Capacity development of European coastal and marine management – gaps and bridges

Reis, Jeanette; Lowe, Christopher D.

doi:10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2011.09.010

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“…] The SAF is a space that enables useful Coastal System Assessment and Science-Policy Integration so that scientific information can better inform decision-makers." Over 20 papers have been published on various aspects of SAF in peer-reviewed academic journals since the development of the SAF as a result of the SPICOSA project [1][2][3][6][7][8]. The project 'Systems Approach Framework for Coastal Research and Management in the Baltic' (BONUS BaltCoast) was the next comprehensive effort, after SPICOSA, in SAF development and application in the Baltic Sea Region (BSR).…”

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Systems Approach to Eastern Baltic Coastal Zone Management

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Relying on the results of multivariate analysis of the re-analysis case studies from the BaltCoast project, specific features of integrated coastal management (ICM) approaches in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and the Kaliningrad Oblast of the Russian Federation are highlighted in this paper. Eleven Eastern Baltic ICM case studies have been re-analyzed in-depth, which was the main focus of the present paper, covering a wide range of coastal landscapes, themes, policy issues, and ICM approaches. Five principal components explaining 84.86% of the total variance of ICM factor scores have been elicited by calculating rotation sums of squared loadings: (1) Stakeholder Involvement; (2) Research Base; (3) Planning Consistency; (4) Policy Environment, and (5) Development of Plans/Strategies. A truly dedicated involvement of a wide range of stakeholders throughout all process stages showed to be critical for further successful advance of ICM processes and principles based on the systems approach in the Baltic States and the Russian Federation.

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Systems Approach to Eastern Baltic Coastal Zone Management

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Povilanskas

Dučinskas

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“…Integrated Coastal Management (ICM) is a recognized science-driven management approach based on participation [7][8][9], capacity development [10] and sustainability [6,9,11]. For the purpose Sustainability 2018, 10, 3772 2 of 21 of this paper, ICM is understood as 'a dynamic process by which actions are taken for the use, development and protection of coastal resources and areas to achieve national goals established in cooperation with user groups and regional and local authorities' [12].…”

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Regulatory Challenges in Realizing Integrated Coastal Management—Lessons from Germany, Costa Rica, Mexico and South Africa

2018

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Integrated coastal management (ICM) has been considered worldwide to be a suitable approach to realizing comprehensive schemes to protect or develop coastal regions. A complex regulatory system stretching from international to local levels provides a framework for ICM practices. This raises the question whether and to what extent ICM practices have been supported by legal and policy frameworks at the international and national levels in different settings in both developed and developing countries. This paper examines four case studies in Germany, Costa Rica, Mexico and South Africa. Two research methods were used. First, a document-based analysis was conducted in two parts: a literature review of the content of ICM, and a policy and law analysis of the jurisdictions of the four case studies and at the international level (i.e., treaties and declarations). Second, a qualitative analysis was conducted based on in-depth interviews involving 21 decisionmakers representing all the case studies. With a view to enhance the effective use of international and national legal and policy instruments and their implementation in a more local site specific context, this study considers four principles currently guiding ICM practices: (i) incorporation of international instruments’ principles in national legal and policy frameworks, (ii) participation, (iii) sustainable development and (iv) monitoring. An I-P-S ((I) incorporation of international instruments’ principles in national frameworks, (P) participation (S) sustainable development) diagram is used for an integrative assessment of ICM and indicates directions for further improvements at the case study sites. The embeddedness of ICM into national legal and policy frameworks is a success factor for ICM, however, it is often limited due to a lack of implementation. Furthermore, ICM can easily be jeopardized if ICM is allocated a marginalized position.

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