Integrated coastal zone management, health, and environment: directory of resources
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Aquaculture Research Group. Investigating the social, economic and environmental issues associated with aquaculture development. Canada, University of Victoria.
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Associated Programme on Flood Management. A joint initiative between the World Meteorological Association and the Global Water Partnership.
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Coastal and Marine Management. Washington, DC, The World Bank, Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development (ESSD) web sites.
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Coastal and marine ecosystems. World Resources Institute (WRI). WRI is an independent nonprofit organization with a global network of partners including the United Nations Environment Programme. Washington DC.
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Coastal Resources Center. Institute for advancement of coastal stewardship worldwide. University of Rhode Island, USA.
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Coral reefs and mangroves of the world. Sponsored by the United Nations Environment Programme and other partners. Cambridge, United Kingdom, World Conservation Monitoring Centre.
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Environmental impacts of the Asia tsunami. River Basin Initiative. Sponsored by the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands.
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FreshCo Partnership. A partnership linking integrated water resources management (IWRM) and integrated coastal zone management (ICZM). Promotes more efficient methods for the management of fresh, coastal and marine water resources, including protection of the productivity and biodiversity of aquatic ecosystems. Sponsored by UCC-Water, UNEP Collaborating Centre on Water and Environment, Hørsholm, Denmark,
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Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network. The GCRMN was established as one of the operating units of the International Coral Reef Initiative, launched at the United Nations Global Conference on Sustainable Development of Small Islands Developing States in 1994. GCRM aims to improve management and sustainable conservation of coral reefs by providing manuals, equipment, databases, training, problem solving and help with finding funds for reef monitoring.
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Global web service on oceans, coasts and islands. A joint site sponsored by multiple international organizations including the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the United Nations Environment Programme, and the World Bank. University of Delaware, USA.
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Indonesian forum for the environment. Sponsored by Friends of the Earth, Jakarta, Indonesia.
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IUCN Global Marine Programme. Working to preserve and rehabilitate marine ecosystems. Gland, Switzerland, World Conservation Union (IUCN).
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International Coral Reef Action Network (ICRAN). ICRAN is a global partnership of coral reef experts, including the United Nations Environment Programme. Cambridge, United Kingdom.
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(The) International Coral Reef Initiative. ICRI is a partnership between governments, non-government and international organizations including the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). It strives to preserve coral reefs and related ecosystems by implementing Chapter 17 of Agenda 21.
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Mangrove Action Project. Port Angeles, Washington, USA. Sponsored by the Earth Island Institute, San Francisco, California, USA.
http://www.earthisland.org/map/index.htm. Port Angeles, Washington, USA. Sponsored by the Earth Island Institute
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(NetCoast) A guide to integrated coastal zone management. Training and links to integrated coastal zone management resource networks. Sponsored by the Dutch Government. The Hague, the Netherlands.
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Wetlands and biodiversity. Colombo, Sri Lanka, International Water Management Institute.
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Wetlands and the tsunami. Link sponsored by the Ramsar Convention. The Netherlands, Wetlands International, The Netherlands
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World Rainforest Movement. An international network of citizens' groups working to protect the world's rainforests and lands/livelihoods of forest peoples. Topics addressed include coastal mangrove forests and shrimp farming.
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WWF Global Marine Programme. Focusing on conservation of the marine environment, sustainable fisheries and marine protected areas. Gland, Switzerland, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) .
http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/what_we_do/marine/index.cfm