ENCORA Themes
Theme 1 – Social and economic aspects of ICZM; multifunctionality and valuation
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- Theme 2 – ICZM participation and implementation
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- Theme 3 – Coastal and marine spatial planning
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- Theme 4 – Pollution, prevention and mitigation
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- Theme 5 – Long-term geomorphologic change and climate impacts
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- Theme 6 – Effect of development and use on eco-morphology and coastal habitats
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- Theme 7 – Assessment of biodiversity change
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- Theme 8 – New sustainable coastal engineering techniques
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- Theme 9 – Assessment of field observation techniques
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- Theme 10 – Capacity building, education and training
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Theme 1 - Social and economic aspects of ICZM Multifunctionality and Valuation.
Valuation of competing functions to optimise the societal use of coastal and marine resources.
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Theme 2 - ICZM Participation and Implementation.
Testing and improving methods to evaluate progress in the implementation of ICZM, including eGovernance.
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Theme 3 - Coastal and marine spatial planning.
Multiple-scale structuring of spatial coastal and marine planning and related decision-support systems for sustainable development.
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Theme 4 - Pollution, prevention and mitigation.
Development and application of emerging methodologies for preventing, detecting and mitigating pollution and for identification of areas at risk.
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Theme 5 - Long-term geomorphological change and climate impacts.
Promoting development, demonstration & dissemination of new and emerging models & methodologies for prediction of changes to coastal systems.
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Theme 6 - Effect of development and use on eco-morphology and coastal habitats.
Impact-assessment tools and environmental techniques for recovery of coastal habitats.
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Theme 7 - Assessment of biodiversity change.
Testing and improving an ecological valuation protocol for the coastal and marine environment, including transitional waters.
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Theme 8 - New sustainable coastal engineering techniques.
Cataloguing innovative coastal engineering techniques to solve practical coastal protection issues.
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Theme 9 - Assessment of field observation techniques.
New and emerging tools and practices for coastal and marine observation, with focus on remote sensing and remotely controlled measuring devices.
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Theme 10 - Capacity Building, Training and Education.
Comparative assessment of ICZM training and education programmes.
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