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REASONS FOR INTRODUCING SEA INTO ICZM IN CROATIA ICZM IN CROATIA!!! DO WE HAVE ICZM IN CROATIA???. U N E P / M A P. United Nations Environment Programme - Mediterranean Action Plan. MAIN REASONS FOR INTRODUCING SEA INTO ICZM NEEDS FOR SUSTAINABILITY BRINGS STAKEHOLDERS TOGETHER

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  1. REASONS FOR INTRODUCING SEA INTO ICZM IN CROATIA ICZM IN CROATIA!!! DO WE HAVE ICZM IN CROATIA??? U N E P /M A P United Nations Environment Programme -Mediterranean Action Plan

  2. MAIN REASONS FOR INTRODUCING SEA INTO ICZM • NEEDS FOR SUSTAINABILITY • BRINGS STAKEHOLDERS TOGETHER • HELPS TOWARDS SYSTEMATIC PLANNING • CONSIDERS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS • PROPOSES MITIGATION • JUSTIFICATION FOR INTRODUCING SEA INTO ICZM • COMPLEXITY OF THE ENVIROMENT • SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF COASTAL ZONES • COMPETITIONS BETWEEN VARIOUS USERS AND CONFLICTS U N E P /M A P United Nations Environment Programme -Mediterranean Action Plan

  3. COMPLEXITY OF THE ENVIRONMENT • UNIQUE AREA WHERE MEET THE SEA AND THE LAND • INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THE LAND AND THE SEA • THE HIGHEST PRODUCTIVITY OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT • HIGH BIODIVERSITY • RARE SPECIES • SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF COASTAL ZONES • DENSELY POPULATED AREA • TOURISM AND RECREATION • INDUSTRY • FISHERIES • MARITIME TRANSPORT U N E P /M A P United Nations Environment Programme -Mediterranean Action Plan

  4. COMPETITIONS BETWEEN VARIOUS USERS • HIGH VALUABLE AND LIMITED SPACE • CONFLICTS BETWEEN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INTERESTS • CONFLICTS • URBANIZATION AND PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT • INDUSTRY AND TOURISM • MARICULTURE AND TOURISM • MAIN REASONS WHY SEA IS OFTEN NOT APPLIED YET IN PLANNING • REQUIRES SYSTEMATIC PLANNING • REQUIRES TRANSPARENCY • REQUIRES STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION • REQUIRES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATION • REQUIRES A CHANGE IN VALUES, ATTITUDES AND USE OF RESOURCES U N E P /M A P United Nations Environment Programme -Mediterranean Action Plan

  5. NATURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CROATIAN COASTAL ZONE • TOTAL LENGTH OF THE MAINLAND COASTAL LINE: 1,777 KM • TOTAL LENGTH OF COASTAL LINE, INCLUDING ISLANDS: 5,835 KM • INDENTEDNESS COEFFICIENT OF THE MAINLAND COASTAL LINE: 3.4 • MAINLY ROCKY COAST LINE WITH FEW ALLUVIAL AREAS • NARROW COASTAL BELT LIMITED BY HILLS AND MOUNTAINS (0-5 KM WIDE) • TWO COASTAL PLAINS (WEST COAST OF ISTRIA AND RAVNI KOTARI) • PREDOMINANCE OF CARST • SURFACE OF THE COASTAL AREA: 12,450 KM2 • PROTECTED AREAS: 6 NATIONAL PARKS • 10 CARSTIC RIVERS (THE LARGEST NERETVA) AND NUMEROUS SUBMARINE SPRINGS • MAINLAND'S COAST SHELTERED BY NUMEROUS ISLANDS • NUMEROUS CHANNELS AND PASSAGES BETWEEN ISLANDS AND THE MAINLAND • SEA DEPTH IN THE COASTAL AREA BETWEEN 20 AND 70 M • OLIGO-TROPHIC SEA WITH HIGH TRANSPARENCY (EXCEPT IN THE MOST NORTHERN PART) • HIGH BIODIVERSITY AND LARGE NUMBER OF ENDEMIC SPECIES • NUMBER OF ISLANDS: 1,185; 67 INHABITED • MILD WINTER AND WARM DRY SUMMER U N E P /M A P United Nations Environment Programme -Mediterranean Action Plan

  6. SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS • POPULATION IN THE COASTAL REGION: 1.2 MILLIONS OUT OF TOTAL 4.3 MILLIONS • TOURISM: 220,000 BEDS; 95 % OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF TOURIST-OVERNIGHTS • 45 MARINES WITH 11,860 BERTHS (IN EXPANSION) • FISHING FLEETS: 1,030 TRAWLERS • 36 MARICULTURE SITES (IN EXPANSION) • MEDITERRANEAN TYPE AGRICULTURE U N E P /M A P United Nations Environment Programme -Mediterranean Action Plan

  7. MAJOR PROBLEMS IN THE COASTAL ZONE • UNCONTROLLED AND POORLY PLANNED BUILDING AND LAND DEVELOPMENT • DESTRUCTION OF HABITATS DUE TO ILLEGAL AND INAPPROPRIATE CONSTRUCTIONS • LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY, INCLUDING DECLINE OF COASTAL FISH STOCKS AS A RESULT OF DAMAGE TO COASTAL SPAWING GROUNDS • OVERFISHING • POLLUTION (IN SOME RESTRICTED AREAS) BY URBAN AND INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER • EUTROPHICATION (IN SOME RESTRICTED AREAS) DUE TO NUTRIENT INPUTS • CONFLICTS BETWEEN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC INTERESTS • COMPETITION BETWEEN USERS FOR RESOURCES U N E P /M A P United Nations Environment Programme -Mediterranean Action Plan

  8. POTENTIALS FOR DEVELOPMENT • TOURISM AND RECREATION • NAUTICAL TOURISM • MARITIME TRANSPORT • FISHERY • MARICULTURE • MEDITERRANEAN TYPE AGRICULTURE - ECOLOGICAL FRIENDLY • HIGH TECH INDUSTRY U N E P /M A P United Nations Environment Programme -Mediterranean Action Plan

  9. MAIN AIMS OF INTRODUCING SEA INTO ICZM IN CROATIA • TO ENSURE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AREA • TO BRING TOGETHER DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS • TO AVOID CONFLICTS BETWEEN DIFFERENT USERS • TO PROTECT ENVIRONMENT • TO PRESERVE RARE AND ENDEMIC SPECIES • TO PRESERVE NATURAL HERITAGE U N E P /M A P United Nations Environment Programme -Mediterranean Action Plan

  10. Contact address: Mr. Ante Baric, GEF Project Manager UNEP/MAP Vas. Konstantinou 48 11635 Athens, Greece Tel: + 30 210 7273102; Fax: + 30 210 7253196 E-mail: abaric@unepmap.gr U N E P /M A P United Nations Environment Programme -Mediterranean Action Plan

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