| Encora Themes
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Theme 1 : Social and economic aspects of ICZM Multifunctionality and Valuation.
Valuation of competing functions, to optimise the societal use of coastal and marine resources.
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Theme 2 : ICZM Participation and Implementation.
Testing and improving methods to evaluate progress in the implementation of ICZM, including eGovernance.
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Theme 3 : Coastal and marine spatial planning.
Multiple-scale structuring of spatial coastal and marine planning and related decision-support systems for sustainable development.
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Theme 4 : Pollution, prevention and mitigation.
Development and application of emerging methodologies for preventing, detecting and mitigating pollution and for identification of areas at risk.
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Theme 5 : Long-term geomorphologic change and climate impacts.
Promoting development, demonstration & dissemination of new and emerging models & methodologies for prediction of long-term geomorphological changes to coastal systems, including climate change effects.
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Theme 6 : Effect of development and use on eco-morphology and coastal habitats.
Impact-assessment tools and environmental techniques for recovery of coastal habitats.
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Theme 7 : Assessment of biodiversity change.
Testing and improving an ecological valuation protocol for the coastal and marine environment.
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Theme 8 : New sustainable coastal engineering techniques.
Cataloguing innovative coastal engineering techniques to solve practical coastal protection issues.
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Theme 9 : Assessment of field observation techniques.
New and emerging tools and practices for coastal and marine observation, with focus on remote sensing and remotely controlled measuring devices.
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Theme 10 : Capacity Building, Training and Education.
Comparitive assessment of ICZM training and education programmes.
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