Welcome to the Coastman project!
Coastal Zone Management in the Baltic Sea Region
Coastman scientifically investigates the interactions between environmental conservation, conflict management and sustainable development in six coastal zones of the Baltic Sea, aiming at developing solutions.
The coastal zones play an outstanding role in trade, transport, agriculture, fishery, industrial production, and tourism in the Baltic Sea Region. There are several serious threats to the sustainable development in the coastal zones. Two of the main threats are conflicting interests and environmental pollution. The environmental threats are complex. Some have historical roots, though the rapid growth of economies will create new ones. One example of this is oil transport from different terminals around the Baltic Sea.
The main objectives of the project are:
- To demonstrate the conditions under which spatial conflict resolution in Coastal Zone Management (CZM) can be handled in a bottom-up perspective starting from practical case studies covering the numerous dimensions and different cultures around the Baltic Sea.
- To promote long-term capacity building in Coastal Zone Management with a focus on methods for conflict resolution through the development of a network and joint educational program for CZM in the Baltic Sea Region.
To reach these goals, the project investigates interactions between environment conservation, conflict management and sustainable development in six coastal zones of the Baltic Sea. Such interactions between all active interests have been neglected in the past.
The project partners Sweden, Germany, Finland, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia and Russia will analyse environmental problems and assess the risks of the Baltic Sea coast with reference to expoitation of coastal zones. They will suggest measures to improve the situation. They want to establish a better coastal zone management via exchange in seminars, educational programmes, inspections and in dialogue with regional decision-makers.
Pivotal for the Baltic Sea is:
- a risk analysis, mainly concerning the danger of oil pollution
- improving environmental conservation
- an international co-operation for support of a sustainable development plan
- an exchange of ideas between the Baltic Sea interest groups
- solutions to the interacting elements of environment and coastal zone management
The project is part-financed by the European Union within the
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