list
| Umweltatlas Wattenmeer (two volumes) Umweltbundesamt, Bismarckplatz 1, 14193 Berlin, Germany. Fax +49 30 8903 2285. Volume I : 1998. 270pp. ISBN 3 8001 3491 8. Price DM 68,00. Volume II: 1999. 200pp. ISBN 3 8001 3492 6. Price DM 68,00. This book (in German) concerns a wide-ranging overview of biological and geo-scientific research findings, the human influence, research and protection in the German region of the Wadden Sea. Volume I deals with the Wadden Sea between Sylt island and the Elbe mouth; volume II the Wadden Sea between the Elbe mouth and the Ems mouth. The English version of both volumes will be available in the course of 2000. |
| Birds of Medusa Bay, NW Taimyr, in 1997. Results
of a Russian-Ukrainian Expedition (WIWO-report Nr.66) By Sergei Khomenko, Sofia Rosenfeld and Sergei Dyluk (1999, 47 pp.). Price NGL. 20.- This report on an ecological study of breeding waders and other bird species can be ordered by paying the sales price, plus NGL 15.- for administration costs directly to postal giro account 2 666 009 or ABN AMRO bank account 57 02 16 613 of Stichting WIWO (Working Group International Waterbird & Wetland Research), Fetha 23, 3633 CT Vreeland, Netherlands, or by sending cash or an Eurocheque (both free of administration costs) to that address. |
| Marine and Coastal Geographical Information
System By D.J. Wright and D.J. Bartlett (1999, 320 pp.). Hardcover ISBN: 0-7484-0862-2. Price £65,00 or $ 105.00 or 98,38 euro Paperback ISBN: 0-7484-0870-3. Price £32,95 or $ 53.00 or 49,87 euro Marine and coastal applications of GIS are finally gaining wide acceptance and cover the fields of deep sea geology, chemistry, biology and coastal biology, engineering and resource management. Comprising rigorous contributions from a group of leading scholars in marine and coastal GIS, this book will inspire and stimulate continued research in this important domain. |
| Vegetation dynamics and erosion resistance
of sea dyke grassland By Hans Sprangers (1999, 167 pp.). Institute for Forestry and Nature Research. Agricultural Research Dep., P.O. Box 23, NL-6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands. Fax: +31 317 424988. ISBN 90 5485 999 7. For this thesis the influence of cessation of fertiliser application in combination with different management regimes on factors affecting water erosion of sea dyke grassland in the Netherlands was investigated. The study shows interesting data concerning botanical composition, vegetation cover, biomass production and chemical composition of the soil and plant tissue. |
| Monitoring Breeding Success of Coastal Birds
& Monitoring Pollutants in Coastal Bird Eggs, in: Wadden Sea Ecosystem
No. 8 By Stefan Thyen e.a. (1998, 101 pp) Sovon, Rijksstraatweg 178, NL-6573 DG Beek-Ubbergen, The Netherlands. Fax: +31 24 6848188. ISSN 0946-896X. Price: NLG 15.00 (postage incl.) Both pilot studies were carried out in 1996 and 1997 in the framework of the "Trilateral Monitoring and Assessment Program" in order to develop harmonized trilateral programs and to test the sampling sites and methods. Both parameters (breeding success and pollutants in eggs) are useful for the assessment of the Wadden Sea , and therefore for Wadden Sea conservation. |
Lecturer/Researcher in Coastal Engineering
School of Civil and Structural Engineering, University of Plymouth,
Devon, England
Salary up to stlg22,357
Expressions of interest are invited from persons with a research background in coastal engineering/processes who would be keen to join our coastal engineering research group see http://www.tech.plymouth.ac.uk/civ/research/x.html to undertake research and teaching.
We are particularly interested to hear from persons with a degree in civil engineering or related discipline, a PhD and currently engaged in coastal engineering/processes research.
Please email a short CV and list of publications in the first instance to: achadwick@plymouth.ac.uk
Chair
Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida, USA
The College of Engineering, University of Florida, invites applications and nominations for the position of Professor and Chair, Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering. Candidates must possess a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering or appropriate engineering discipline consistent with the department program areas listed below, a superior record of research and teaching, national/international status in the profession, an active involvement in technical and professional societies, and demonstrated managerial and leadership capabilities. The candidate should be a licensed engineer (civil or related discipline) or have the ability to become a professionally licensed engineer in Florida within two years. Salary is negotiable commensurate with qualifications and experience.
The position is expected to be filled commencing with the Fall Semester,
academic year 2000/2001. Applications must be received by February
29, 2000 and nominations by no later than February 15, 2000.
Candidates should send a curriculum vitae and names, addresses, and telephone
numbers of five references to:
Dr. Reynaldo Roque, P.E.
Professor and Chair, Search Committee
Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering
P.O. Box 116580
345 Weil Hall
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida 32611-6580
Feedback
Mediterranean sanctuary for whales and dolphins not the first one
From Darius Bartlett (Ireland) with reference to Coastal Guide News No
1
"While I am delighted that the Italian, French and Monagesque governments
have created this protection area, I must take issue with the claim that
it is the first in Europe, since Ireland's entire territorial waters were
declared a sanctuary for cetaceans many years ago!"
Courses
MSc Coastal & Estuarine Management
On year (two years part-time) course taught at the School of Earth and
Environmental Sciences, Medway University, Kent, suitable for graduates
who wish to pursue a career in environmental management or professionals
working in local or central government, environmental consultancy, environmental
protection and NGOs in estuarine and coastal zone management. Application
forms: earth-courseinfo@greenwich.ac.uk,
http://www.gre.ac.uk/directory/earthsci
Further information: Dr. Andrew Haggart, e-mail: hb16@gre.ac.uk
2000 Summer Institute in Coastal Management
A month-long, intensive training for coastal management professionals
from all parts of the world conducted by the Coastal Resources Center
(CRC) at the University of Rhode Island, USA. Program Fee: US $4,900
Further information: Lesley Squillante, alsquill@gso.uri.edu,
tel.+1-401-874-6489.
| Organisations |
New Website Links
NorNet 2000:
on-line information systems servicing the local communities for
the North Sea Regions
Validation of Delft2D-MOR: An overview of recent validation studies of a depth-averaged morphodynamic model for a number of Dutch tidal inlets, WL | delft hydraulics and Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Coastal
Zone Law Web Site: Cardiff Law School, Cardiff University, UK
Check out the other Website
Links on the Coastal Guide
| Policy |
Non-compliance with directives: Commission takes steps against Member States
The European Commission (EC) applied to the European
Court of Justice against Spain for failure to designate sufficient Special
Protection Areas (SPAs) according to the Wild Birds Directive. On the
same subject, the EC also decided to send an Article 228 Reasoned Opinion
to the Netherlands for failure to implement a Court ruling on this. Spain
also infringes the Wild Birds Directive's requirements on hunting, and
the Commission decided to send a Reasoned Opinion to Spain on this aspect
of the Directive. The EC also decided to drop the action it brought before
the Court of Justice to enforce the 1988 judgment finding that France
had not transposed the Directive on the conservation of wild birds, France
having adopted measures in 1999 which guarantee the protection of all
species of wild bird. The case was originally referred to the Court on
16 October 1998, the Commission calling for a financial penalty of
€ 105 500 per day to be imposed on France.
Full press release Spain and the Netherlands
Full press release France
On 11 January, the EC decided to make an application
to the Court of Justice against Sweden and the UK for failure to send
to the Commission a complete list of sites of potential importance for
the establishment of the EU Habitats Conservation (Natura 2000) Network.
The Commission has also decided to send a Reasoned Opinion to Belgium
and Luxembourg for failure to properly transpose the Habitats Directive
into their national legislation.
Full press release
The same day, the EC took the decision to send
a Reasoned Opinion under Article 228 (ex Article 171) of the EC Treaty
to the United Kingdom for non-respect of the Community's Bathing Waters
Directive at the resorts of Blackpool and Southport in the north of England.
For non-respect of the same directive, the Commission also decided to
make an application to the Court against France which has, since 1995,
failed to monitor bathing waters for the obligatory parameter "total coliforms".
It is also taking France and the Netherlands before the Court, as well
as sending a Reasoned Opinion to Sweden and Italy, for non-compliance
of certain binding standards and sampling requirements of the Bathing
Water Directive.
Full press release
Also Italy will receive a Reasoned Opinion for non-respect
of the European Union's Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive in Milan.
One of the EU's largest cities, Milan (population 2,700,000) still discharges
its waste water into the Lambro-Olona river, a tributary of the river
Po. This significantly contributes to the pollution of the Po and the
Adriatic Coast, which suffers form eutrophication. In the Commission's
view the Directive required the city to install proper treatment
by end of 1998. While three treatment plants are under construction (Milano
Sud, Peschiera Borromeo and Nosedo), these are only due to for completion
between 2002 and 2005, which is significantly later than the deadline.
Full press release
Greenpeace continues anti-whaling campaign
For over a month now, Greenpeace has been taking non-violent direct action
against the Japanese fleet illegally whaling in the protected Southern
Ocean whale sanctuary in the Antarctic. The NGO is also urging all EU
members of the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species
(CITES) to vote against lifting the current ban on the international trade
in whale products, asking them to unanimously reject calls by the Japanese
and Norwegian Governments to reduce whale protection measures. The next
CITES meeting will be in Nairobi in April 2000.
http://www.greenpeace.org/~oceans/whales/political.htm
http://www.conservationfoundation.co.uk/newsnet/index.htm
| Funds |
EU Council Regulations for TACIS Successor entered into force
On 21 January 2000, the regulations of the new EU assistance programme
for Eastern Europe and Central Asia (Council Regulation (EC, Euratom)
No. 99/2000) entered into force. The programme has a budget of EUR 3 138
million, will last until the end of the year 2006 and succeed the TACIS
Programme. It stresses the importance of integrating environmental aspects
into economic assistance projects and reserves a higher proportion of
the funds for investment financing, e.g. for environmental infrastructure.
Cross-border and multi-country programmes in the environmental field are
also encouraged. New elements of the programme are the trend to
concentrate on fewer areas of cooperation, the preference for larger projects,
and a limited competition for EU funds among partner countries.
Another new element is the support of partnerships for institution building
between EU and NIS (public as well as private) organizations. New projects
will be defined jointly by the European Commission and beneficiaries in
the partner countries and openly tendered (except for service contracts
below EUR 200 000).
http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/external_relations/news/01_00/ip_00_66.htm
(press release)
http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/dg1a/nis/reg_99/draft/index.htm
(draft text)
EC funds raising awareness on European science and technology
The "Call for Proposals for indirect RTD actions under
the specificprogramme for research, technological development and demonstration
on improving the human research potential and socio-economic knowledge
base" (IHP-RPA-00-1) is open until 15 April 2000. The aim is support projects
that raise public awareness for scientific activities and technological
developments and to bridge the gap between European science and the public.
http://www.cordis.lu/improving/calls/rpast_200002.htm
Coastal Guide News editorial team:
Irene Lucius, Albert Salman, Erik Devilee, René van Oers and P.J. van der Hulst
© European Union for Coastal Conservation