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International Coastal and Ocean Policy Studies—ICCOPS integrated coastal management
Ocean & Coastal Management 21 (1993) 353-377
Recent Developments and Announcements INTERNATIONAL COASTAL AND OCEAN POLICY STUDIES--ICCOPS INTEGRATED COASTAL MANAGEMENT The International Centre for Coastal and Ocean Policy Studies (ICCOPS) is a non profit-making association, founded in 1992 according to the expression of the final statement of the International Conference on Ocean Management in Global Change (Genoa, June 22-26, 1992), organized with the cooperation of the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs, Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, and in close connection with the Secretariat of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED). ICCOPS aims at: i. serving as a point of reference for groups of experts in coastal and ocean-related problems; ii. conducting research projects into all aspects of integrated coastal and ocean management; iii. furthering international networking with similar institutions; iv. sponsoring meetings with the aim of discussing current practices and future trends in sea use management, with special attention to problems affecting developing countries. ICCOPS has been recognized by the UNEP Co-ordinating Unit of the Mediterranean Action Plan as a Non Governmental Organization with the status of observer of the intergovernmental meetings of the Barcelona Convention and was invited to co-operate in the field of integrated coastal management (ICM). In this respect ICCOPS is developing multidisciplinary approaches to integrated coastal management in accordance with the principles and guidelines provided by Agenda 21. As far as multidisciplinarity is concerned, efforts are being made to apply general system-based isomorphisms to integrate the analysis of the ecosystem, the legal and jurisdictional frameworks, the set of coastal uses and the decision making systems. As far as Agenda 21 is concerned, attention is focused on the implications emanating from the adoption of guidelines provided by Chapter 17, Area A, framing then in the sustainable development paradigm as it has been formulated by the World Commission on Environment and Development (1987) and developed by the research carried on within the 353 Ocean & Coastal Management (21) (1993)----~ 1993 Elsevier Science Publishers Ltd, England. Printed in Northern Ireland
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Recent developments and announcements
U N E S C O Man and Biosphere Programme. These background elements stimulate the setting up of ICM approaches aiming at maximising the efficiency of coastal economy and the integrity of the ecosystem putting social justice and inter-generational equity in the centre of an ethical background. At the present time the implementation of ICM in semi-enclosed seas is the core interest of ICCOPS and the Mediterranean Sea is regarded as a special interest area. This is due to the circumstance that, although the Barcelona Convention (1976) was concerned with the protection of the sea from pollution, the Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP) has dealt also with economic cooperation providing scenarios and stimulating collaboration between states. As a consequence, M A P is a good premise to move towards the setting up of a regional scale-based Agenda in which the triptych of goals--efficiency of economies, integrity of the ecosystem, justice and equity--are pursued. To contribute to this target ICCOPS has devoted its first Occasional Paper ~ to this subject focusing on the leading role of ICM for transcending M A P and adopting a sustainable development-inspired political approach. The Agenda 21 for the Mediterranean. Deductions ]rom chapter 17 in the light of the sustainable development strategy, ICCOPS, March 1993.
Adaiberto Vailega ICCOPS President Via dell'Acciaio 139 1-16152 Genova, Italy Phone + +39-10-6514000 Fax + +39-10-603801
A C T I V I T I E S OF T H E F O O D A N D A G R I C U L T U R E O R G A N I Z A T I O N (FAO) I N T E G R A T I O N OF T H E A G R I C U L T U R E S E C T O R INTO C O A S T A L A R E A M A N A G E M E N T : T H E R O L E OF F A O Background Integrated coastal area m a n a g e m e n t (ICAM) offers the means to balance the competing demands of different users of the same resources and to manage the resources to optimise the benefits to be derived on a sustainable basis consistent with a country's goals. In the recently concluded United Nations Conference on the Environment and Develo p m e n t ( U N C E D ) , m a n a g e m e n t of the coastal environments to ensure
Recent Developments and Announcements INTERNATIONAL COASTAL AND OCEAN POLICY STUDIES--ICCOPS INTEGRATED COASTAL MANAGEMENT The International Centre for Coastal and Ocean Policy Studies (ICCOPS) is a non profit-making association, founded in 1992 according to the expression of the final statement of the International Conference on Ocean Management in Global Change (Genoa, June 22-26, 1992), organized with the cooperation of the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs, Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, and in close connection with the Secretariat of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED). ICCOPS aims at: i. serving as a point of reference for groups of experts in coastal and ocean-related problems; ii. conducting research projects into all aspects of integrated coastal and ocean management; iii. furthering international networking with similar institutions; iv. sponsoring meetings with the aim of discussing current practices and future trends in sea use management, with special attention to problems affecting developing countries. ICCOPS has been recognized by the UNEP Co-ordinating Unit of the Mediterranean Action Plan as a Non Governmental Organization with the status of observer of the intergovernmental meetings of the Barcelona Convention and was invited to co-operate in the field of integrated coastal management (ICM). In this respect ICCOPS is developing multidisciplinary approaches to integrated coastal management in accordance with the principles and guidelines provided by Agenda 21. As far as multidisciplinarity is concerned, efforts are being made to apply general system-based isomorphisms to integrate the analysis of the ecosystem, the legal and jurisdictional frameworks, the set of coastal uses and the decision making systems. As far as Agenda 21 is concerned, attention is focused on the implications emanating from the adoption of guidelines provided by Chapter 17, Area A, framing then in the sustainable development paradigm as it has been formulated by the World Commission on Environment and Development (1987) and developed by the research carried on within the 353 Ocean & Coastal Management (21) (1993)----~ 1993 Elsevier Science Publishers Ltd, England. Printed in Northern Ireland
354
Recent developments and announcements
U N E S C O Man and Biosphere Programme. These background elements stimulate the setting up of ICM approaches aiming at maximising the efficiency of coastal economy and the integrity of the ecosystem putting social justice and inter-generational equity in the centre of an ethical background. At the present time the implementation of ICM in semi-enclosed seas is the core interest of ICCOPS and the Mediterranean Sea is regarded as a special interest area. This is due to the circumstance that, although the Barcelona Convention (1976) was concerned with the protection of the sea from pollution, the Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP) has dealt also with economic cooperation providing scenarios and stimulating collaboration between states. As a consequence, M A P is a good premise to move towards the setting up of a regional scale-based Agenda in which the triptych of goals--efficiency of economies, integrity of the ecosystem, justice and equity--are pursued. To contribute to this target ICCOPS has devoted its first Occasional Paper ~ to this subject focusing on the leading role of ICM for transcending M A P and adopting a sustainable development-inspired political approach. The Agenda 21 for the Mediterranean. Deductions ]rom chapter 17 in the light of the sustainable development strategy, ICCOPS, March 1993.
Adaiberto Vailega ICCOPS President Via dell'Acciaio 139 1-16152 Genova, Italy Phone + +39-10-6514000 Fax + +39-10-603801
A C T I V I T I E S OF T H E F O O D A N D A G R I C U L T U R E O R G A N I Z A T I O N (FAO) I N T E G R A T I O N OF T H E A G R I C U L T U R E S E C T O R INTO C O A S T A L A R E A M A N A G E M E N T : T H E R O L E OF F A O Background Integrated coastal area m a n a g e m e n t (ICAM) offers the means to balance the competing demands of different users of the same resources and to manage the resources to optimise the benefits to be derived on a sustainable basis consistent with a country's goals. In the recently concluded United Nations Conference on the Environment and Develo p m e n t ( U N C E D ) , m a n a g e m e n t of the coastal environments to ensure