International Conference on Coastal Conservation and Management (Conclutions)

Conclusion Note

The ICCCM10 was participated by 250 researchers from 24 countries worldwide. A huge array of scientific and technical competences was gathered, amongst academics and the administration as well as corporations with interests in coastal conservation and management.
A general set of ideas and good pratices coming out from this event to improve performance of those working in the coastal area are listed below:

• Good science is available but more information science-wise is needed.
• Good technical solutions are also available but we need to work on new and more sustainable solutions.
• We need better information management and networking.
• We need to improve the translation of sustainability into operational terms, such as indicators.
• We need to engage stakeholders to identify disfunctional states and raise awareness of problems.
• We must make better use of negotiation tools to facilitate cross-scale and cross- organizational interactions and improve communication.
• There is no institutional arrangements applicable to all situations, no single formula. We must maintain flexible strategies and transparency.
• We need to recognize social-ecological interdependencies of human activities and ecosystem services.
• We must act local. Municipalities must engage in actions to preserve and sustain natural resources and the services they provide.
• Different jurisdictions on the coastal zones must work together, create synergies and commit to create a single voice of science.

The organizing Committee would like to thank the session chairs for their contributions and all the participants who contributed to improve knowledge on the coastal zone, either through their presentations or through the lively discussions they engaged on the various conference topics.
We thank the Universidade Nova de Lisboa – Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia for leading the ICCCM10 organization and the Cascais Municipality (Cascais Energia e Cascais Atlantico Agencies) for their logistic support.
The ICCCM10 was partially sponsored by Instituto da Água, Administração da Região Hidrográfica do Tejo, Porto de Lisboa e Instituto Geográfico Português.
We thank the Master students who volunteered to work and the great support from the Secretariat. Thank you all.
The Organizing Committee

Submitted Papers

Papers presented at the ICCCM10 and submitted for publication in the Special Issue of the Journal of Coastal Conservation and are now being evaluated.
This process may take some time, if you have doubts or need more information please contact the Secretariat (Felicidade Ferreira at fmnf@fct.unl.pt).
Download the list of submitted papers here.