Climate of Coastal Cooperation

Climate of Coastal Cooperation
“Sharing 20 years of experiences in integrated coastal cooperation is sharing
our trust in long term, sustainable development of coastal resources and
in finding resilient, adaptive responses to climate change for valuable and
vulnerable coastal areas”
Robbert Misdorp – Editor
2011
List of contents
Message Joop Atsma - State Secretary of Infrastructure and the Environment, the Netherlands
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Preface
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Foreword
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Wim Kuijken - Delta Government Commissioner, the Netherlands
Ursula Schaefer-Preuss -Vice President of the Asian Development Bank, Philippines
Statements
Cees Veerman - Chairman Second Delta State Committee
Jeroen van der Sommen - Director Netherlands Water Partnership
Albert Salman - Director Coastal & Marine Union - EUCC
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Executive Summary
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Part I - Coastal cooperation in Europe 19
I-1 I-1-1
I-1-2
I-1-3 EU – Integrated Coastal Zone Management Initiatives
Introductory Statement
Jacqueline McGlade - Executive Director European Environmental Agency
Integrated Coastal Zone Management in the European Union Birgit Snoeren, Niels Roode, Hugo Niesing
Examples of ICZM practices in Europe Albert Salman, Alan Pickaver
Conclusions
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I-2-1 I-2-2
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I-2-6 The Netherlands - coastal planning and implementation
Introductory Statement: “Vision, ingenuity and leadership”
Seen van der Plas - former Permanent Secretary of the Netherlands Ministry of Transport,
Public Works and Water Management
The Netherlands: flood, erosion and management Niels Roode, Tjark van Heuvel, Robbert Misdorp
Rotterdam: sustainable harbour development
Robbert Misdorp
Marine Spatial Planning Leo de Vrees River pollution and coastal sediment quality
Remi Laane, Jos van Gils, Robbert Misdorp, Kees Kramer
Challenges for the 21st century Marcel Stive, Mark van Koningsveld, Robbert Misdorp
Conclusions
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I-3
I-3-1
Romania - ICZM planning in an initial stage
Introductory Statement
Ana Lucia Varga - former State Secretary of the Romanian
Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development
ICZM in Romania Claudia Coman
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Robbert Misdorp
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I-3-2
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The Danube Delta: back to nature
Adrian Stanica
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Synthesis Part I - Europe
Gerrit Baarse, Robbert Misdorp
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Part II - Coastal Cooperation in Asia and Island States
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Introduction Asia: a highly dynamic continent
Robbert Misdorp
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II-2 II-2-1
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II-3 II-3-1 II-3-2 II-3-3
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II-3-5 II-3-6
Bangladesh - Hazards, Vulnerabilities and ICZM, Institutions and NGOs
Introductory Statement Md. Abu Tahar Khandakar - Director General Water Resource Planning Organization
Bangladesh’s Vulnerability to Climate Change
Saleemal Huq, Mozaharul Alam
The stimulating role of NGOs Mohiuddin Ahmad, Atiq Rahman
Bangladish’s ICZM efforts in practice
Rafiq Islam
Conclusions
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China - Rapid rate of change in the coastal zone
Shanghai: from ‘Black and Stink’ to clean Suzhou Creek
Peter Kerssens, Chen MeiFa
Yellow River Delta - support for sustainable development
Leo de Vrees, Wang Zheng Bing, Marcel Marchand
ICZM and application Geosciences in the Chinese coastal zone
Yin Ping, He Qixiang, Jun Li, Cees Laban, Marit Brommer
Coastal urbanization and creating Eco-cities Dick Kevelam, Peter Head, Frank de Graaf, James Wu
Conclusions
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India - Integrated Management: concepts and practices
Interdisciplinary approach to water management
Jayanta Bandyopadhyay
Decision support system for ICMAM
B.R. Subramaniam, Saskia Werners, Joop de Schutter, M.V. Ramana Murthy
Artificial reefs J.K. Patterson Edward, Rob J. Leewis
Tropical cyclones and the added value of ICZM
Marcel Marchand, Peter Winchester
Coastal protection guidelines
Kees Dorst
Conclusions
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Indonesia - Sustainable restoration
Sustainable, post tsunami restoration of Aceh- Indonesia Odelinde Nieuwenhuis, Ibrahim Salwa, Jeroen Alberts
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Seychelles - The pearl of coastal conservation and sustainable development Introductory Statement
Rolph Payet - Special Advisor to the President of the Seychelles
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II-5-1 Tsunami mitigation - Nature conservation pays off
Rolph Payet, Alain de Comarmond
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Sri Lanka - The Asian country with the longest ICZM history
Sri Lanka: Decades of ICZM Experience
Dianeetha Sadacharan
Conclusions - Indonesia, Seychelles and Sri Lanka
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Thailand - Aquaculture and fisheries in an ICZM frame Thai aquaculture: lessons for shrimp farming Somsak Boromthanarat, Rob Leewis, Robbert Misdorp
Fisheries and co-management in practice Yves Henocque, Sanchai Tandavanitj
Conclusions
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Vietnam - Holistic approach for coastal problems
Introductory Statement Pham Khoi Nguyen - Minister of Natural Resources and Environment
Vietnam: two decades of coastal cooperation Hua Chien Thang, Robbert Misdorp, Harrie Laboyrie,
Hans Pos, Rien van Zetten, Nguyen Ngoc Huan
Remote Sensing applications in the TTHue Province
Tran Dinh Lan, Tom Bucx, Robbert Misdorp
Awareness raising through an educational programme
Marta Vahtar, Le Van Thu, Le Thi Anh Dao, Pham Toan, Robbert Misdorp
Integrated knowledge for quality advise in the TTHue Province Mindert de Vries, Ton That Phap, Le Van Thu, Thi The Nguyen, Robbert Misdorp
Capacity building: Hydraulics and Coastal Engineering
Gerrit-Jan Schiereck, Vu Minh Cat, Marcel Stive, Robbert Misdorp
Capacity building and training for ICZM
Marcel Marchand, Ho Thi Yen Thu, Henk Jan Verhagen
Conclusions
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Synthesis Part II - Asia Gerrit Baarse, Robbert Misdorp
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Part III - Concepts, Tools and Measures 125
III-1
What is ICZM? Basic elements of Coastal Cooperation
Robbert Misdorp
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Why ICZM? Triggers, impacts and long time series
Robbert Misdorp
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III-3 How ICZM: Planning and Implementing ICZM programmes III-3-1 Introductions III-3-1-1 UNEP Statement
Ibrahim Thiaw, Director UNEP
III-3-1-2 Introduction Robbert Misdorp
III-3-2 Downloadable Management Planning Tools III-3-2-1 The role of Geospatial Technology for ICZM
Henk Scholten, Tjark van Heuvel
III-3-2-2 The COSMO-line: interactive tools for ICZM Marcel Taal
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III-3-2-7
CoastLearn: a training tool facilitating international cooperation
Maria Ferreira, Carolina Perez, Hugo Niesing
RAMCO: an integrated assessment tool for CZM
Hedwig van Delden, Roel Vanhout
DR-EIA: Document Retrieval and Expert System for E.I.A
Joop L.G. de Schutter
STREAM: a spatial tool for analyses in river basins
Jeroen Aerts, Hans de Moel
Capacity building essential for management of Marine Protected Areas
Carien van Zwol, Julius Francis
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III-3-3 Examples of innovative adaptive coastal measures
III-3-3-1 Building with Nature: principles and examples Ronald E. Waterman
III-3-3-2 Sand Nourishment Tjark van Heuvel
III-3-3-3 Flood proof architecture
Johan van der Pol
III-3-3-4 Bangladesh - adapting to cyclone storm surges: shelters and schools
Atiq Rahman, Rafiq Islam
III-3-3-5 Solar energy: desalinating sea water into fresh water Hugo Niesing
III-3-3-6 Innovative Home Sanitation: saves water, lives and money
Daniel Vandy
III-3-3-7 Mangrove replanting
Dang Van Tao, Nguyen Hung Ha
III-3-3-8 Floating vegetable bed cultivation Atiq Rahman
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III-4
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Conclusions on concepts, tools and measures
Gerrit Baarse, Robbert Misdorp
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Part IV - Coastal Cooperation: Join the action 185
IV-1
Learning experiences and recommendations for actions
Gerrit Baarse and Robbert Misdorp
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Main learning experiences IV-1-2
Recommendations for actions 186
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IV-2 Perspectives and addresses for coastal cooperation IV-2-1
The key for adaptation is development
Luitzen Bijlsma
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A call for action and cooperation
Pier Vellinga
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Part V - Appendices 197
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List of downloadable documents V-1-1 Four training manuals – PDFs V-1-2 Five ICZM Planning tools – Demos of CCC III-3-2 tools
V-2 Alphabetic list of the 101 CCC - Authors and their e-mail addresses V-3
Acknowledgements
- The country conclusions of Part I and II are written by Gerrit Baarse and Robbert Misdorp
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