INTEGRATED COASTAL
ZONE MANAGEMENT
AND DISASTER RISK
MANAGEMENT –
Reference to Agenda 21 priorities and challenges
,AGENDA 21
• Created for the Earth Summit 1992 - United Nations
Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil.
• International initiative
• Signed by 178 countries
• What we do locally …
• … affects what happens nationally…
• …affects what happens globally.
,What is Agenda 21?
• Action Plan
• a commitment to sustainable development,
which was agreed by many of the world‟s
governments.
• Focusing on Sustainable Development
• Focus is on Social and environmental issues to
improve the human living conditions for future
generations
, Agenda 21
• Countries that have agreed to Agenda 21 are encouraged to
conserve and preserve their environments and natural resources
at local and national level.