Description: Integrated Coastal Zone Management Strategy for Ghana

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Integrated Coastal Zone Management Strategy for Ghana

Environmental degradation of coastal areas was identified as a key issue in Ghana's Environmental Action Plan. The central objective of the World Bank-assisted Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) initiative in Ghana, which commenced in 1...

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Main Author:	Hewawasam, Indu
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	AQUACULTURE BIODIVERSITY COAST COASTAL AREAS COASTAL DEGRADATION COASTAL ECOSYSTEM COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS COASTAL RESOURCE COASTAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT COASTAL RESOURCES COASTAL ZONE COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS CONSTRUCTION DELTA DEVELOPMENT PLANS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PRODUCTIVITY ECOSYSTEM HEALTH ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY EROSION FISH FISHERIES FISHING FOREST FOREST DEGRADATION GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM HUMAN ACTIVITIES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN HEALTH LAND AREA LAND PRODUCTIVITY LAND-USE LAND-USE PLANNING LANDING MANGROVE MANGROVES NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCE DEGRADATION NATURAL RESOURCES OVERPOPULATION PARTICIPATORY PROCESS PLANTING POLLUTION POPULATION DENSITY PRIVATIZATION RESOURCE USE SANITATION SOCIAL CONDITIONS URBAN AREAS URBAN CENTERS VEGETATIVE COVER WATER POLLUTION WATERSHED WETLAND WETLANDS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1998/06/12866339/integrated-coastal-zone-management-strategy-ghana http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9894

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Summary:	Environmental degradation of coastal areas was identified as a key issue in Ghana's Environmental Action Plan. The central objective of the World Bank-assisted Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) initiative in Ghana, which commenced in 1995, was to identify economically, socially and environmentally appropriate interventions and projects in the coastal zone that improve the prospects for human development. ICZM is recognized by governments, international agencies and by the donor community as a process through which coastal eco-systems and resources can be protected, developed and managed in a sustainable manner. In order for implementation to be successful, effective ICZM must be based on a clear understanding of the complexities of the relation between coastal natural resources, and the coastal population that subsists on these resources. More concretely, this understanding must relate to how specific economic, political, social and technical parameters link, in a reciprocal way, specific coastal ecosystems and specific human activities.