• What do natural scientists expect from social scientists (and vice-versa)? The case of the Rio de la Plata Estuary, Uruguay – J. Calvo
• Summary of discussion

• Providing tools for managing beach erosion in the eastern Caribbean – G. Cambers
• Summary of discussion

• Sharing decision-making authority and power with resource users: fisher associations, management authorities and protected areas in Jamaica – P. Espeut
• The indigenous Moken and park authorities along the Andaman Sea coast, Thailand: recognising and encouraging wise practices – N. Hinshiranan
• Summary of discussion

• Seeking social/environmental justice on the margins of a megacity: alternative livelihoods in Jakarta and Pulau Seribu, Indonesia – H. Sangkoyo
• The Motu Koitabu coastal urban villages in the National Capital District, Papua New Guinea – H. Gaudi
• Summary of discussion

• Underwater cultural heritage, coastal erosion and wastewater treatment: towards an integrated management plan for Alexandria, Egypt – S. Riad
• Making unsustainable development sustainable: the case of the Alang ship-breaking industry in Gujarat, India – H. C. Dube
• Summary of discussion

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TRADITIONAL/LOCAL KNOWLEDGE AND SCIENTIFIC/TECHNOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE

• Customary management systems in Samoa: a future for culture-based conservation – P. Varghese
• Creole words and ways: coastal resource use and local resource knowledge in Haiti – J. Wiener
• Summary of discussion

• Community participation: Indian Ocean examples – A. Boina

• Experimental, community-based approaches in artisanal coastal fisheries in Latin America – O. Defeo

• Summary of discussion

II. NETWORKING PILOT PROJECTS

THE NORDIC-BALTIC NETWORK ON SUSTAINABLE COASTAL DEVELOPMENT

• Overview of network goals – A. Sandberg

• Inter-municipal co-operation involving interdisciplinary research and interactive training for sustainable coastal development in Latvia – R. Ernsteins

THE CIRCUMPOLAR COPING PROCESSES PROJECT (CCPP) – J. Baerenholdt

SMALL HISTORICAL COASTAL CITIES: AN INTER-REGIONAL NETWORK OF SUPPORT IN THE MEDITERRANEAN

• Lessons learnt from the Essaouira case: restoration of the ramparts of the west bastion – A. El Mouatez

• The small historic coastal town of Omisalj, Croatia – G. Campeol

• Summary of discussion

• Haitian fishers look outwards: the Haiti-Jamaica fishers exchange – J. Wiener

III. GETTING THE MESSAGE OUT: THE ROLE OF COMMUNICATION AND EDUCATION

ONWARDS FROM THE PACSICOM CONFERENCE, MAPUTO (JULY 1998)

• Getting the message across: a case study of the mass media in Kenya – W. Kiai

• Summary of discussion

FIELD PROJECT – UNIVERSITY INTERACTION: COUPLING UNESCO CHAIRS WITH PILOT PROJECTS

• Pilot projects with Chairs as capacity-building tools: Yeumbeul/Yoff pilot projects and the UNESCO Chair in Dakar, Senegal – S. Diop and M. Sall

• How scientific knowledge can be linked directly to management: the Ulugan Bay pilot project and the UNESCO Chair in Manila, Philippines – M. Fortes

IV. DEFINING THE ROLE OF ENVIRONMENTAL/ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS

• Review of theories in environmental economics – C. Sanchez-Milani

• How economic analysis can be useful for coastal management: the EU VALSE Project – M. O’Connor

• Environmental evaluation of natural resources – P. Espeut

• Mangrove resource valuation: a case study in Pagbilao Bay and Ulugan Bay, Philippines – M. Fortes

• Summary of discussion

• Introduction

• Discussion paper on indicators to identify wise practices

• Discussion paper on example wise practices

• Plenary discussion

PARALLEL GROUP DISCUSSIONS: CHARACTERISTICS AND IDENTIFIERS

• From the viewpoint of urban and industrialized sites: report on discussions

• From the viewpoint of local communities coping with global forces: report on discussions

• From the viewpoint of small island developing states: report on discussions

• Caribbean and Latin America: topics discussed

• Mediterranean and Baltic: activity time-table

• Sub-Saharan Africa and Indian Ocean: report on discussions

• Southeast Asia and Pacific: outline of discussions

VI. CLOSING SESSION

PART B: UPDATE PAPER: WORK IN PROGRESS

• Coastal regions and small islands (CSI) platform

• Determination of wise coastal practices for sustainable human development

• Preliminary observations from the Wise coastal practice for sustainable human development forum

• Concluding remarks

PART C: ANNEXES