GEOSS Support for Decision-Making in the Coastal Zone: Managing and Mitigating the Impacts of Human Activities and Natural Hazards in the Coastal Zone

A workshop series organized by the GEO Coastal Zone Community of Practice

AFRICA WORKSHOP
Strengthening Observing Systems Capacity for Managing and Mitigating the Impacts of Human Activities and Coastal Inundation in the African Region
2010, Location TBD

Local Organizing Committee:

• TBD

Workshop Steering Committee:

• Geoff Brundrit, Oceanography Department, University of Cape Town (workshop co-chair); GOOS-Africa
• Jimmy Adegoke, Geosciences Department, University of Missouri-Kansas City (workshop co-chair); AARSE
• Michael Bruno, Stevens Institute of Technology (CZCP Regional workshop series chair)
• Paul Digiacomo, Marine Ecosystems and Climate Branch NOAA (CZCP Co-Chair)
• Hans-Peter Plag, University of Nevada, Reno (CZCP Co-chair)
• Justin Ahanhanzo, UNESCO IOC, Paris; GOOS-Africa
• Julius Francis, Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association (WIOMSA)
• Niang-Diop Isabelle, Université Cheikh Anta Diop. Dakar, Senegal
• Jacques Abe, Guinea Current Large Marine Ecosystem (GCLME)
• Hashali Hamukuaya, Benguela Current Commission (BCC)
• David Vousden, Somali Current Large Marine Ecosystem (SCLME)
• Neville Sweijd, CSIR, South Africa; ACCESS
• Mika Odido, UNESCO IOC, Nairobi; ODINAFRICA
• George Wiafe, Dept Oceanography & Fisheries, University of Ghana,
• Tom Malone, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Cambridge MD
• George Philander, Princeton University; ACCESS