{"id":6736,"date":"2020-05-15T14:39:30","date_gmt":"2020-05-15T12:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planbleu.org\/page-theme\/littoral\/"},"modified":"2025-05-26T09:02:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T07:02:27","slug":"coastal-areas","status":"publish","type":"page-theme","link":"https:\/\/planbleu.org\/en\/page-theme\/coastal-areas\/","title":{"rendered":"Coastal area"},"content":{"rendered":"

The coastline is a space of convergence and competition that both unites and separates, yet it remains a vector for regional cooperation. The coastline concentrates most of the economic activities in the Mediterranean (tourism, fishing, aquaculture, etc.) and is home to one in three Mediterranean residents. Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) thus represents an essential governance tool for integration within the Mediterranean.<\/b><\/p>\n

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Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM): A Governance Tool<\/b><\/p>\n

ICZM aims to reconcile economic development, environmental protection, and adaptation to emerging challenges, particularly climate change. It relies on frameworks (international agreements, management plans, etc.) and tools such as the ICZM Protocol, which entered into force in 2011 and encourages Mediterranean countries to adopt balanced policies for the sustainable management of their coastlines.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Plan Bleu\u2019s Activities from the 2000s to Today<\/b><\/p>\n

Since the 2000s, Plan Bleu, as an environmental and development observatory, has conducted numerous studies and programs on coastal areas, notably through its participation in Coastal Area Management Programmes (CAMPs) and the development of participatory foresight methods such as Imagine, now adapted as Climagine to address climate change challenges.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2015, Plan Bleu collaborated with the MedSea Foundation to develop a coastal risk index at the <\/span>scale of\u00a0<\/span>CAMP Var<\/b><\/a>\u00a0(France).<\/span><\/p>\n

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An International Agreement and a Regional Protocol for Coastal Zones<\/b><\/p>\n