Abstract: | The current fragmented approach to planning and management means that the full potential of Cork Harbour as a distinct and unique geographical unit is not being realised. An Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) approach can facilitate a move towards sustainable development, involving economic, social and environmental interests across all levels of decisionmaking. The added value of implementing an ICZM approach in Cork Harbour includes:
This Strategy document outlines how such an approach might be pursued. The process that underpinned the development of this Strategy involved:
This aim will be achieved by the realisation of the following objectives:
This Strategy is based on a voluntary partnership between key statutory agencies and local stakeholders that will focus attention on the Harbour as a whole, and deliver a set of agreed actions to enhance the future management of the coastal zone. Although the Strategy is a non-statutory one, it aims to bring about a new approach to coastal management in Cork Harbour by focusing the attention on the regulatory duties and powers of the statutory agencies to deliver their goals. The Strategy will be implemented through two key mechanisms:
The development of an Action Plan for 2008 to 2011, based on priorities identified from this Strategy document, will form the next step in the implementation process. Implementation of the Action Plan will be enabled by the Interreg IVB project, Innovative Management for Europe’s Changing Coastal Resource (IMCORE), which will run over the corresponding period. |
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PDF: | cork_harbour_strategy.pdf (1.129.592 Bytes) | |
Coastal databases provided and maintained by EUCC - The Coastal Union Germany |