LAND-OCEAN INTERACTIONS IN THE COASTAL ZONE (LOICZ)
Core Project of the
International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme: A Study of Global Change (IGBP)
and
UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME (UNEP)
Supported by the Global Environment Facility (GEF)
LOICZ/UNEP REGIONAL SYNTHESIS WORKSHOPS
Australasia–Asia, the Americas, Africa-Europe
SUMMARY REPORT AND COMPENDIUM
Compiled and edited by
R.W. Buddemeier, C.J. Crossland, B.A. Maxwell, S.V. Smith, D.P. Swaney, J.D. Bartley, G. Misgna, C. Smith, V.C. Dupra and J.I. Marshall Crossland
LOICZ REPORTS & STUDIES No. 22
LOICZ/UNEP REGIONAL SYNTHESIS WORKSHOPS
Australasia–Asia, the Americas, Africa-Europe
SUMMARY REPORT AND COMPENDIUM
Compiled and edited by
R.W. Buddemeier, C.J. Crossland, B.A. Maxwell, S.V. Smith, D.P. Swaney, J.D. Bartley, G. Misgna, C. Smith, V.C. Dupra and J.I. Marshall Crossland
United Nations Environment Programme
LOICZ REPORTS & STUDIES No. 22
Published in the Netherlands, 2002 by:
LOICZ International Project Office
Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
P.O. Box 59
1790 AB Den Burg - Texel
The Netherlands
Email: loicz@nioz.nl
The Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone Project is a Core Project of the “International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme: A Study Of Global Change” (IGBP), of the International Council of Scientific Unions.
The LOICZ IPO is financially supported through the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research by: the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCenW); the Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management (V&W RIKZ); and by The Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences (KNAW), and The Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ).
This report and allied workshops are contributions to the project: The Role of the Coastal Ocean in the Disturbed and Undisturbed Nutrient and Carbon Cycles (Project Number GF 1100-99-07), implemented by LOICZ with the support of the United Nations Environment Programme and financing from by the Global Environment Facility.
COPYRIGHT ă 2002, Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone Core Project of the IGBP.
Reproduction of this publication for educational or other, non-commercial purposes is authorised without prior permission from the copyright holder.
Reproduction for resale or other purposes is prohibited without the prior, written permission of the copyright holder.
Citation: Buddemeier, R.W., Crossland, C.J., Maxwell, B. A., Smith, S.V., Swaney, D.P., Bartley J.D., Misgna, G., Smith, C., Dupra, V.C. and Marshall Crossland, J.I. (eds): LOICZ/UNEP regional synthesis workshops: Australasia–Asia, the Americas, Africa-Europe. Summary report and compendium. LOICZ Reports & Studies No. 22, i + 76 pages, LOICZ, Texel, The Netherlands.
ISSN: 1383-4304
Cover: The cover shows an image of the world (GTOPO30 elevation map), divided into the three sections as covered by the three regional workshops.
Disclaimer: The designations employed and the presentation of the material contained in this report do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of LOICZ, the IGBP or UNEP concerning the legal status of any state, territory, city or area, or concerning the delimitations of their frontiers or boundaries. This report contains the views expressed by the authors and may not necessarily reflect the views of the IGBP or UNEP.
_________________________________
The LOICZ Reports and Studies Series is published and distributed free of charge to scientists involved in global change research in coastal areas.
1. Overview of Regional Workshops: objectives and process
2. Typology Approach and Products
2.2 Biogeochemical Budgets Database
2.3 Geospatial Clustering Tools (Web-LoiczView)
3. Results and Applications
3.1 Community and capacity-building
5. References
I Asia-Australia Regional Workshop Report
II Americas Regional Workshop Report
III Europe-Africa Regional Workshop Report
IV LOICZ Typology Database (description and status)
V LOICZ Biogeochemical Budgets Database
VII Abbreviations
Enclosure
The CD-ROM provides a full compendium of the workshop tools, methods and products.
The workshops and their products are the result of work from a large number of scientists who have been involved as participants, as innovators and contributors to methodological and tools development, as providers of data and data sets. Workshop participants and contributors are listed in meeting report appendices. We are particularly indebted to the LOICZ resource team members identified in the participant lists for their dedication and sustained support of the workshops and the overall project.
Many institutions have provided venues for workshops and support for the developmental science involved and for operational platforms that underpin the typology tools and databases. Workshop venues are listed in the appendices. Our thanks to all concerned in coordinating workshops and providing support.
Core funding for the workshops and much of the developmental work has been provided by the LOICZ core project of IGBP and by United Nations Environment Programme, supported by the Global Environment Facility. The OBIS project, through US NSF grant OCE 00-03970, has provided additional support to the development of the typology tool and database in meeting complementing goals for global scaling and assessment of organisms.