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Role of science in coastal lagoon management
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Coastal lagoons occupy about 13% of the world’s continental coast. They are highly
ecologically and economically valuable in the coastal zone and therefore are subject to
anthropogenic pressures and require sustainable management practices. The relation
between river basin and coastal zone make the ICARM the management practice fitting the
best for coastal lagoons. According to the ICARM planning process science has an
important role toward the implementation of integrated management. Using two study cases
in two very distinctive lagoons: the Patos Lagoon (Brazil) and the Ria Formosa (Portugal); it
has been pointed out that science is the required basis to achieve sustainable management of
coastal lagoons. Moreover, the European Water Framework Directive being the main legal
support toward an ICARM in Europe, the OSPAR comprehensive procedure has been
applied in the Ria Formosa showing that it is a good tool that natural sciences can use to
inform managers on eutrophication for the implementation of the WFD. Implementation of
the WFD in Brazil would encounter important challenges and would not be possible
nowadays. The scientific basis exists in the Patos lagoon to apply the comprehensive
procedure in the future. Both study case pointed out that surveillance monitoring is a critical
parameter in integrated management process.
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Dissertação mest., Gestão da água e da costa, Universidade do Algarve, 2007
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Teses Lagoas costeiras Gestão Eutrofização Algarve Brasil