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Coastal Zone Management エメックス国際セミナー 日時：2014 年 2 月 28 日（金）13：30～16：30 会場：ラッセホール 2 階 ルージュローズ 資 料 １ 第 10 回エメックス会議（EMECS10-MEDCOAST2013 ジョイント会議）の成果報告 P １ エルダール・オザーン MEDCOAST 財団会長、ムーラ大学教授 ２ 気候変動と統合的沿岸域管理 P ９ 渡邉 正孝 慶應義塾大学大学院特任教授 ３ ロシアにおける海域環境 テーマ１：東フィンランド湾：管理のための概念、法、そしてツール P１４ ジョージ・ゴゴベリゼ ロシア国立水文気象大学副学長 テーマ２：東フィンランド湾（バルト海）の海洋地質 －堆積過程、人為的影響、汚染の歴史 P２１ ダリア・リャブチュク A.P.カルピンスキーロシア地質調査研究所主任研究員 ４ 環境および健康アセスメント －タイ国憲法に明言されている環境と健康保護のツール P３５ ピアムサック・メナサウェイド タイ国独立環境・健康保護委員会委員長 タイ・チュラロンコン大学教授 Report on Tenth International Conference on EMECS 10 –MEDCOAST 11 Environmental Management of JOINT CONFERENCE Enclosed Coastal Seas Prof.Dr. Erdal Özhan Ptesident, Mediterranean Coastal Foundation Eleventh International Conference on Professor of Coastal Eng. & Management, the Mediterranean Coastal Environment Mugla Univversity, Turkey GLOBAL CONGRESS ON ICM. Lessons Learned to Address New Challenges 30 October – 03 November 2013 Marmaris, Turkey 1 ORGANIZERS •MEDITERRANEAN COASTAL FOUNDATION •INTERNATIONAL EMECS CENTER 2 SPONSORS & SUPPORTERS SPONSORS & SUPPORTERS Mugla University Springer Science + Bussiness Media Rep. of Turkey Promotion Fund EU FP7 PEGASO Project • Asia‐Pasific Network • EU FP7 MARLISCO Project • for Global Change Research PARTICIPANTS PARTICIPANTS • Over 300 participants from 40 countries, including politicians, scientists, administrators, NGO members and sector representatives 3 TECHNICAL PROGRAM SPECIAL SESSIONS • Opening / Keynote Session • Oral Presentation Sessions • Special Sessions • Poster Sesion Satoumi • Student‐ School Partnership (SSP) Program • Closing Session SPECIAL SESSIONS SPECIAL SESSIONS Estuaries ICM in the of the World Mediterranean & the Black Sea 4 SPECIAL SESSIONS ORAL PRESENTATION SESSIONS • ICM and Country Experiences Marine Litter • Coastal Management Tools and Development Issues • Education and Awareness • Legal and International Issues • Participation in ICM • Chesapeake Bay, ORAL PRESENTATION SESSIONS ORAL PRESENTATION SESSIONS • Coastal and Marine Ecosystems(3) • Coastal and Marine Modelling • Coastal and Marine Protected Areas • Shoreline Management • Coastal Landscapes • Climate Change Issues • Coastal and Marine Pollution Management • Remote Sensing • Wetlands and Estuarie • Coastal and Marine Databases • Water Quality • Coastal Engineering and Geology 5 PROCEEDINGS STUDENT – SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP (SSP) PROGRAM • SSP Oral Presentation Session 51 papers • SSP Posters • Visits to Marmaris Bay and Mugla University • SSP Declaration 135 papers ‐ 1392 pages 51 papers– 02 pages CLOSING SESSION SPECIAL JOURNAL ISSUES • Jour. Coastal Conservation, Planning and Management ‐ Springer • Marine Pollution Bulletin ‐ Elsevier 6 CLOSING SESSION CLOSING SESSION The Marmaris Declaration SSP Declaration “At the Crossroad” “Global Communication in Action” CLOSING SESSION CLOSING SESSION Best Poster Prizes Congress Wrap‐up 7 CLOSING SESSION PHOTOS Next Conferences Conclusion What makes a good conference? 1. Scientific/professional quality of presentations. 2. Interesting / resourceful participants. 3. Quality of organization of the meeting. 4. Attractive venue (Town, hotel, surroundings) 5. Memorable social events Thank You! 8 EMECS International Seminar February 28, 2014 Annual ocean heat content anomaly for the 0-700m layer Climate Change and Integrated Coastal Zone Management Masataka WATANABE Keio University Chair, International EMECS Center Chair, UNEP-Asia Pacific Adaptation Network Anomalies are computed relative to the 1955-2002 average (Source: Palmer et al. ,2010) Impact of ocean warming Impact of ocean warming • Sea level rise due to the thermal expansion of • The intensity of tropical cyclones were increased by the warming ocean water and melting ice increased SSTs. shelves and glaciers. • The potential for longer tropical cyclone seasons is • Intensified hydrological cycle due to enhanced caused by ocean warming, such as the Hurricane evaporation from the warmer ocean surface. Sandy on the U.S. East Coast at the end of October 2012. • Dominant drivers for large-scale variations in • Uncertain future of the marine ecosystem such as the climate system, such as ENSO (El Nino- corals or plankton due to ocean warming and ocean Southern Oscillation) or monsoon systems, are acidification due to rising CO2 concentration. affected by the warming of the ocean. 9 UNEP-Global Adaptation Network Case of Shanghai About 60% of water resources in Shanghai city depends on Qingcaosha and Chenhang reservoirs. Ẽೃኚືᙳ㡪䛻ᑐ䛩䜛䝺䝆䝸䜶䞁䝇䛾ྥୖ䛸䚸⬤ᙅᛶ䛜㧗䛔䝁䝭䝳䝙䝔䜱䞉⤒῭䞉⏕≀ከᵝᛶ 䛾ಖㆤ䜢┠ⓗ䛸䛧䛶䚸㐺ᛂ䛻㛵䛩䜛ྛᆅᇦ䝛䝑䝖䝽䞊䜽䛾▱ぢ䜢䜾䝻䞊䝞䝹䝺䝧䝹䛷 ඹ᭷䛩䜛஦䜢┠ᣦ䛩䚹 䜰䝆䜰ኴᖹὒ㐺ᛂ䝛䝑䝖䝽䞊䜽䠄APAN䠅䠖http://www.apan-gan.net/ 10 Decrease in flow rate in the lower Yangtze river Increase in water intake in Shanghai city Sea Qingcaosha level rise Salinity intrusion during dry season in1999 Adaptation Options (a)Construction of estuary weir in the northern branch at the upstream entrance (width = 2km), (b)Increase the Yangtze river flow rate during 1999.1.9 1999.3.25 dry season with the integrated Yangtze river watershed management and Three Gorges Dam, (c)Operation of high efficient desalination plant during dry season, (d)Introduction of water saving system in order to reduce water demand. (e)Real-time control of water supply-demand in the Yangtze river watershed and Shanghai. Changes in salinity at the intake of drinking water 11 Two typhoons in Oct. 6-8, 2013 and flood in Shanghai Fitow disaster (2013.10) Water lever change of Upstream of Huangpu River (㊣ ᐲstation ⑑ ) 愥5 ৪৘நᲂດਜ਼駮ங裦 Historical MWL 10/7 Warning WL 10/7-8 10/7-8 250 200 สⓆ⛩ 150 100 50 0 Fitow typhoon䠄tropical cyclone No.23䠅landed to Fujian province on Oct. 8, 2013 ᶮ⊏ ᇍኡ హᇊ ෾४ 䰥㹼 䶂⎖ ጷ᰾ 䠁ኡ ཹ䍔 ⎖ь ޘᐲᒣ൷ Max precipitation(mm/day) Max Possible adaptation options • Prediction and early warning • Underground discharge channel or reservoir Fitow typhoon landed Factor causing flood 2FW 2FW 2FW 2FW 2FW Oct.11 • Integrated coastal zone management Wind including watershed management precipitation High tide Rise of a river flow in upstream Four factors caused flood in Shanghai Metropolitan area outer underground discharge channel in Kasukabe city, Saitama prefecture 12 Case of Thailand 2011 flood Possible adaptation options • Unusual rainfall in the upstream due to climate • Need for integrated watershed management change such as La Nina and Indian Ocean Dipole • Meteorological and flood predictions • Geographical condition such as low stream • Balance between irrigation and flood control gradient and high tide in the downstream • Land use planning and protection of vital • Drought control is first priority and lack of flood economic areas control management • Infrastructure such as flood diversion channel • Finance mechanism and insurance 13 The development of human activities was associated with marine and ocean coastal zone for all time. Territorial development of economy and trade has been based in the coastal zones, for example through harbors and EASTERN GULF OF FINLAND: approach channels, like strategic elements of trade, which are situated in the coastal areas and adjacent waters. This zone is one of the most exploited and attractive investment areas in the world economy with a CONCEPT, LEGISLATION AND huge pressure on the environment. TOOLS FOR MANAGEMENT Gogoberidze G. & Co (RSHU) Ryabchuk D. & Co (VSEGEI) ICM system successfully develops and already gives serious benefits in most developed countries «Coastal zone shall be taken to mean a geographical area covering both the For the achievement of sustainable management in the coastal zone the fundamental steps are: maritime part and the terrestrial part of the shore … ICZM shall mean • the laws that coordinate maritime and coastal activities with regard to the existing sustainable development and use of coastal zones…» regulatory framework, international law and other; Model Law on Sustainable Management of Coastal Zones • a special body, which is responsible for the implementation and coordination of the management of maritime and coastal activities; • use of the Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) tools. In recent years, increasing attention is drawn to the question of planning of maritime activities ? development in general, and in the framework of this – Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) tool as one of the way to study of the coastal zone. “All marine water objects are the property of the Russian Federation” Different countries have already begun to implement plans in the field of MPS tool, at least in the Article 71(n) Constitution of the Russian Federation pilot mode. This approach is most effectively used in the management of marine protected areas - Article 8 point 1 of the Water Code of the Russian Federation Great Barrier Reef of Australia National Marine Park, the National Marine Sanctuary in Florida (USA), Tri-Partite area of Cooperation in the Wadden Sea (the Northern Sea region). In these projects, MSP tool was used to achieve the main goal – the nature preservation. In the Russian Federation MSP tool begins to develop actively (Atlas of Biological Diversity in the seas and coastal areas of the Russian Arctic, as a basis for planning of environmental activities in the sea and in the coastal zone). However, this tool has not yet received a legitimization and that Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) ideas and tools complicates the process of its use in practice. 14 GOVERNMENT OF RUSSIAN FEDERATION GOVERNMENT OF LATVIA Basic legislation documents LEVEL 1. Strategic planning of the marine activity policy of the Russian Federation LEVEL 1. Strategic planning Governments of marine Subject Novad Administrations National Marine
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