Global web service on integrated coastal management (ICM), is a cooperative undertaking among the World Bank, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, UNESCO, the National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Center for the Study of Marine Policy (University of Delaware), in conjunction with a number of other partners around the world.
The web site is exclusively devoted to developments and advances in ICM at the international, regional, and national levels. The site strives to provide timely and accurate information on the following:
- definitions of basic concepts in ICM
- an overview of global and regional information on ICM
- national profiles of what various countries are doing on ICM, with country contacts
- the text of specific national coastal and ocean laws
- examples of specific ICM problems (such as beach management) with guidance on resources for addressing those problems
- resources for ICM practitioners -- here we provide the actual text for the major international guidelines which have been prepared on ICM (such as the World Bank's), summarize the ICM-related provisions of major international agreements, information on education and training in the field, and a list of ICM publications
- feature new developments on ICM from the international, regional, and national levels
- feature notices of forthcoming meetings and summaries of the outcome of past meetings
- links to relevant organizations and groups in the field
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