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B) Data and information
17.8. Coastal States, where necessary, should improve their capacity to collect, analyse,
assess and use information for sustainable use of resources, including environmental
impacts of activities affecting the coastal and marine areas. Information for management
purposes should receive priority support in view of the intensity and magnitude of the
changes occurring in the coastal and marine areas. To this end, it is necessary to, inter
alia:
(a) Develop and maintain databases for assessment and management of coastal areas and
all seas and their resources;
(b) Develop socio-economic and environmental indicators;
(c) Conduct regular environmental assessment of the state of the environment of coastal
and marine areas;
(d) Prepare and maintain profiles of coastal area resources, activities, uses, habitats and
protected areas based on the criteria of sustainable development;
(e) Exchange information and data.
17.9. Cooperation with developing countries, and, where applicable, subregional and
regional mechanisms, should be strengthened to improve their capacities to achieve the
above.
C) International and regional cooperation and coordination
17.10. The role of international cooperation and coordination on a bilateral basis and,
where applicable, within a subregional, interregional, regional or global framework, is to
support and supplement national efforts of coastal States to promote integrated
management and sustainable development of coastal and marine areas.
17.11. States should cooperate, as appropriate, in the preparation of national guidelines
for integrated coastal zone management and development, drawing on existing
experience. A global conference to exchange experience in the field could be held before
1994.
Means of implementation
A) Financing and cost evaluation
17.12. The Conference secretariat has estimated the average total annual cost (1993-
2000) of implementing the activities of this programme to be about $6 billion including
about $50 million from the international community on grant or concessional terms.
These are indicative and order-of-magnitude estimates only and have not been reviewed
by Governments. Actual costs and financial terms, including any that are nonconcessional,
will depend upon, inter alia, the specific strategies and programmes
Governments decide upon for implementation.