Evaluation of Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) in ...

Evaluation of Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) in Europe – Final Report
4.2 The Baltic Sea
Eight EU member countries have a coast with the Baltic Sea:
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and
Sweden. Of these countries, seven submitted a report or Ministerial
statement on their respective progress towards implementation of the
ICZM Recommendation (2002/413/EC), namely Denmark, Finland,
Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Sweden (see Figure 4). The
assessment outcome of these reports, in addition to ancillary
information collected to support, in many cases, a lack of detail on
national situations, forms the basis for the following evaluation for the
region.
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II
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ICZM National Strategy, approved by Ministry
Outline/Plan for National ICZM Strategy
National Progress Report on ICZM Implementation
Official Ministerial Statements, No Official Report
No National Reporting to ICZM Recommendation
Prepared by
Rupprecht Consult GmbH 2006
for the Evaluation of ICZM in Europe
FI
(I)
SE
(III)
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EE
(V)
DK
(III)
LT
(IV)
LV
(IV)
DE
(I)
PL
(IV)
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Figure 4: National Reporting to ICZM Recommendation (2002/413/EC) for the Baltic
Sea Countries
4.2.1 Coastal Zones and Major Coastal Issues
Whereas in the low-lying south-west part of the Baltic sandy beaches
and cliffs, dunes and lagoons/bodden are the dominant coastal
features (Denmark, Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia)
the north-eastern part displays the typical Nordic rocky skerry
landscape (Sweden, Finland). These two different natural settings
provoked a different view of the coast; e.g. Sweden and Finland being
not dominantly concerned about erosion and sea-level rise, whereas
the southern States are facing the problem of erosion, climate change
and sea-level rise for quite some time. This implies that there are
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