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

Expected Outcomes: Potential activities and products resulting from the series of Workshops include:

• Improved use of the database of monitoring sites and networks for Coastal GOOS and Coastal GTOS, i.e. TEMS (http://www.fao.org/gtos/tems/index.jsp), for coastal observing systems through registration of programs and sites.
• Formal partnerships and linkages among the various programs represented at the Workshops.
• Development of standardized user interface tools (e.g, GIS) and integrated decision support systems for coastal management – that is, an Integrated Coastal Decision Support System (ICoDSS) - that can be used for short-term decisions as well as long-term planning.