Increasing capacity for stewardship of oceans and coasts :
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[Book]
Other Title Information
a priority for the 21st century /
First Statement of Responsibility
Committee on International Capacity-Building for the Protection and Sustainable Use of Oceans and Coasts, Ocean Studies Board, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-119).
CONTENTS NOTE
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""FrontMatter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 The Challenges of Achieving Stewardship of Oceans and Coasts""; ""3 Growing Capacity for Stewardship of Oceans and Coasts: A Work in Progress""; ""4 Moving Toward Effectiveness: Identifying Barriers to and Constraints on Effective Capacity-Building""; ""5 What Aspects of Capacity-Building Need More Emphasis?""; ""6 Building Capacity in Ocean and Coastal Governance""; ""7 The Path Ahead: Strategic and Long-Term Approaches to Capacity-Building""; ""References""; ""Appendixes""
Text of Note
""Appendix A: Committee and Staff Biographies""""Appendix B: Panamá Conference 2006: Are We Meeting the Challenges of Capacity-Building for Managing Oceans and Coasts?""; ""Appendix C: Major Changes in Capacity-Building Since 1969""; ""Appendix D: Acronyms""
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Marine environments support the livelihoods, economies, and quality of life for communities around the world. But growth of coastal populations and increasing demands on marine resources are putting the future of ocean and coastal resources at risk through impacts such as overfishing, wetland drainage, climate change, and pollution of coastal waters. Given these demands, it is vital to build capacity--the people, the institutions, and technology and tools--needed to manage ocean resources. Unfortunately, many capacity building efforts focus on specific projects rather than on capacity building as goal unto itself, resulting in activities that are not funded or sustained past the typically short project lifetime. This book finds that the most successful capacity-building efforts meet the needs of a specific locale or region based on periodic assessments and include plans to maintain and expand capacity after the project ends. The report recommends ways that governments and organizations can help strengthen marine protection and management capacity, including conducting periodic program assessments, making plans to sustain funding, and developing leadership and political will.
ACQUISITION INFORMATION NOTE
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MIL
Stock Number
120929
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Title
Increasing capacity for stewardship of oceans and coasts.
International Standard Book Number
9780309113762
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Coastal zone management.
Marine ecosystem management.
Coastal zone management.
Marine ecosystem management.
NATURE-- Animals-- Marine Life.
(SUBJECT CATEGORY (Provisional
NAT-- 020000
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
577
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7
Edition
22
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
QH541
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5
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S3
Book number
I53
2008eb
CORPORATE BODY NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
National Research Council (U.S.)., Ocean Studies Board.