Information & Meetings
	Conferences & Events
	New Coastal Publications

Organisations
	New hyperlinks to websites

Development & Trends
	EEA analysed success factors for wind energy development

Policy
	UN meeting on oceans and coasts stressed ICM approach
	European Commission published multi-annual recovery plan for fish stocks
	UN Agreement on fish stocks entered into force without EU support

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

New Coastal Publications
 
 

Corrigendum: Le changement climatique et les espaces côtiers In Coastal Guide News No 22, the publication "Le changement climatique et les espaces côtiers" was reviewed. We apologise that not all of the given information on the publisher and the price is correct and refers to a similar second publication by the same author. The correct citation of the publication is as follows: Roland Paskoff, Le changement climatique et les espaces côtiers, 2001, Paris, La Documentation Francaise, 29, quai Voltaire, 75007 Paris, 97 pp, 23 EURO.

L'élevation du niveau de la mer - Le mythe et la realité Roland Paskoff, 2001, Paris, Institut oceanographique, 195, rue Saint-Jacques, 75005 Paris, 191 pp, 28 EURO (www.oceano.org). This book assesses the potential consequences of sea level rise for the next decade. It builds upon the latest assessments of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, examining the sea level of the last 100 years along with the prediction for the 21st century. The possible factors causing increasing sea level rise such as flood and erosion are assessed for different types of coastal areas including beaches, dunes, marshes and coral reefs.

International Ocean Governance By Lee A. Kimball, published by IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK, 2001, xii +124 pages. "International Ocean Governance - Using International Law and Organizations to manage Marine Resources Sustainably" points to a number of gaps, inadequacies, and opportunities in the resources and functioning of international management arrangements. Its recommendations aim to sharpen the debate over improving international institutional support for sound ocean management. The study and its executive summary can be downloaded from http://www.iucn.org/themes/marine/governance.html

Medcoast 01 By E. Özhan (editor). (2001, 3 volumes, 1598 pp.). MEDCOAST Secretariat, Middle East Technical University, 06531 Ankara Turkey. Fax +312 210 14 12. E-mail: medcoast@rorqual.cc.metu.edu.tr. ISBN 975 429 172 1. The three volumes contain the proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on the Mediterranean Coastal Environment in Hammamet, Tunisia, October 2001.

Seas & Oceans - Volume 1 Publishing House of Maritime University of Szczecin, Poland (2001, 670 pp.). ISBN 83 86494 71 9. This publication contains the proceedings of the 1st International Congress "Seas and Oceans" in Szczecin, Poland, September 2001.

New hyperlinks to websites

CPMR Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions of Europe
http://www.cpmr.org/
The CPMR's membership includes 144 regions from 26 states (EU and non-EU) that have joined trans-national co-operation networks as a way of strengthening their competitiveness

Greenpeace Mediterranean
http://www.greenpeacemed.org.mt/
The Greenpeace Mediterranean office on Malta is a base for the co-ordination of Greenpeace activities in the region

Severn Estuary Strategy website NOW UPDATED
http://www.severnestuarypartnership.org.uk
The new website contains a host of online material including the new Severn Estuary Strategy document

Västerhavet Association
http://www.vasterhavet.tmbl.gu.se/summary.html
A non-profit organisation in Göteborg promoting maritime research and development in Western Sweden

EEA analysed success factors for wind energy development

A new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA) identifies factors that can influence the success or failure of renewable energy projects. The report focuses on how much each EU country managed to expand its use of a number of renewable energy technologies - including wind energy - between 1993 and 1999. The study identifies essential elements for success in seven areas: political, legislative, fiscal, financial and administrative support, technological development, and information, education and training. It concludes that the key to success lies in the combined effect of support measures rather than in any single factor. The winning combinations vary from one technology to another. Whether the plans of the Dutch Government to build a windmill park in the Wadden Sea will become a success story, is yet to be seen. The Dutch cabinet just decided to go ahead with the construction of 109 windmills with a capacity of 278 Megawatt along the Afsluitdijk. However, the project is strongly opposed by the NGO Waddensociety, which claims that the windmills will endanger the lives of thousands of coastal and migratory birds. An important success factor which is difficult to influence is the global economic framework. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), after 11 September, the world may be witnessing the sharpest contraction in demand for oil since the mid-1980s. Global demand for the fuel fell by an average of 750,000 barrels a day in the third quarter of 2001. The slump in oil demand and prices provides - at least for a while - an unpromising context for fast development of renewable energy sources.
For more information on the Dutch project, see http://www.windmolensafsluitdijk.nl/ (in Dutch).
The EEA study (incl. executive summary) can be downloaded from http://reports.eea.eu.int/environmental_issue_report_2001_27/en/.
The IEA's website is on http://www.iea.org

UN meeting on oceans and coasts stressed ICM approach

The conference "Global Conference on Oceans and Coasts at Rio+10" took place from 3-7 December 2001 at UNESCO headquarters and was attended by more than 400 participants from over 60 countries. It recognised ICM as an effective mechanism for the implementation of Agenda 21. Furthermore, it called on governments to

• develop national coastal and marine policies to implement ICM as a nested system of planning and decision making that operates at a range of spatial scales,
• create policy environments that enable the mobilisation of domestic and international financial resources and
• commit to specified targets for bringing national coastlines entirely under effective management by 2032.

The conference was intended to provide an overall assessment of progress achieved on oceans and coasts since the 1992 Earth Summit, identify new and continuing challenges and provide recommendations for the oceans and coasts agenda of the 2002 Earth Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg. During the conference eight working groups prepared recommendations on specific subjects such as Integrated Coastal Management, Marine Biodiversity and Protected Areas, Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture, and Ocean Governance. A draft report on Marine Biodiversity recommended the implementation of approaches based on public participation including empowering indigenous and local communities, and cooperation at the national, regional and international levels to design, implement and provide resources to marine protected areas. The Concluding Statement of the Conference noted that ocean resources and environmental conditions are continuing to decline and urges action toward an alternative vision for the future through examination of the root causes of global social and economic crises. The meeting strongly recommended that the United Nations put sustainable development of oceans (70% of the Earth's surface) as a central feature of the next World Summit.
For more information see: http://www.iisd.ca/linkages/sd/ocrio+10/ or contact Frank van der Meulen, RIKZ, F.vdMeulen@rikz.rws.minvenw.nl

European Commission published multi-annual recovery plan for fish stocks

The European Commission has issued a proposal for long term recovery plans to help rebuild commercial fish stocks. It will be presented to the Fisheries Council on 17-18 December. The package aims at to increase the number of mature fish in the stocks concerned with the help of reduced Total Allowable Catches (TACs). The number of fish stocks identified by scientists requiring recovery measures has increased since last year. If the current overall level of fishing effort is not reduced, the number of stocks threatened with collapse will continue to increase. These stocks include: - Cod: Eastern Baltic, North Sea, Kattegat, west of Scotland, Irish Sea - Haddock: Irish Sea - Sole: south Brittany, south and central Biscay - Nephrops: north and north-west Spain, northern part of the Portugese coast - Northern hake: from the Bay of Viscay to Skagerrak/Kattegat - Blue whiting: north-east Atlantic. Since the endangered stocks are caught along with other stocks, it is necessary to reduce the TACs for these associated stocks as well. The plans also include a provision to take rapid measures to temporarily close areas where young fish from the threatened stocks congregate and special control mechanisms are foreseen. It is proposed to enhance the aid available for the withdrawal of vessels and to cut aid for modernisation of fishing vessels.
For more information, visit http://europa.eu.int/comm/fisheries/news_corner/press/inf01_72_en.htm

UN Agreement on fish stocks entered into force without EU support

The implementation of the 1995 United Nations Agreement on Conservation and Management of Straddling and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks entered into force on 11 December. It is the most far-reaching treaty ever negotiated to promote the conservation of marine fish. Although many of the important fishing nations have ratified the agreement, such as Canada, Island, Norway, the Russian Federation and the United States, some are still missing, among them the European Union.
More information can be found on http://www.un.org/depts/los/index.htm (klick on "1995 United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement")

Deadline for submitting contributions to Coastal Guide News No 1: 9 January, 2002

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