COASTLINE 07-1 Coastal management in Germany - EUCC

Nature guides are designing online study modules as part of their training (Photo: Philip Bedall, EUCC-D)
the on-line study portal www.ikzm-d.de, as well as www.euccd.de
and www.schutzstation-wattenmeer.de from spring 2007.
Raising knowledge about Climate
Change 6
Like few other environmental themes, climate change and its
possible impacts is a favourite theme for the media. Particularly
worst-case scenarios are always good for a headline. However,
will those announcements come true? Is climate change serious?
As part of the German ICZM training website ”IKZM-D
Lernen”, EUCC-Germany has developed, in co-operation with
the climate change research project ”ASTRA”, an on-line training
module. Interested non-professionals will find useful information
about climate facts, expected impacts, scientific possibilities
and limits in climate prediction.
The training module gives a general overview about climate
change but focuses on German coastal areas, especially the
Baltic Sea coast of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, to give
examples of possible and expected climate change impacts
within the general public’s realm of experience (www.ikzmd.de/main.php?page=45,
also www.ikzm-d.de/english.html). To
close the gap for the target group, the on-line module, which is
the main element of the whole training module, is accompanied
by flyers and posters. Because contact and information flow is
needed for the local population as well as tourists, the training
module has also been presented at local environmental events.
The project also co-operates with environmental teachers.
1 Gerald Schernewski, Baltic Sea Research Institute; contact:
schernewski@eucc-d.de
2 Le Thi Thanh (Vietnam) & Arsyad Al Amin (Indonesia),
Participants of the SUCOMAR Programme at EUCC-Germany;
contact lethanhk44@yahoo.com, arsyad_pkspl@yahoo.com
3 Michael Riess, BIU, Office for Integrated Environmental
Protection, Bremen; contact: michael.riess-biu@nord-com.net,
Gerd Schriever, BIOLAB Forschungsinstitut, Hohenwestedt
(www.biolab.com); contact: schriever@biolab.com & Heribert
Wefers, Dr. H. Wefers Analyse+Beratung, Ottersberg;
contact: h.wefers@on-line.de
4 Anke Vorlauf, EUCC – The Coastal Union Germany;
contact: vorlauf@eucc-d.de
5 Stefanie Maack, EUCC – The Coastal Union Germany;
contact: maack@eucc-d.de
6 Holger Janßen, Baltic Sea Research Institute;
contact: holger.janssen@eucc-d.de
A sea cable track is dug in the Wadden Sea near Büsum, Schleswig-
Holstein (Photo: Rainer Borcherding, Schutzstation Wattenmeer)
© Photo: Holger Janßen
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