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Status A brief ICZM Status Report (see below) was submitted to the European Commission on 20 June 2006. No comprehensive Danish ICZM National Strategy, following the EU ICZM Recommendation has yet been formulated. Some initial steps were taken until 2003, when it was decided to have a major structural reform of the Danish municipal system. A number of initiatives were developed to promote ICZM. These included surveys of coastal management practices, establishment of a network including national authorities engaged in the marine environment, enabling legislation regarding new summer cottage areas in coastal areas. The reform will be implemented in 2007. Danish participation in a number of Interreg projects concerning integrated management and spatial planning in the coastal zone at land and at sea, and implementation of ICZM elements in the Wadden Sea conservation area. The Danish government perceives the Danish planning system in general to be adequate to manage the challenges to secure a proper balance between conservation and development of the coastal zone. Weaknesses and gaps are dealt with currently by adjusting existing laws, regulations and practices as well as implementing EU Directives and policies. In 2003, the Danish government decided to implement a major reform of the regional and local government structure. Upon this decision, the Ministry of Environment decided that it would be more appropriate to postpone a debate on a possible national strategy on ICZM to after 2007 when the reform is implemented. The Report submitted clearly demonstrates little progress on
ICZM has been made in Denmark since 2003 and that it will take
time before ICZM will come on the Danish political agenda. Reporting Institution: Miljøministeriet/ Ministry of Environment This is the leading organization and unit for ICZM in Denmark
at the national level, responsible for integrated management and
sustainable development in coastal and marine areas, including
the EEZ. National contact: Ms. Malene Wiinblad National Reporting: Report to
the EU Commission concerning the Implementation of the Council
and Parliament Recommendation of 30 May 2002 to Integrated Coastal
Zone Management (2002/413/ED), Ministry of Environment, June
2006 (15 pages, English) Stocktake and Supporting Documents Analysis of Coastal Zone Administration in Denmark: Denmark Stocktake (English): Analysis of the coastal zone administration in Denmark. (Niras konsulenterne 2006: Analyse af kystzoneadministrationen i Danmark, ) Danish Ministry of the Environment, Forest and Nature Agency). Report analyzing 12 cases where some management conflicts have occurred because the cases take place at the interface between land and sea. Anker, H.T., Nellemann, V. and Sverdrup-Jensen, S. 2004. Coastal zone management in Denmark: ways and means for further integration. Ocean & Coastal Management 47 (2004): 495-513. Planning in the near-coastal zone. (Planlægning i kystnærhedszonen, delbetænkning fra Udvalget om forenkling og udvikling af regionplanlægningen) Danish Ministry of the Environment 2003. 1999 Assessment of the Coastal Zone Management in Denmark Further information Website of the Danish Ministry of Environment
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