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... mechanisms to engage key stakeholders with an interest in, or responsibility for, some aspect of reducing the quantity of litter entering the ocean. These will include: industrial sectors; users of coastal and marine waters; the waste management and recycling sectors; Regional Sea Commissions and EU representatives; local municipalities; citizens’ groups, environmental NGOs, school children and ...
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Coastal areas play an important role in the Baltic Sea ecosystem and provide habitat for a great variety of living organisms. However, Baltic shorelines are also important areas for human activities and as such are of high economic interest. They increasingly support human uses and claims for space through transport, fishing, tourism, and energy generation and supply activities. HERRING looks at a ...
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Knowledge-based Sustainable Management for Europe's Seas (KnowSeas)

Start date: Apr 1, 2009, End date: Jun 30, 2013,

Europe’s four regional seas (Baltic, Black, Mediterranean and NE Atlantic) have suffered severe environmental degradation due to human pressure. Existing measures to manage pressures have proven inadequate and the EC has responded by proposing a new policy (Maritime Strategy Blue Book) and environmental legislation (Marine Strategy Directive), both currently close to adoption. These instruments re ...
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...tools, will be created facilitating an interactive knowledge exchange within and among the TWSBs. Environmental education will be an additional tool implemented in the form of a transboundary coastal dialogue, a photo competition and a public information system Achievements: ...
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Assessing sustainability and strengthening operational policy (SUSTAIN)

Start date: Dec 31, 2009, End date: Dec 30, 2012,

Background: The increasing intensity of human activities along our coastline (viz. the development of ports and harbours, coastal protection, land reclamation, tourism and sand/gravel extraction) has a severe impact on coastal communities and natural habitats. The EC has adopted a renewed EU Sustainable Development Strategy. It aims at bringing about a high level of environmental protection, socia ...
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Towards an Integrated Marine and Maritime Science Community (MARCOM+)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Apr 30, 2012,

"The ‘Aberdeen plus interest group’ joined forces with the ‘Venice Platform group’ to take further steps in integrating the marine, maritime and coastal research sectors in Europe. The goal is to establish a sustainable and long-lasting partnership forum (“European Marine and Maritime Forum”), based on shared interests and shared leadership, and to test it on regional seas and pan-European basis. ...
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Coastal Practice Network (CoPraNet)

Start date: Dec 31, 2003, End date: Dec 30, 2006,

Quality enhancement and sustainability are key objectives for tourism development in coastal areas. This means that a sectoral approach to coastal development, including tourism, beach management, erosion and nature conservation, is no longer sufficient. In Europe, many coastal regions are working towards an integrated, multi-sectoral planning approach (Integrated Coastal Zone Management) for sust ...
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Rational: Mediterranean coastal areas have usually a low resource base and at the same time are under severe anthropogenic pressure: over exploitation and inefficient management, especially in tourist areas, coupled with the impacts of climate changes are the characteristics. According to data (e.g UNDP-ACT, Eurostat) there is a gap in information, training and capacity building on these issues in ...
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Improved access to coastal management methods : The project has created a distance learning package which will give greater accessibility to the methodologies behind coastal management techniques, particularly in Eastern Europe. This project started in 2002 and lasted 36 months.
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The aim of the CoastLearn in Black Sea (hereafter CLBS) is to mobilise the human resources in the tourism and coastal management sector in Black Sea in general and notably Sinop, Varna and Constanta by raising awareness among the local decision making mechanisms of the integrated coastal zone management in order to encourage people to utilise the coastal resources in a coherent and balanced way. C ...
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Training for better coastal management : Coastlearn is training course aimed at professionals working on integrated coastal management in countries which are candidates for EU membership. This project started in 2000 and lasted 18 months.
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