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Integrated
Coastal Zone Management Workshop
20 March-9 April 1998,
Songkhla, Thailand
The Importance of Coastal
Zone
- The transitional strip of land and sea that straddles the coastline contains some of the
most productive and valuable habitats within the country including estuaries, lagoons,
coastal wetlands, mangrove forests, and fringing coral reefs. The coastal zone is a place
of high priority interest to people, to commerce, to the military, and to a variety of
industries. Because of social and economic development, the coastal zone undergoes great
environmental modification and deterioration through landfill, dredging, and pollution
caused by urban, industrial, aquaculture and agricultural development. There is an urgent
need for coastal states to strengthen their capabilities for integrated coastal zone
management
- by working towards the development of appropriate strategies and programmes.
Integrated Coastal Zone
Management Workshop
- The ICZM Workshop has been developed under the United Nations' TRAIN-SEA-COAST (TSC)
Programme, which is an inter-country cooperative training and human resources development
network in the field of coastal and ocean management. TSC programme was launched in 1993
by the United Nations, Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea. CORIN is a part
of this network composed of 11 training/ educational centres in 10 countries. The
Integrated Coastal Zone Management Workshop has been designed and tailored (1) to address
the priority problems and needs of Thailand and other countries in the region, (2) to
match training closely to the needs and specific jobs of the participants in order to
provide moreeffective training, (3) by a rigorous manpower asessment and trainingneeds
analysis, and (4) to match with the highest international standards.The course focuses on
management framework, methods and tools analysis of impacts from development projects in
the coastal zone. Participants will be provided with an analysis of integrated coastal
zone management and will be able to expose a variety of approaches that havebeen
developed. Participants will have an opportunity to exchange their coastal zone management
analysis developed from their countries, also from Thailand.
- Case studies and field trips will be the highlights of the course; group participants
will be able to interview local people and identify their own issues for case study.
Participants will have an opportunity to involve with the southern Thailand's lifestyles.
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The Coastal Resources
Institute (CORIN)
- CORIN was established within the Prince of Songkla University as an inter-disciplinary
institute and a center to promote excellence in Integrated Coastal Zone Management. It
aims to assist local andnational governments, state enterprise and other private
organizations in Thailand and elsewhere to develop and implement integrated coastal zone
management programs. CORIN is becoming a center oftraining and research for much of the
Asia Pacific region. Many countries in the region sent policy and management delegates to
CORIN for training, site visits, and interviews on coastal zone management issues.
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Course Contents
General issues and concepts:
- Overview of coastal process and issues
- Management of common property resources
- Effective Coastal Zone Management
- Socio-economic considerations
- Institutional arrangements
- Future of CZM
Methods for analysis and tools:
- ICZM : Integrated Coastal Zone Management
- CBM : Community Base Management and PRA: Participatory Rural Appraisal
- GIS/RS : Geographic Information System and Remote Sensing (application for ICZM)
- MCA : Multi-Criteria Analysis
- SAMPAK : Special Area Management model Pak Phanang (a computer simulation programme)
- Computer applications in ICZM
Case studies and fieldtrips
- Hua Khao village, Songkhla : Community involvement in ICZM
- Pak Phanang watershed : Multi-sectoral planning decision
Participants
- The training course is designed primarily for managers from Asia-Pacific interested in
coastal zone management, including:
- Professionals in Natural Resources, Fisheries, Environmental agencies,
- Policy-maker,
- Researchers and University lecturers,
- Official from Non-governmental Organizations,
- Planners for all level of government, and
- Project managers in development organization
Date & Location
The course will be held from Friday March 20, 1998 to Thursday April 9, 1998 at Prince
of Songkla University, Hat Yai,Songkhla, THAILAND.
Prince of Songkla University is located in southern Thailand, about 1,200 kms south of
the capital, Bangkok. Accommodation will be in a four star hotel in Hat Yai city.
Registration Fees
Course registration fees are US$ 3,000 per person. Registration includes housing,
accident insurance, coffee breaks, admission tothe banquets field trip and a participant
manual. Fees do not include meals, medical insurance or travel to and from Hat Yai.
Participants should bring funds to cover personal expenses. The recommended minimum amount
per month for a living allowance is US$ 200, about US$ 6 per day.
How to Register
The maximum number of participants for this training workshop is 25. To reserve a
space, the completed registration form with a cheque in US $ payable to the "Coastal
Resources Institute" should be forwarded to the address below before March 1, 1998
- Coastal Resources Institute (CORIN)
- Prince of Songkla University,
- Hat Yai, Songkhla 90112
- THAILAND
- Tel: 66 74 212800, 212752
- Fax: 66 74 212782
- E-mail: corin@ratree.psu.ac.th
- WWW: http://ratree.psu.ac.th/~corin
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