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Coastal Plans & Policies

Good policies and plans are those that can be implemented. They effectively address the issues of concern, are acceptable to the groups affected, and produce measurable results. CRC works to strengthen the processes by which such policies and plans and decisions come into play. At the local level, this might include helping a community in its decision to set aside a coral reef from fishing, or maintain a potable water supply system. At the national and regional scales this might include helping formulate a resources management program and helping facilitate the associated multi-stakeholder negotiations necessary along the way.

Coastal resource uses can be guided by voluntary compliance measures or by regulation. The latter includes such measures as land and water area zoning, permit programs, and the setting of performance standards for specific activities. Other regulatory approaches include resource or stock allocation schemes that may help achieve sustainable fisheries, regulate sand and gravel mining, and control cutting of mangrove forests. Non-regulatory methods are equally important. These focus on building constituencies for a plan of action to catalyze voluntary compliance, voluntary adoption of good practices and the monitoring of change by volunteer citizen groups. Special Area Management Plans (SAMP) combine both approaches to tackle multiple issues in one specific locale. CRC has extensive experience in the formulation, implementation and adjustment of SAMPs.

Coastal Resources Center

University of Rhode Island

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Coastal Plans & Policies

Current CRC Activities linked to this Approach

These activities are part of project: Sustainable Coastal Communities and Ecosystems

These activities are part of project: Sustainable Coastal Communities and Ecosystems in Tanzania

These activities are part of project: Volunteer Program

Older CRC Activities linked to this Approach

These activities are part of project: Institute in Coastal Management Project ended: 6-1-2008

These activities are part of project: Indian Ocean Tsunami Early Warning System Project ended: 9-30-2007

These activities are part of project: Thailand Post-Tsunami Sustainable Coastal Livelihoods Program Project ended: 9-30-2007

These activities are part of project: Metro Bay Region Special Area Management Plan and Coastal Land and Estuary Conservation Program Project ended: 6-30-2007

These activities are part of project: Integrating HIV/AIDS, Gender and Population Dimensions into Coastal Conservation Initiatives in Tanzania Project ended: 9-30-2006

These activities are part of project: Aquidneck Island Planning Commission, RI, USA Project ended: 6-30-2006

These activities are part of project: Common Methodologies for Learning Project ended: 6-30-2006

These activities are part of project: Rhode Island Sea Grant Extension and Outreach Project ended: 2-28-2006

These activities are part of project: Rhode Island Sea Grant Community Development Program Project ended: 2-28-2006

These activities are part of project: Sustainable Development Practices in Priority Coastal Environments of the Gulf of California : Marinas and Shrimp Mariculture Project ended: 8-1-2005

These activities are part of project: The Tanzania Coastal Management Partnership Project ended: 7-15-2005

These activities are part of project: Coastal Land and Estuary Protection for RI, USA Project ended: 6-30-2005

These activities are part of project: Special Area Management Plan for Greenwich Bay, RI, USA Project ended: 6-30-2005

These activities are part of project: Coastal Community Development II in East Kalimantan Project ended: 3-30-2005

These activities are part of project: Initiating Integrated Coastal Resources Management in Fiji Project ended: 12-30-2004

These activities are part of project: Building Watershed Councils in RI and MA with a RI Rivers Council Workshop Series Project ended: 12-31-2003

These activities are part of project: Coastal Community Development in East Kalimantan, Indonesia Project ended: 12-30-2003

These activities are part of project: Principles, Management Goals and A Vision for the Stewardship of Narragansett Bay, coastal RI and their watersheds in RI, MA, CT, USA Project ended: 10-1-2003

These activities are part of project: Coastal Resources Management Project Project ended: 9-30-2003

These activities are part of project: Indonesia Coastal Resources Management Project (Proyek Pesisir) Project ended: 9-30-2003

These activities are part of project: Kenya Coastal Management Initiative Project ended: 9-30-2003

These activities are part of project: Fostering Marine Conservation in Indonesia Project ended: 9-30-2003

These activities are part of project: Conserving Critical Coastal Ecosystems in Mexico Project ended: 9-30-2003

These activities are part of project: Fostering Marine Conservation in the Western Pacific: Enabling People, Enabling Site Management Project ended: 4-30-2003

These activities are part of project: Central American Regional Environmental Program Coastal Component Project ended: 8-30-2001

These activities are part of project: Ecological and Socio-Economic Impacts of Mass Coral Bleaching Project ended: 3-31-2001

These activities are part of project: Ecuador Coastal Resources Management Program Implementation Project ended: 9-30-2000

These activities are part of project: Sri Lanka Coastal Zone Management Project Project ended: 6-30-1996

These activities are part of project: Ecuador Coastal Resources Management Project Project ended: 6-30-1994

These activities are part of project: Thailand Coastal Resources Management Project Project ended: 7-1-1986