TIDE brings together several authorities in charge of managing large, tidally influenced estuaries. However, these authorities, although responsible for decision making, never act alone in the estuary system. They are bound to coordinate the interests of various stakeholders, representing frequently diverging views on the area development. Key estuarine stakeholders are traditionally:
• Port authorities
• Fishermen
• Hunters
• Environmental organisations
• Estuary residents (farmers, property owners)
WP 4
integrated management planning / governance of estuaries
TIDE estuaries have a variety of development and management plans, sectoral strategies, EU Directives and other regional and national policies to comply with. However, nno of them has properly integrated plans and the institutional structures do not support holistic management solutions. TIDE's goal is to develop an integrated management planning framework for estuaries, building on existing structures and using a multi-manager sectoral framework.
TIDE will use Regional Estuary Working Groups involving partners and stakeholders with management, scientific or other interests to bring together a range of information and expertise about each estuary. Through these groups, TIDE will develop a range of "good practices" based on governance structures from each estuary.
Building on these good practices and a common set of goals, TIDE will produce a Generic Integrated Estuarine Management Plan, which will be tested in each estuary through the working groups and refined based on the findings to include specific tools based on a sectoral basis and activities to promote better integration.
The Institute of Estuarine and Coastal Studies (IECS) at the University of Hull will be leading the project on this task.
TIDE will use Regional Estuary Working Groups involving partners and stakeholders with management, scientific or other interests to bring together a range of information and expertise about each estuary. Through these groups, TIDE will develop a range of "good practices" based on governance structures from each estuary.
Building on these good practices and a common set of goals, TIDE will produce a Generic Integrated Estuarine Management Plan, which will be tested in each estuary through the working groups and refined based on the findings to include specific tools based on a sectoral basis and activities to promote better integration.
The Institute of Estuarine and Coastal Studies (IECS) at the University of Hull will be leading the project on this task.
