Integrated Coastal Area Management Strategy Towards Sustainable Development in Kenya.
A multi-institutional planning team headed by Coast Development Authority (CDA) in Kenya initiated an Integrated Coastal Area Management (ICAM) process in 1994 on a pilot study site of Nyali-Bamburi-Shanzu area in Mombasa with an objective of providing a starting point for addressing urgent coastal issues facing the area and enriching the dialogue on how to address increasing urgent coastal management problems nationwide. The pertinent coastal issues that were profiled in a participatory and interactive study area were urbanization, decline in fisheries production and in water quality, erosion of the shoreline, degradations of coastal ecosystems and resource use conflicts. These issues were further crystallized in a series of stakeholder consultations with the planning team from which management objectives and strategies to address the issues have evolved. These proposed strategies by the team are being implemented by institutions already in place in Kenya and will be overseen by the National Coastal Management Steering Committee that was formulated in a National workshop. It is envisaged that the implementation process of the initiative will go along with further profiling and generation of research information that will solidify the evolution of a national Coastal Resources Management Programme. It is also envisaged that this programme becomes part of the other national efforts in the Eastern and Southern Africa region and the Island states. Some of the recommendations emanating from the ICAM experience should to implemented in the region.
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| Format: | Report Section biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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Unesco
1997
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| Subjects: | Integrated coastal zone management, Shore protection, Coastal erosion, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/7335 |
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