Information & Meetings
	Conferences & Events
	New Coastal Publications

Organisations
	New hyperlinks to websites
	Partner search for ICZM network project (INTERREG IIIC)

Environment
	"ENRISK" new project to assess environmental risk of agriculture
	Black Sea is spiraling into decline, study concludes

Events recently announded

2002

May 6 - 10

17th Salt Water Intrusion Meeting (SWIM), Delft, The Netherlands. Info: e-mail: info@swim17.com, Website

Please note:
The overview of the Coastal Guide conference and event  meeting list can be found at http://www.coastalguide.org/meetings/
 

New Coastal Publications
 
 

Vascular flora of the islands of the eastern Gulf of Finland: structure and analysis By E.A. Glazkova (2001, 348 pp.). St. Petersburg University Press, c/o Prof. Popov Street 2, St. Petersburg 197376, Russia. ISBN 5 288 02929 6. The monograph (in Russian with English summary) contains a brief history of floristic research on the islands, the descriptions of the natural conditions on the islands, an annotated species checklist and detailed analysis of the island flora. The causes of considerable species richness of the flora are discussed. Post-glacial development of the flora and human impact during historical time is considered. A special chapter contains the information about threatened vascular plants on the islands.

Science and Integrated Coastal Management By B.von Bodungen and R.K. Turner (2001, 378 pp.). Dahlem University Press, Kaiserwerther Strasse 16-18, 14195 Berlin, Germany. Fax +30 838 73442. ISBN 3 934504 02 7. Price DM 84.00. This volume reports on the findings of a multidisciplinary meeting between international experts from various sciences. Success and failure in transboundary issues, shoreline development, ICM in developing countries, and unifying concepts are addressed in the background papers. It is emphasised that management should take a form of an adaptive approach to cope with uncertainties in prediction and outcome of management and to respond to changes in the coastal environments.

Integrated Coastal and Ocean Management. Concepts and Practices By Biliana Cicin-Sain and Robert W. Knecht (1998, 517 pp.). Island Press, Box 7, Dept 2AU, Covello, California 95428, USA. Hardcover $ 65.00, ISBN 1 55963 603 3. Paperback $ 32.50, ISBN 1 55963 604 1. This book presents an account of the concept of integrated coastal and ocean management (ICM) and illustrates how it can be accomplished by describing ways in which nations and their local governments have implemented various aspects of it. The book provides a synthesis and analysis of international prescriptions for ICM and presents the major concepts and methodologies of ICM. It is a practical guide to the establishment, implementation, and operation of ICM programs and analyses different patterns of ICM followed in different countries. Finally it indicates the most successful approaches to ICM.

The Black Sea Ecological Problems State Centre for Scientific and Economic Information of Odessa, Rihel`evskaya str. 28, Odessa, Ukraine. ISBN 966 7635 08 2 (2000, 405 pp.). This book, consisting of collected papers, is devoted to the main results of Strategic Action Plan for the Rehabilitation and Protection (SAPRP) of the Black Sea implementation in the period 1996-2000. The published materials refer to emergency response, pollution monitoring and environmental quality standards, protection of biodiversity, integrated coastal management, fisheries, environmental education and public awareness.

A guide to managing coastal erosion in beach/dune systems Scottish Natural Heritage, 2 Anderson Place, Edinburgh EH6 5NP. Fax +131 446 2405. ISBN 1 85397 113 8 (2000, 128 pp.). This guide reviews the options available for managing erosion, from non-intervention through to construction of revetments and seawalls, and offers guidance on how to select or design the most appropriate response to a particular situation. Critically, it describes and illustrate how each technique might best be designed so as to minimise damage to the Scottish natural heritage and reduce the prospects of altering shoreline evolution elsewhere.

 

 New hyperlinks

Global International Waters Assessment (GIWA)
http://www.giwa.net
The aim of GIWA is to produce a comprehensive and integrated global assessment of international waters, the ecological status of and the causes of environmental problems in 66 water areas in the world, and to focus on the key issues and problems facing the aquatic environment in transboundary waters

ICZM Knowledge and Support Center
http://www.theukcoastalzone.com/knowledge
A new ICZM Knowledge and Support Center to help in finding the information needed to carry out integrated coastal zone management. Although based in the United Kingdom, this site is intended to be international in scope so that coastal managers around the world can participate in information sharing, knowledge acquisition and support.

Large Marine Ecosystems of the World
http://www.edc.uri.edu/lme/default.htm
An ecosystem strategy for the assessment and management of international coastal ocean waters

Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA)
http://www.pemsea.org
The partnerships share a common vision, implement strategies and action plans to ensure that the seas of East Asia can continue contributing to the well being of the people of the region

The Cousteau Society
http://www.cousteau.org
A membership-supported, not-for-profit organisation dedicated to the protection and improvement of the quality of life for present and future generations

Check out the other Website Links on the Coastal Guide 
 

Partner search for ICZM network project (INTERREG IIIC)

EUCC - The Coastal Union is inviting ICZM related project networks (regional, national and international) and national and regional authorities to join a project proposal for the promotion of integrated coastal zone management (ICZM) in Europe. The proposal will be submitted to the INTERREG IIIC Programme at the earliest occasion. The objectives are to improve information flow, communication and cooperation between - all coastal managers and planners in Europe, - the various coastal sectors and administrative levels involved in coastal management and planning, - providers and users of data & information, and between coastal managers and - the coastal research community, - governmental decision takers, - the general public. More than 30 organisations have already confirmed their interest to join the project partnership, either as a Full Partner (work package leader) or as an Associated Partner. The initiative aims to support elements of the European Commission's Coastal Strategy for Europe and the draft EU Recommendation for ICZM, such as the diffusion of best practice in ICZM and the establishment of a coastal practitioners network. In December 2000, the EUCC adopted the integrated approach to coastal conservation and management as the main focus of its work. A project preparation workshop will be held 30 November to 1 December 2001, as part of a coastal event in Vlissingen (Zeeland, the Netherlands). For further information on the initiative, visit http://www.coastalguide.org/icm/ecm or
contact Ms Virginie Terrier virginie@coastalguide.org
 

 
"ENRISK" new project to assess environmental risk of agriculture

EUCC - The Coastal Union is to take part in a new, major, three year European Commission project embracing ten organisations in five EU countries. The project "Environmental Risk Assessment for European Agriculture" (ENRISK) aims to test environmental indicators that can be used to measure the risk for environmental damage through agriculture. This 3-year project is worth €650,000 and is provided by the EC's Fifth Framework Programme. It will particularly focus on agricultural impacts on biodiversity and landscapes, pesticide use, soil erosion and eutrophication. The project will provide tools of benefit for further greening the EU Common Agricultural Policy. It also aims to contribute to other EU activities in the field of sustainable agriculture, support Agenda 2000 and its agricultural components, and provide input into the work of the Pan-European Biological and Landscape Diversity Strategy. The key responsibility for the EUCC will be to contribute to the section on coastal habitats. This will entail providing expertise of vulnerable coastal zones that potentially suffer from agricultural impacts outside these areas, their types and location and advice on suitable indicators and the validation of the results through specific case studies. This is needed because in coastal zones, modern-day, intensive agriculture is causing regional degradation of soil and water leading to pollution of rivers and inland waterways, contamination of the flora and fauna and loss of landscapes. Further partners are

• the Dutch European Centre for Nature Conservation (lead),
• the Agricultural Economics Research Institute,
• the Research Institute for the Green Space,
• the UK based UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre,
• the Natural History Museum,
• the Nature Conservation Bureau,
• the Austrian Institute of Soil Research,
• the German Institute for Technological Assessment in Plant Protection and
• the Belgian Catholic University of Leuven.

The project will result in a methodological and operational concept for assessing risks of European Agriculture, 5 risk zone maps, case studies, workshops, publications and a web page.
For further information contact ECNC - Ben Delbaere delbaere@ecnc.nl

Black Sea is spiraling into decline, study concludes

Members of the Global International Waters Assessment (GIWA), an initiative led by UNEP, are warning about the decline of the Black Sea as a result of chronic over-fishing, high levels of pollution and the devastating impacts of alien, introduced species. The environment, wildlife and people linked to the Black Sea are also under threat from large discharges of raw sewage, damaging levels of coastal erosion and the suffocating impacts of dumped sludges and muds dredged from ports. Efforts are being made to reduce the current levels of over-fishing and destructive fishing practices such as fishing along river mouths where young fish are passing from spawning grounds back to the sea. Some experts claim that this has resulted in a drop by one third from 814.000 tonnes landed fish in 1986 to some 523.000 tonnes today. The Black Sea Strategic Partnership, a 100 US-Dollar scheme targeted at the Black Sea and two of the major rivers that drain into it, is expected to be up and running by the end of this year. It will involve the Global Environment Facility, the UN Development Programme (UNDP), the World Bank, the EU and UNEP.
For more information visit GIWA: http://www.giwa.net, press release: http://www.giwa.net/assembly/pressreleases/pressrelease_GA_GIWA_2001_10_12.pdf
 

Deadline for submitting contributions to Coastal Guide News No 21: 31 October, 2001

COASTAL GUIDE NEWS is a biweekly newsletter published by the European Union for Coastal Conservation (EUCC) with financial support of Stichting DOEN, the foundation of the Dutch lottery "Postcode Loterij" and the Department of International Nature Affairs of the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Management and Fisheries. For free subscriptions, comments or contributions to this newsletter, please contact news@coastalguide.org. 

Members of the Coastal Guide News editorial team: Hanna-Maria Baerlund, Erik Devilee, Irene Lucius, Hanneke Mesters, Albert Salman, Virgine Terrier.
 

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