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Integrated Coastal Zone Management in the Baltic States State of the Art Report Background for Coastal Planning and Management in the Baltic Sea Region, as part of the second HELCOM-HABITAT meeting Edited by Dr. Alan Pickaver EUCC – The Coastal Union December 2001August, 2002 1 HELCOM State-of-the-Art Report Acknowledgements Acknowledgements The following contributors to the text of the report are all gratefully thanked: Guy Monod de Froideville, Ramon van Barneveld, Nina Sprink, Josefien Wormgoor, Francisca Duyvestein, Marian Eeltink, Natalia Terekhina and Linda Bridge. HELCOM Habitat participants who had the responsibility for peer reviewing the final document are also appreciatively recognised. These were Ole Norden Andersen, Malene Wiinblad (DK), Kadri Möller (EE), Penina Blankett, Lauri Nordberg (FI), Dieter Boedeker, Heidrun Schütze, Beate Jansson (DE), Mr Vitalijus Auglys (LT), Ilona Jepsena & Inga Belasova (LV), Monika Stankiewicz, Ewa Wlodarczyk (PL), Alexander B. Tzetlin, Vadim Mokievsky, Anton Schoukine (RU) and Anna Helena Lindahl (SW) and their staff. Comments are also acknowledged from the VASAB representative Magdalena Jezierska. The PROCOAST co-ordinator, Matthias Hamman is also acknowledged for putting the results of his project at our disposal. Coastal information on these, and other countries, can be found on www.eucc.nl and www.coastalguide.org. Finally, the Helsinki Commission is thanked for providing the necessary funding for the completion of the work. © EUCC – The Coastal Union 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS SUMMARY_______________________________________________________________ 9 INTRODUCTION _________________________________________________________ 10 DENMARK ______________________________________________________________ 11 1. The coastal zone_____________________________________________________ 11 1.1 Description of the coastal zone ________________________________________ 11 1.2 Definition of the coastal zone _________________________________________ 11 1.3 Setback lines policy_________________________________________________ 12 2. Coastal Management and Spatial Planning in the Coastal Zone ______________ 12 2.1 Authority _________________________________________________________ 12 2.2 Policy____________________________________________________________ 13 2.3 Legislation ________________________________________________________ 14 3. Coastal and Marine Environmental Policy ________________________________ 14 3.1 Authority _________________________________________________________ 14 3.2 Policy____________________________________________________________ 15 3.3 Legislation ________________________________________________________ 15 4. Coastal and Marine Nature Conservation Policy___________________________ 15 5. Economic developments, important sectors and trends ____________________ 16 5.1 Tourism and recreation ______________________________________________ 16 5.2 Coastal defence ___________________________________________________ 17 6. The Current State of Integrated Coastal Zone Management _________________ 17 6.1 Legal framework ___________________________________________________ 17 6.2 Completed projects _________________________________________________ 17 6.3 Ongoing projects___________________________________________________ 17 6.4 Evaluation ________________________________________________________ 18 7. NGOs and other private stakeholders ___________________________________ 18 8. References _________________________________________________________ 19 ESTONIA _______________________________________________________________ 20 1. The coastal zone_____________________________________________________ 20 1.1 Description of the coastal zone ________________________________________ 20 1.2 Definition of the coastal zone _________________________________________ 20 1.3 Setback lines policy_________________________________________________ 20 2. Spatial planning in the Coastal Zone ____________________________________ 20 2.1 Authority _________________________________________________________ 20 2.2 Legislation ________________________________________________________ 20 3. Coastal and Marine Environmental Policy ________________________________ 21 3.1 Authority _________________________________________________________ 21 3.2 Policy____________________________________________________________ 21 3.3 Legislation ________________________________________________________ 21 4. Coastal and Marine Nature Conservation Policy___________________________ 22 4.1 Authority _________________________________________________________ 22 4.2 Policy____________________________________________________________ 22 5. Economic developments, important sectors and trends ____________________ 22 5.1 Recreation and tourism ______________________________________________ 22 3 5.2 Coastal defence ___________________________________________________ 23 6. The Current State of Integrated Coastal Zone Management _________________ 23 6.1 Completed projects _________________________________________________ 23 6.2 Ongoing projects___________________________________________________ 24 6.3 Initiatives related to ICZM ____________________________________________ 25 6.4 Evaluation ________________________________________________________ 26 7. NGOs and other private stakeholders ___________________________________ 26 8. References _________________________________________________________ 27 FINLAND _______________________________________________________________ 28 1. The coastal zone ___________________________________________________ 28 1.1 Description of the coastal zone ________________________________________ 28 1.2 Definition of the coastal zone _________________________________________ 28 1.3 Setback lines policy_________________________________________________ 28 2. Coastal Management _________________________________________________ 28 2.1 Authority _________________________________________________________ 28 2.2 Policy____________________________________________________________ 29 2.3 Legislation ________________________________________________________ 29 3. Spatial Planning in the Coastal Zone ____________________________________ 29 4. Coastal and Marine Environmental Policy ________________________________ 30 4.1 Policy____________________________________________________________ 30 4.2 Legislation ________________________________________________________ 30 4.3 Programmes ______________________________________________________ 30 4.4 Environmental co-operation __________________________________________ 31 5. Coastal and Marine Nature Conservation Policy___________________________ 31 5.1 Policy____________________________________________________________ 31 5.2 Legislation ________________________________________________________ 31 5.3 Programmes ______________________________________________________ 32 6. Economic Developments, Important Sectors and Trends ___________________ 32 6.1 Recreation and tourism ______________________________________________ 32 6.2 Coastal defence ___________________________________________________ 32 7. The Current State of Integrated Coastal Zone Management _________________ 32 7.1 Legal framework ___________________________________________________ 32 7.2 Completed projects _________________________________________________ 33 7.3 Ongoing projects___________________________________________________ 33 7.4 Evaluation ________________________________________________________ 34 8. NGOs and Other Private Stakeholders ___________________________________ 35 9. References _________________________________________________________ 35 1. The Coastal Zone ____________________________________________________ 37 1.1 Description of the coastal zone ________________________________________ 37 1.2 Definition of the coastal zone _________________________________________ 37 2. Coastal Management _________________________________________________ 37 2.1 Authority _________________________________________________________ 37 2.2 Policy____________________________________________________________ 37 2.3 Legislation ________________________________________________________ 37 3. Spatial Planning in the Coastal Zone ____________________________________ 38 3.1 Authority _________________________________________________________ 38 3.2 PoIicy ___________________________________________________________ 39 4 3.3 Legislation ________________________________________________________ 39 4. Coastal and Marine Nature Conservation Policy___________________________ 40 4.1 Authority _________________________________________________________ 40 4.2. Policy ___________________________________________________________ 40 4.3 Legislation ________________________________________________________ 41 5. Economic Developments, Important Sectors and Trends ___________________ 41 5.1 Recreation and tourism ______________________________________________ 41 5.2 Coastal defence ___________________________________________________ 41 6. The Current State of Integrated Coastal Zone Management _________________ 42 6.1 Legal framework ___________________________________________________ 42 6.2 Finished projects___________________________________________________ 42 6.2 Ongoing projects___________________________________________________ 43 6.3 Initiatives related to ICZM ____________________________________________ 44 6.4 Evaluation ________________________________________________________ 44 7. NGOs and other private stakeholders ___________________________________ 44 8. References