Information & Meetings
	Conferences & Events
	Littoral 2002 focuses on ICZM
	Vacancies

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Development & Trends
	EU 6th Framework Programme funds ICZM research

Policy
	World Summit approved Plan of Action with few clear targets
	Johannesburg agreement to prevent overfishing not legally binding
	Global initiative links integrated river and coastal management

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Vacancies

Coastal data and information co-ordinator

CEFAS is looking for someone to fulfil a new co-ordination role aimed at providing coastal zone managers throughout the UK with improved access to the range of information that they require for decision making. The job will entail determining user requirements, identifying sources of information, evaluating and feeding into existing initiatives, advising on standards and raising awareness of coastal information initiatives. The candidate must have a science degree or equivalent, 5 years' relevant work experience and data information/management experience. This post will require significant travel within the UK. Interviews will be held w/c 30 September 2002. Salary: £18,531 - £26,937 pa.
For further details and an application form (to be returned by Friday 13th September 2002) go to http://www.cefas.co.uk/vacancies.

New hyperlinks

CYMEPA Cyprus Marine Environment Protection Association
http://www.cymepa.org/
CYMEPA aims to encourage and actively assist effective efforts to prevent all forms of pollution of the sea and to conduct public awareness and education campaigns.

Shark Trust
http://www.sharktrust.org
The Trust was set up in July 1997 to promote the study, conservation and management of sharks, skates and rays in the UK and internationally. It is active member of the European Elasmobranch Association.

EU 6th Framework Programme funds ICZM research

The "Decision No 1513/2002/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June concerning the sixth framework programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities, contribution to the creation of the European Research Area and to innovation (2002-2006)" confirms the European Commission's commitment to ICZM research. The thematic priority "sustainable development, global change and ecosystems", for which EUR 700 million are allocated for the five year period, has the goal to support those activities that enable Member States, the associated candidate and other associated countries to make a significant contribution to the international efforts to understand global change and preserve the equilibrium of ecosystems. The development of "strategies for sustainable land management, including integrated coastal zone management (ICZM)" is particularly mentioned as a research objective eligible for funding.
For more information, download the Decision from http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/oj/2002/l_23220020829en.html

World Summit approved Plan of Action with few clear targets

104 Heads of State and Government attending the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg that ended on 4 September adopted an action plan with a political declaration. It is full of good intentions but lacks clear targets with respect to the coastal environment with the exception of developing integrated water resource management plans until the year 2005. The Plan stresses the importance of implementing chapter 17 of Agenda 21 about an action programme to achieve sustainable development of coastal areas through integrated management. Environmental groups were disappointed as targets and timetables for the installation of renewable energy were dropped in order to clear the way for signing the agreement. The compromise is a loss for the European Union that had been pushing for a target of 15 percent of global energy coming from renewable sources by 2015. Good news is that Canada, Russia and China announced that they will ratify the Kyoto agreement to limit the emission of greenhouse gases. The Kyoto Protocol will not take effect until it is ratified by 55 percent of the nations responsible for at least 55 percent of the total carbon dioxide emissions for 1990. Ratification by Russia, the last major industrial signatory, is vital, because it pushes the numbers beyond 55 percent. The Plan does contain a commitment to "significantly reduce" the extinction rate of the world's plants and animals by 2010, recognising that poor countries would need extra support to reach this goal. The summit ministers also agreed to reaffirm the so-called "Rio Principles," including the precautionary principle and public access to information and participation.
Further info: http://www.johannesburgsummit.org/html/whats_new/whatsnew.html

Johannesburg agreement to prevent overfishing not legally binding

Commenting the agreement to prevent overfishing in international waters and to restore stocks of threatened species, which was reached at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, EU Fisheries and Agriculture Commissioner Franz Fischler said: "I fully support the agreement reached in Johannesburg which commits countries to limiting fishing to sustainable levels and take steps to restore stocks by 2015." The Plan of Action signed by the Head of States also includes the goal "to develop and facilitate the use of divers approaches including the establishment of marine protected areas …by 2012, …proper coastal land use, and watershed planning and the integration of marine and coastal area management into key sectors. However, some environmentalists are concerned that the deal does not set out how its terms might be enforced, especially regarding so-called 'pirate trawlers'. Also, biologists said the target date might be adequate for fish species that reach maturity in a few years, but it is too far in the future to fully protect shark, tuna, swordfish, orange roughy, and other species that reproduce slowly and take up to 40 years to grow to full-size. The agreement is not legally binding, but a strong statement of intent.
Further info: http://www.johannesburgsummit.org

Global initiative links integrated river and coastal management

On Saturday 31 August, the Type II Partnership Initiative "Linking Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) and Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM)" was launched in the framework of the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, South Africa. Among the partners are UNEP, the European Union, the environmental ministries of Germany and Poland, the Coastal Zone Management Centre of the Netherlands, and EUCC - The Coastal Union. The objective of the initiative is to promote feasible and efficient ways and means to enhance protection of the biodiversity and productivity of the coastal ecosystems by promoting the integrated approach to water management, the identification and dissemination of case studies, practices and experiences via the internet, international meetings and pilot projects. The next meetings are scheduled for December 2002 and March 2003 in the framework of the Third World Water Forum. One pilot project presently under discussion is integrated management of the river Oder and its delta in Germany and Poland. For more information, contact Martin Adriaanse, UNEP/GPA, e-mail: m.adriaanse@unep.nl.
For other Type II Initiatives launched at the World Summit, visit http://www.johannesburgsummit.org/html/documents/summit_docs/2908_partnershipsummary.pdf

Deadline for submitting contributions to Coastal Guide News No 18: 18 September, 2002

COASTAL GUIDE NEWS is a biweekly newsletter published by the EUCC - The Coastal Union 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. 

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