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behavior in coastal zones that may have negative impacts upon habitats and ecosystem processes. W W F - U S ' overarching mission, the conservation of nature, is critically important to the global marine environment. By capitalizing upon its global influence and diversity of expertise, W W F - U S is in a strong position to support marine conservation. William M. Eichbaum Vice President World Wildlife International Environmental Quality Fund 1250 24th Street Washington, DC 20037 Telephone: 1-202-778-9645 Fax: 1-202-293-9211
THE INTERNATIONAL COASTAL AND OCEAN O R G A N I Z A T I O N (ICO) Increasingly, public and private institutions, organizations, and agencies addressing coastal and ocean environmental issues must consider the international aspects of their areas of concern. The preservation and proper use of global coastal and ocean resources and space, and the development of managerial and technical skills necessary to achieve these goals are matters requiring international attention. The International Coastal and Ocean Organization (ICO) was formed in July 1989, during Coastal Z o n e 1989 in Charleston, South Carolina, USA, for the purpose of bringing together much of the world's best thought and practice in the field of coastal and ocean management. ICO's goals are to: • •
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establish a global network of coastal and ocean resource management professionals and institutions; facilitate the exchange of coastal and ocean resource m a n a g e m e n t information and techniques through conferences, workshops, newsletters and publications; encourage and arrange technical assistance among its membership; and to cooperate with other national and international organizations interested in coastal and ocean resource management.
A Board of Directors consisting of twelve members and a sixty five m e m b e r Advisory C o m m i t t e e c o n s t i t u t e ICO's policy making and administrative structure. Both the Board of Directors and the Advisory
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Committee are drawn from international practitioners, educators and policy makers in coastal and ocean affairs. Summa Amarasinghe, Chairman of Lanka Hydraulic Institute, Sri Lanka, and Robert Knecht, Co-Director of the Center for the Study of Marine Policy are currently serving, respectively, as the President and Vice-President of the Board of Directors. Over the last three years ICO has co-sponsored several international conferences including: EUROCOAST (July 1990, Marseille), The Large Marine Ecosystem Concept and its Application to Regional Marine Resource Management (October 1990, Monaco), SURF '90-International Symposium on the Coastal Zone (October 1990, Kanagawa, Japan), Coastal Zone 91 (July 1991, Long Beach, California) and Coastal Zone 93 (July 1993, New Orleans). Since late 1990, ICO has been closely involved in activities related to the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED). As a formally accredited non-governmental organization (NGO), ICO was represented at two of the UNCED preparatory committee sessions and at the Rio Earth Summit itself by Professors Biliana Cicin-Sain and Robert W. Knecht of the Center for the Study of Marine Policy of the Univeristy of Delaware. The project is now following developments at the UN and elsewhere related to the implementation of UNCED recommendations. Results of this work have been disseminated in a series of newsletters (see related contribution by Center for the Study of Marine Policy). Presently, ICO is assisting in organizing two conferences in November (1993)--MEDCOAST and The Environmental Management of Enclosed Coastal Seas (EMECS). Both these conferences are designed to be vehicles for implementing UNCED's recommendations in regard to integrated coastal zone management and development, as articulated in chapter 17 of Agenda 21. MEDCOAST will be the first international conference on the Mediterranean Coastal Environment. It will be held in Antalya, Turkey from November 2-5 1993. ICO, in conjunction with the Urban Harbors Institute at the University of Massachusetts--Boston, has actively worked with the Conference Coordinator, Erdal Ozhan, Professor at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara, to design and promote the MEDCOAST meeting. Baltimore, Maryland is the venue for the conference on Environmental Management of Enclosed Coastal Seas (EMECS) and the dates are November 10-13, 1993. The first EMECS conference was convened in Kobe, Japan in 1990. The second EMECS conference will focus on how scientific findings, social values, and political institutions interact to
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affect the management and stewardship of enclosed coastal seas. ICO has organized two sessions at the conference. One is coastal management initiatives of the nations bordering the Black Sea and the other is Protecting the Gulf of Aqaba. The session on the Gulf of Aqaba is being organized in conjunction with the Environmental Law Institute of Washington, D.C. As previously stated, one of ICO's primary objectives is to facilitate information exchange. Work is underway on an interactive database of all present and past integrated coastal zone management (ICZM) efforts in the world. This project is being conducted with the Coastal Resources Center at the University of Rhode Island. As reported in this issue (Sorensen, 1993) to date, the project has identified 121 integrated coastal zone management efforts that have been conducted over the last 28 years in 55 coastal nations and semi-sovereign states. Given the large and continually increasing number of ICZM efforts as well as the diversity of such efforts, a number of discrete groupings are emerging, each of which may warrant its own information exchange subsystem. One such grouping is the management of enclosed coastal waterbodies. ICO, in conjunction with the Urban Harbors Institute and the Coastal Zone Foundation, has produced a special volume for the proceedings of CZ '93 on 'The Management of Coastal Lagoons and Enclosed Bays'. Existing and potential management programs for 19 systems around the world are described and analyzed in this publication. For further information about ICO and its activities, contact Jens Sorensen at the address below. Jens Sorensen Acting Administrative Officer The Harbor and Coastal Center The University of Massachusetts-Boston Campus Boston, MA 02125 Telephone: 1-617-278-5570 Fax: 1-167-277-4187
U N I T E D NATIONS P R O G R A M M E ON T R A I N I N G IN I N T E G R A T E D M A N A G E M E N T OF C O A S T A L AND M A R I N E A R E A S FOR S U S T A I N A B L E D E V E L O P M E N T As far back as 1973, the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, through its Resolution 1802 (LV), Marine co-operation,
Recent developments and announcements
behavior in coastal zones that may have negative impacts upon habitats and ecosystem processes. W W F - U S ' overarching mission, the conservation of nature, is critically important to the global marine environment. By capitalizing upon its global influence and diversity of expertise, W W F - U S is in a strong position to support marine conservation. William M. Eichbaum Vice President World Wildlife International Environmental Quality Fund 1250 24th Street Washington, DC 20037 Telephone: 1-202-778-9645 Fax: 1-202-293-9211
THE INTERNATIONAL COASTAL AND OCEAN O R G A N I Z A T I O N (ICO) Increasingly, public and private institutions, organizations, and agencies addressing coastal and ocean environmental issues must consider the international aspects of their areas of concern. The preservation and proper use of global coastal and ocean resources and space, and the development of managerial and technical skills necessary to achieve these goals are matters requiring international attention. The International Coastal and Ocean Organization (ICO) was formed in July 1989, during Coastal Z o n e 1989 in Charleston, South Carolina, USA, for the purpose of bringing together much of the world's best thought and practice in the field of coastal and ocean management. ICO's goals are to: • •
• •
establish a global network of coastal and ocean resource management professionals and institutions; facilitate the exchange of coastal and ocean resource m a n a g e m e n t information and techniques through conferences, workshops, newsletters and publications; encourage and arrange technical assistance among its membership; and to cooperate with other national and international organizations interested in coastal and ocean resource management.
A Board of Directors consisting of twelve members and a sixty five m e m b e r Advisory C o m m i t t e e c o n s t i t u t e ICO's policy making and administrative structure. Both the Board of Directors and the Advisory
Recent developments and announcements
369
Committee are drawn from international practitioners, educators and policy makers in coastal and ocean affairs. Summa Amarasinghe, Chairman of Lanka Hydraulic Institute, Sri Lanka, and Robert Knecht, Co-Director of the Center for the Study of Marine Policy are currently serving, respectively, as the President and Vice-President of the Board of Directors. Over the last three years ICO has co-sponsored several international conferences including: EUROCOAST (July 1990, Marseille), The Large Marine Ecosystem Concept and its Application to Regional Marine Resource Management (October 1990, Monaco), SURF '90-International Symposium on the Coastal Zone (October 1990, Kanagawa, Japan), Coastal Zone 91 (July 1991, Long Beach, California) and Coastal Zone 93 (July 1993, New Orleans). Since late 1990, ICO has been closely involved in activities related to the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED). As a formally accredited non-governmental organization (NGO), ICO was represented at two of the UNCED preparatory committee sessions and at the Rio Earth Summit itself by Professors Biliana Cicin-Sain and Robert W. Knecht of the Center for the Study of Marine Policy of the Univeristy of Delaware. The project is now following developments at the UN and elsewhere related to the implementation of UNCED recommendations. Results of this work have been disseminated in a series of newsletters (see related contribution by Center for the Study of Marine Policy). Presently, ICO is assisting in organizing two conferences in November (1993)--MEDCOAST and The Environmental Management of Enclosed Coastal Seas (EMECS). Both these conferences are designed to be vehicles for implementing UNCED's recommendations in regard to integrated coastal zone management and development, as articulated in chapter 17 of Agenda 21. MEDCOAST will be the first international conference on the Mediterranean Coastal Environment. It will be held in Antalya, Turkey from November 2-5 1993. ICO, in conjunction with the Urban Harbors Institute at the University of Massachusetts--Boston, has actively worked with the Conference Coordinator, Erdal Ozhan, Professor at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara, to design and promote the MEDCOAST meeting. Baltimore, Maryland is the venue for the conference on Environmental Management of Enclosed Coastal Seas (EMECS) and the dates are November 10-13, 1993. The first EMECS conference was convened in Kobe, Japan in 1990. The second EMECS conference will focus on how scientific findings, social values, and political institutions interact to
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Recent developments and announcements
affect the management and stewardship of enclosed coastal seas. ICO has organized two sessions at the conference. One is coastal management initiatives of the nations bordering the Black Sea and the other is Protecting the Gulf of Aqaba. The session on the Gulf of Aqaba is being organized in conjunction with the Environmental Law Institute of Washington, D.C. As previously stated, one of ICO's primary objectives is to facilitate information exchange. Work is underway on an interactive database of all present and past integrated coastal zone management (ICZM) efforts in the world. This project is being conducted with the Coastal Resources Center at the University of Rhode Island. As reported in this issue (Sorensen, 1993) to date, the project has identified 121 integrated coastal zone management efforts that have been conducted over the last 28 years in 55 coastal nations and semi-sovereign states. Given the large and continually increasing number of ICZM efforts as well as the diversity of such efforts, a number of discrete groupings are emerging, each of which may warrant its own information exchange subsystem. One such grouping is the management of enclosed coastal waterbodies. ICO, in conjunction with the Urban Harbors Institute and the Coastal Zone Foundation, has produced a special volume for the proceedings of CZ '93 on 'The Management of Coastal Lagoons and Enclosed Bays'. Existing and potential management programs for 19 systems around the world are described and analyzed in this publication. For further information about ICO and its activities, contact Jens Sorensen at the address below. Jens Sorensen Acting Administrative Officer The Harbor and Coastal Center The University of Massachusetts-Boston Campus Boston, MA 02125 Telephone: 1-617-278-5570 Fax: 1-167-277-4187
U N I T E D NATIONS P R O G R A M M E ON T R A I N I N G IN I N T E G R A T E D M A N A G E M E N T OF C O A S T A L AND M A R I N E A R E A S FOR S U S T A I N A B L E D E V E L O P M E N T As far back as 1973, the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, through its Resolution 1802 (LV), Marine co-operation,