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ICZM in the Black Sea region: experience and perspectives

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Sustainable development of the Black Sea countries is aimed at increase of living standards of population together with maintenance of the unique ecosystems in the region. This process is impossible without development of an efficient system of Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) in every state and at the regional level. Presence of similar social, economic, and ecological problems, most of them of transboundary character, calls for the necessity of close cooperation of all Black Sea states in creating and improving their national ICZM systems, and in finding also regional solutions. The ICZM activities in the Black Sea region date back to the signing of the Convention on the Protection of the Black Sea Against Pollution (Bucharest Convention) in 1992. The first steps and achievements in ICZM within the Black Sea region for 15 years are presented in this paper and further steps are outlined.

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Abbreviations

BSEP:

Black Sea Environmental Program

BSERP:

Black Sea Ecosystem Recovery Project

BS SAP:

Black Sea Strategic Action Plan (1996)

EU:

European Union

GEF:

Global Environmental Facility

ICZM:

Integrated Coastal Zone Management

TACIS:

Technical Assistance to Commonwealth of Independent States

UNDP:

United Nations Development Program

UNEP:

United Nations Environmental Program

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  1. ICZM Advisory Group, Commission on the Protection of the Black Sea Against Pollution, Kuban State University, Krasnodar, Russian Federation

    Ekaterina Antonidze

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Antonidze, E. ICZM in the Black Sea region: experience and perspectives. J Coast Conserv 14, 265–272 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11852-009-0067-6

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