Center for Coastal & Marine Studies
Ocean Literacy within the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development: A Framework for Action
Ocean Literacy efforts can contribute to progress in all of the Ocean Decade Challenges by encouraging an informed society that values the ocean and takes action to overcome such challenges.
This Ocean Literacy Framework for Action (the Framework) builds on the Ocean Decade Action Framework developed in the Implementation Plan to provide all stakeholders with further insights into how Ocean Literacy supports the Ocean Decade, as well as how Ocean Literacy Actions can be designed to contribute to the Ocean Decade Challenges and Objectives. The Framework is an invitation for all stakeholders to develop Ocean Decade Actions and any collaborations, partnerships and networks needed to: expand access; to showcase and share Ocean Literacy tools; and to increase the research, monitoring and evaluation of the impacts of Ocean Literacy.
Originally published by Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000377708.locale=en).
The July 2021 Newsletter of IGU CCS is out and ready to read!
The Commission on Coastal Systems (CCS) to the International Geographical Union (IGU) is delighted to release its July 2021 Newsletter: you can discover the latest news, CCS recent and upcoming activities, initiatives and collaborations by following CCS website: http://igu-coast.org/.
The CCS Newsletter is issued twice a year and highlights the activities of Commission on Coastal Systems and its members all across the world. If you would like to join CCS network, you only need to fill out the form at the end of the Newsletter or to get in contact with CCS Secretary Margarita Stancheva ().
Enjoy the content of July 2021 Newsletter and participate by sharing information and disseminating it to your wide networks and interested readers.
The Summer EGCP E-Newsletter 2021 issue is available!
We are pleased to circulate the Summer E-Newsletter 2021 of the East Grampian Coastal Partnership (EGCP), submitted by CCMS Advisory Committee member Dr. David R. Green, Director of the Aberdeen Institute for Coastal Science and Management, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Follow the EGCP website for more information and upcoming news.
A COASTAL SCENIC BEAUTY AND SENSITIVITY ASSESSMENT OF BULGARIA: MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS FOR NATURAL AND HUMAN PRESSURE AT MOST ATTRACTIVE SITES
A coastal field trip was recently carried out along the 432 km Bulgarian Black Sea coast focused to determine scenic sensitivity to natural processes and human pressure. In total, 16 sites respectively located in Burgas (9), Varna (3) and Dobrich (4) districts were field-tested during May and June (2021). The study was performed in collaboration between University of Cadiz and Center for Coastal and Marine Studies under a Ph.D. project: “Sensitive coastal beauty: an innovative approach to assess scenic sensibility to human and natural processes, in a Climate Change context, at very attractive sites along the coasts of Italy, Balearic Islands (Spain), Northern France and Bulgaria”.
The field trip was conducted by Alexis Mooser, PhD student in Environmental Phenomena and Risks Program (Universities of Parthenope and Cadiz), Parthenope University of Naples, Italy and University of Cadiz, Spain. CCMS experts Dr. Margarita Stancheva and Dr. Hristo Stanchev took active participation in the field trip in particular along the North Bulgarian coast.
