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News and EventsTransforming Our Coastal Futures through Partnerships to foster Sustainability
A strategy to promote knowledge exchange. by Hester Whyte (MaREI/UCC) In March 2018 Future Earth Coasts community met with representatives of UN Environment and the Western Indian Ocean, the Baltic Sea, Mediterranean regional seas to work together with Science...
Estuaries and Coasts featuring a new article on Nutrient Loading & Biogeochemical responses in four New Zealand Coastal Systems
Balance of Catchment and Offshore Nutrient Loading and Biogeochemical Response in Four New Zealand Coastal Systems: Implications for Resource Management Published in: Estuaries and Coasts | Springer US | Volume 41/2018 | ISSN: 1559-2723 (Print) 1559-2731 (Online)...
Our Coastal Futures | A strategy for the Sustainable Development of the World’s Coasts
Our Coastal Futures - A Strategy for the Sustainable Development of the World's Coasts “Coastal zones are the frontline in our global quest for a sustainable future.” Vladimir Ryabinin, Executive Secretary, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO...
Marine Spatial Planning: Methodologies, Environmental Issues and Current Trends
Marine Spatial Planning: Methodologies, Environmental Issues and Current Trends Editors: Dimitra Kitsiou & michael Karydis Department of Marine Sciences, School of the Environment, University of the Aegean, Levros, Greece As the demand for space availability in...
Building Industries at Sea: ‘Blue Growth’ and the New Maritime Economy
Building Industries at Sea: 'Blue Growth' and the New Maritime Economy Editors: Kate Johnson, Heriot Watt University, UK Gordon Dalton, University College Cork, Ireland Ian Masters, Swansea University, UK Throughout the world there is evidence of mounting interest...
A Blue Urban Agenda: Adapting to Climate Change in the Coastal Cities of Caribbean and Pacific Small Island Developing States
by Mycoo, Michelle and Donovan, Michael G. Scientific Steering Committee member of Future Earth Coasts, and coordinator of the Caribbean Regional Engagement Partner Node at University of the West Indies, Michelle Mycoo is lead author of a new publication on...
Indicator System to support Coastal and Marine Management – A Baltic perspective | 30 May – 1 June 2017 | Cork, Ireland
Bringing the Baltic experience to Cork Last week, for the first time I had the opportunity to visit and explore the beautiful coastline of County Cork, Ireland. First of all, I was pretty surprised that Ireland’s seabed territory is one of the largest in Europe,...
A new synthesis of best practices in transdisciplinary science
Coastal vulnerability and freshwater security brochure from the first ever Belmont Forum Synthesis Workshop Future Earth Coasts and the Integration and Application Network released a synthesis of Belmont Forum projects addressing Coastal Vulnerability and...
You Can’t Eat Biodiversity: Agency and Irrational Norms in European Aquatic Environmental Law
You Can't Eat Biodiversity: Agency and Irrational Norms in European Aquatic Environmental Law Challenges in Sustainability | 2017 | Volume 5 | Issue 1 | Pages 43-51 Tim O'Higgins Policies of the European Union cover a range of social, environmental and economic...
ICAN – Best Practice Guide to Engage your Coastal Web Atlas User Community
Editors: Kathrin Kopke and Ned Dwyer The International Coastal Atlas Network (ICAN) is a community of practice of organizations, who have been meeting since 2006, to share experiences and to find common solutions to Coastal Web Atlas (CWA) development. ICAN is a...