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Welcome

Welcome to the Coastal Wiki. Using this wiki several "state of the art" documents will be developed, using the input of scientists, policy makers and practitioners. This site is part of the Encora project, for more information on Encora please visit this site.

Participating Themes

Encora Themes
Theme 1 : Social and economic aspects of ICZM Multifunctionality and Valuation.

Theme 1 - Social and economic aspects of ICZM Multifunctionality and Valuation.
Valuation of competing functions to optimise the societal use of coastal and marine resources.

Theme 2 : ICZM Participation and Implementation.

Theme 2 - ICZM Participation and Implementation.
Testing and improving methods to evaluate progress in the implementation of ICZM, including eGovernance.

Theme 3 : Coastal and marine spatial planning.

Theme 3 - Coastal and marine spatial planning.
Multiple-scale structuring of spatial coastal and marine planning and related decision-support systems for sustainable development.

Theme 4 : Pollution, prevention and mitigation.

Theme 4 - Pollution, prevention and mitigation.
Development and application of emerging methodologies for preventing, detecting and mitigating pollution and for identification of areas at risk.

Theme 5 : Long-term geomorphologic change and climate impacts.

Theme 5 - Long-term geomorphologic change and climate impacts.
Promoting development, demonstration & dissemination of new and emerging models & methodologies for prediction of changes to coastal systems.

Theme 6 : Effect of development and use on eco-morphology and coastal habitats.

Theme 6 - Effect of development and use on eco-morphology and coastal habitats.
Impact-assessment tools and environmental techniques for recovery of coastal habitats.

Theme 7 : Assessment of biodiversity change.

Theme 7 - Assessment of biodiversity change.
Testing and improving an ecological valuation protocol for the coastal and marine environment.

Theme 8 : New sustainable coastal engineering techniques.

Theme 8 - New sustainable coastal engineering techniques.
Cataloguing innovative coastal engineering techniques to solve practical coastal protection issues.

Theme 9 : Assessment of field observation techniques.

Theme 9 - Assessment of field observation techniques.
New and emerging tools and practices for coastal and marine observation, with focus on remote sensing and remotely controlled measuring devices.

Theme 10 : Capacity Building, Training and Education.

Theme 10 - Capacity Building, Training and Education.
Comparative assessment of ICZM training and education programmes.