Center for Coastal & Marine Studies
EGU2019, VIENNA, AUSTRIA 7–12 APRIL 2019
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EUROPEAN GEOSCIENCES UNION GENERAL ASSEMBLY (EGU2019) VIENNA, AUSTRIA 7–12 APRIL 2019
We are pleased to announce the second call for submissions to the following Geomorphology Session at the EGU General Assembly 2019, 7-12 April 20191, Vienna, Austria:
GM11.5 COASTAL ZONE GEOMORPHOLOGIC INTERACTIONS: NATURAL VERSUS HUMAN-INDUCED DRIVING FACTORS, information on which please find here: https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2019/session/32836
THE SESSION IS SPONSORED BY THE COMMISSION ON COASTAL SYSTEMS (CCS) OF THE INTERNATIONAL GEOGRAPHICAL UNION (IGU) (http://www.igu-ccs.org).
Quality of bathing waters, 2017
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The Seventh Environment Action Programme (7th EAP) includes an objective that, by 2020, citizens throughout the EU will benefit from high standards of bathing water. The Bathing Water Directive requires that Member States take realistic and proportionate measures to increase the number of bathing waters classified as ‘excellent’ or ‘good’.
Sustainable Blue Economy Conference, 26.11.2018 - 28.11.2018, Nairobi, Kenya
Kenya and its co-hosts Canada and Japan are inviting the world to Nairobi for the first global conference on the sustainable blue economy. The conference will capture concrete commitments and practical actions that can be taken today to help the world transition to the blue economy.
Maritime Spatial Planning Goes Global: European Commission and IOC-UNESCO to develop new international guidelines
The European Commission and IOC-UNESCO have launched MSPGlobal, a new joint initiative to promote cross-border maritime spatial planning.
Planning human activities at sea so they happen safely and sustainably is a pre-requisite to good ocean governance. This requires a high level of coordination, not just within a same country but also across borders.
Read more at https://ec.europa.eu/maritimeaffairs/press/