Environment and development in coastal regions and in small islands

Coastal region and small island papers 9

Annex 3
LIST OF CSI PILOT PROJECTS
AND UNIVERSITY CHAIRS

AFRICA-EAST/SOUTHERN

• Development-conservation strategies for integrated coastal management, Maputaland, South Africa and Mozambique

• Communication and education for sustainable coastal development, Sub-Saharan Africa and Indian Ocean Islands

AFRICA-NORTH/EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN

• Underwater archaeology and sustainable coastal development, Alexandria, Egypt

• Urban development and freshwater resources in small historic coastal cities, Essaouira, Morocco; Mahdia, Tunisia; Saida, Lebanon

AFRICA-WEST/CENTRAL

• Sustaining human and environmental health in peri-urban coastal communities, Dakar, Senegal

• Urban flood control, Lagos, Nigeria

 AMERICA-SOUTH/CENTRAL

•   The Rio de la Plata estuary and sustainable development, Uruguay and Argentina

 ASIA-SOUTH

• Environmental, social and cultural implications of a ship-breaking industry, Alang-Sosia, Gujarat, India

  ASIA-SOUTHEAST  

• Reducing the impact of a coastal megacity on island ecosystems, Jakarta and the Seribu Islands, Indonesia

• Coastal resources management and ecotourism: an intersectoral approach to localizing sustainable development, Ulugan Bay, Palawan, Philippines

• A place for indigenous people in protected areas, Surin Islands, Andaman Sea, Thailand

CARIBBEAN (SMALL) ISLANDS

• Managing beach resources and planning for coastline change, Caribbean islands

• Caribbean Coastal Marine Productivity Program (CARICOMP): Sustaining coastal biodiversity benefits and ecosystem services

• Enhancing coastal and fisheries resource management through stakeholder participation, local knowledge and environmental education, Arcadins Coast, Haiti

• Sustainable livelihoods for artisanal fishers through stakeholder co-management in the Portland Bight Sustainable Development Area, Jamaica

• Planning for people and human settlements, southern coasts of Habana Province, Cuba

EUROPE

• Local government partnerships for sustainable coastal development, North Kurzeme, Latvia

• Urban development and freshwater resources in small historic coastal cities, Omisalj, Croatia; Kotor, Montenegro, Yugoslavia

• Sustainable coastal development in the White Sea - Barents Sea region, northern Russia

 PACIFIC (SMALL) ISLANDS

• Sound development in the Motu Koitabu urban villages, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

• Promotion of indigenous wise practices: medicinal knowledge and freshwater fish,  Moripi Cultural Area, Gulf Province; food security, Trobriand Islands,  Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea

• Education for sustainable village living, Sanapau and Sataoa villages, Upolu Island, Samoa 

2. List of UNESCO Chairs and UNITWIN

ESTABLISHED CHAIRS IN ‘SUSTAINABLE COASTAL DEVELOPMENT’

• Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Sénégal  

• University of the Philippines, Quezon City, Philippines

• Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique  

CHAIR PROJECTS INITIATED

• University of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt  

• Université de l'Océan Indien, la Réunion, l'Océan Indien  

• University of Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea  

• University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia

UNIVERSITY TWINNING INITIATED, WISE COASTAL PRACTICES FOR SUSTAINABLE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT (WiCoP) NETWORK, ASIA & PACIFIC

• University of Bhavnagar, Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India

• University of Chulalongkorn, Bangkok, Thailand

• University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia

• University of Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

• University of the Philippines, Quezon City, Philippines (co-ordinating)

• National University of Samoa, Apia, Samoa

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