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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 ...

..., Stepnica (Poland) and Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Spain). In 2006,three workshops have been held in Cork (Ireland) entitled 'Addressing Public Perception of Changing Coasts for improved ICZM'; on Samothraki Island (Greece) entitled 'The role of NGOs and Local Authorities in Planning Sustainable Tourism Development'; and on Somme Bay (France) entitled 'European and French Shorelines - What gove ...