REPORT OF THE WORKING GROUP ON INTEGRATED COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT (WGICZM)

The highlights for this year’s Working Group on Integrated Coastal Zone Management (WGICZM) meeting were:

1

) The indicator workshop, which identified the need for integrated decision making frameworks as opposed to standardised lists of indicators and the necessity of specified management objectives at an appropriate scale (ToR f).

2

) The need to develop an integrated decision‐making framework that can progress at different rates depending on the resources available (ToR f).

3

) To consider the catchment– coast fluxes in ICZM management plans. Therefore closer collaboration with LOICZ was suggested and representatives from LOICZ will be invited to the meeting next year (ToR g).

4

) To establish closer links with international organisations such as OSPAR, IOC and EU ICZM expert group (ToR a) and g).