Challenges for the Mediterranean coastal lagoons : issues and tools for their sustainable management

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BALLOONBALtic LagOOn Network

• by
• Arturas Razinkovas
• Coastal Reseach Planning Institute,
• Klaipeda University, Lithuania

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BACKGROUND

• Inspired by the LAGUNET
• Supported by the EC FP5 COLAR project
• Steering meeting during the 2nd International
  conference on coastal lagoons "European lagoons
  and their watersheds function and biodiversity"
  in October 2005.

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OBJECTIVES

• To facilitate and strengthen cross-border
  research, management and co-operation in Baltic
  lagoons and to provide a forum for exchange and
  discussion
• To represent the Baltic lagoon research community
  in the broader international scope and to
  co-operate with similar organizations in other
  Eco-Regions of the European Union with the aim to
  strengthen European lagoon research.
• To develop joint and cross-border projects
  focused on Baltic lagoon research and to carry
  out joint research on specific relevant topics,
  like climate change, biodiversity etc. by hosting
  thematic focus groups.
• To improve data and information availability
  about Baltic lagoons and data exchange between
  participants as well as to enhance the
  dissemination of scientific results
• To support awareness-rising about ecological
  problems and to support the sustainable
  management in coastal lagoons by providing
  scientific results and accompanying research.
• To support the implementation of European
  policies in the Baltic area (e.g. Water Framework
  Directive, Natura 2000, ICZM-Recommendations
  etc.).

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ROADMAP

• Establishing contacts with other colleagues in
  the Baltic region, and potentially interested
  people as well as network organizations in the
  Baltic area and other Eco-Regions of the European
  Union. (February 2006)
• Opening the website. Supported by the steering
  group the Coastal Research and Planning
  Institute, Klaipeda University agreed to
  establish and host the Balloon website. (February
  2006)
• Balloon representation on the DITTY project
  meeting, Montpellier, February 22-24, to discuss
  scientific lagoon projects with a European
  dimension and a cooperation with respect to the
  forthcoming 7th FRAMEWORK programme.
• National steering meetings (March-May 2006)
• Preparation of the first Balloon meeting during
  the Eutrophication management conference, June
  20-23, 2006, Nyborg, Denmark and support of a
  thematic session on coastal lagoons.

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• www.balticlagoons.net

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Ecosystem Modelling of Coastal Lagoons for
Sustainable Management NATO CCMS Study 1996-2006

• The first phase of this pilot study, initiated in
  1995, was finalized in December 2000. Turkey
  acted as the pilot country and USA as co-pilot
  country. Canada, Italy, Poland, Portugal,
  Romania, Russian Federation, Spain were the main
  participants

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Participating Countries - Representatives and
Points of Contact Ecosystem Modelling of Coastal
Lagoons for Sustainable Management (Phase II)
Azerbeijan Amir Aliyev 370033 Baku, Moscow Av
50 Azerbaijan Tel [phone] Fax 994 12
26 31 94 amir50_at_azintex.com Canada Vladimir G.
Koutitonsky Institut des Sciences de la Mer de
Rimouski (ISMER), 310 Allee des Ursulines,
Rimouski, Quebec, Canada, G5L-3A1,Tel. (418)
723-1986, ext. 1763 Fax. [phone]
e-mail VGK_at_uqar.qc.ca Italy Georg Umgiesser
ISMAR-CNR, Istituto di Scienze Marine, S. Polo
1364, 30125 Venezia, Italy. Tel [phone].
Fax. [phone]. E-mail georg.umgiesser_at_ism
ar.cnr.it Kazakhstan Sanzhar Mustafin 40,
Orbita-1, Almaty, Kazakhstan, 480043Tel 7 3272
785110, Fax [phone] SMustafin_at_carec.kz Kyr
gyzstan Bimyrza Toktoraliev, 81, Isanova st.,
Osh, Kyrgyzstan, 714018,Tel [phone],
Fax [phone] toktoraliev_at_list.ru Lithuania
Arturas Razinkovas Coastal Research and
Planning Institute, Klaipeda University, Klaipeda
University, Manto 84, Klaipeda, LT-5808,
LithuaniaTel 370 46 398844 Fax [phone]
Mobile [phone] art_at_corpi.ku.lt Poland Euge
niusz Andrulewicz Department of Fisheries
Oceanography and Marine Ecology, Sea Fisheries
Institute, ul. Kollataja 1, 81-332 Gdynia,
Poland. Tel. [phone]. Fax. 48 58
620 28 31. E-mail Eugene_at_mir.gdynia.pl Portugal Ra
miro Neves MARETEC, Instituto Superior Técnico
(I.S.T.), Technical University of Lisbon,
Pavilhão de Turbomáquinas, Av. Rovisco Pais,
1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal. Tel. [phone]
7397. Fax [phone]. E-mail
ramiro.neves_at_ist.utl.pt Sofia Gamito Faculdade de
Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente (Faculty of Marine
and Environmental Sciences), University of
Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro,
PortugalTel. 351 289 800976. Fax 351 289
818353. E-mail sgamito_at_ualg.pt Romania
Angheluta Vadineanu Department of System
Ecology, University of Bucharest SPL,
Independentei 91-95, 76201 Bucharest , ROMANIA
Tel [phone] Fax [phone]
E-mail anvadi_at_bio.bio.unibuc.ro Russian
Federation Boris Chubarenko, Atlantic Branch of
P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian
Academy of Sciences, Prospect Mira, 1,
Kaliningrad, 236000, Russia. Tlf.7 0112 451574
FAX [phone] E-mail chuboris_at_ioran.baltnet
.ru Irina Chubarenko, Laboratory for Coastal
Systems Study, Atlantic Branch of P. P. Shirshov
Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of
Sciences, Prospect Mira, 1, Kaliningrad, 236000,
RussiaTlf.7 0112 451574 FAX [phone]
E-mail chuboris_at_ioran.baltnet.ru Spain Angel
Pérez-Ruzafa Departamento de Ecología e
Hidrología. Facultad de Biología. Campus de
Espinardo. Universidad de Murcia. 30100 Murcia
(Spain). Telf. 34 968 364998. Fax [phone].
e-mail angelpr_at_um.es Concepción Marcos Diego
Departamento de Ecología e Hidrología. Facultad
de Biología. Campus de Espinardo. Universidad de
Murcia. 30100 Murcia (Spain). Telf. 34 968
364978. Fax [phone]. e-mail
cmarcos_at_um.es Javier Gilabert Department of
Chemical and Environmental Engineering. Technical
University of Cartagena. Alfonso XIII, 44.
30202-Cartagena. Spain. Tel. [phone].
Fax. [phone]. E-mail javier.gilabert_at_upc
t.es Turkey I. Ethem Gönenç, Pilot Study
Director, IGEM ResearchConsulting, Kaptan Arif
Sok. 12/9, Suadiye 34740, Istanbul, Turkey tel
90 216 3736071 fax [phone] e-mail
igemd35_at_isnet.net.tr Aysegül Tanik Istanbul
Technical University, Faculty of Civil
Engineering, Department of Environmental
Engineering, 34469, Maslak, Istanbul- Turkey
Tel[phone], Fax [phone],
E-mail tanika_at_itu.edu.tr Bilsen Beler Baykal,
Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Civil
Engineering, 34469 Maslak, Istanbul,
TurkeyTel90 212 2856884, Fax 90 212
2853781, E-mail bbbaykal_at_itu.edu.tr Melike Gürel
Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Civil
Engineering, Department of Environmental
Engineering, 34469 Maslak, Istanbul-Turkey Tel
90 212 285 65 79, Fax [phone],
E-mail mgurel_at_ins.itu.edu.tr Turkmenistan USA
John P. Wolflin Co-Pilot Study Director,
Supervisor, US Fish and Wildlife Service,
Chesapeake Bay Office, Annapolis, MD, 21617 USA
tel [phone] fax [phone] e-mail
john_wolflin_at_fws.gov Karen Terwilliger
Terwilliger Consulting, Inc., 28295 Burton Shore
Rd., Locustville, VA 23404, USATelf 757-787-2637
ext. 11, Fax [phone] e-mail
natural_at_visi.net Rosemarie C. Russo Ecosystems
Research Division, US EPA, 960 College Station
Road, Athens, Georgia 30605-2700 USA. Tel
1-706-355-8001, Email russo.rosemarie_at_epa.gov
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• Azerbeijan
• Amir Aliyev, Hydrometeorological serviceCanada
• Vladimir G. Koutitonsky Institut des Sciences de
  la Mer de Rimouski (ISMER)
• Italy
• Georg Umgiesser ISMAR-CNR, Istituto di Scienze
  Marine
• Kazakhstan
• Sanzhar Mustafin
• Kyrgyzstan
• Bimyrza Toktoraliev, Osh Technical University.
• Lithuania
• Arturas Razinkovas Coastal Research and Planning
  Institute,
• Poland
• Eugeniusz Andrulewicz, Sea Fisheries Institute
• Portugal
• Ramiro Neves MARETEC, Instituto Superior Técnico
  (I.S.T.), Technical University of Lisbon,
• Sofia Gamito, University of Algarve
• Romania
• Angheluta Vadineanu Department of System Ecology,
  University of Bucharest SPL, Independentei 91-95,
  Russian Federation
• Boris Chubarenko, Atlantic Branch of P.P.Shirshov
  Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of
  Sciences

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Activities 2002-2006

• First Workshop Panorama Hotel and IGEM
  Consulting Meeting Hall, Köycegiz, TURKEY,
  November 25-29, 2002
• Second Workshop Issyk Lake, Cholpan Ata,
  Krygzstan, September 29 October 3, 2003.
• Third WorkshopVistula Lagoon, Svetlogorsk,
  Russia and Curonian Lagoon, Jodkrante, Lithuania
  May 19 25, 2004.
• Submission of the MELISSIA to FP6 failed