Central America's Coasts: Profiles and an Agenda for Action"This document summarizes the highlights of a ten-month process designed to identify the significant management issues affecting the coastal ecosystems of Central America and to prepare an initial agenda for action. This involved preparing profiles for each of the seven countries that attempt to assess the social and environmental significance of the coastal management issues identified, their causes and possible responses. Each profile reviewed and modified at least once in each country at a roundtable discussion attended by a cross section usually of governmental officials, NGOs and private sector representatives. the first occasions in which policy-makers, scientists and activists met together to discuss the issues affecting the condition of their coasts. In September, 1991 a "Regional Workshop on the Management of Coastal Ecosystems in Central America" was held in Guatemala City to identify and discuss trends and priorities from a regional perspective. This project was carried out by the Coastal Resources Center of The University of Rhode Island with funding from AIID/RD/ENR and USAID/ROCAP. The was co-hosted by the Central American Commission for Environment and Development. This agenda draws from both the country profiles and the discussions at the regional It attempts to characterize the major coastal management issues and outline the approach that we recommend for addressing the need for the improved management of coastal ecosystems in the region"--Introduction |
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Major Coastal Resource Management Issues | 21 |
Watershed Degradation | 26 |
Belize | 33 |
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