In course of the 2-year APN-funded project, new data on
estuarine and coastal changes in areas adjoining the Amur, Tumen
and Razdolnaya Rivers were obtained, and recommendations for
management of sustainable coastal development of the region are
presented including China and Korea coastal zones. Two
expeditions to Amur and Razdolnaya Rivers mouth areas were
organized, and hydrological regime, oceanography, environmental
contamination, state of benthic and plankton comminities were
investigated in connection with climatic changes. Three
workshops were held: in Nanjing, China, Dec. 2004; Training
Course for Young Scientists, Vladivostok, Russia, Oct. 2005;
back-to-back with a science session for local policy-makers; in
Vladivostok, May 2006. A website of the project was created
(
http://www.imb.dvo.ru/misc/apn/index.htm), and two books,
Ecological Studies and State of the Ecosystem of Amursky Bay and
Razdolnaya River Mouth and a collective monograph are in
preparation. Two books and 19 papers in peerreviewed journals
were published and/or prepared. Future directions may include
comparison of different coastal management strategies and
understanding of how we can use these national strategies to
develop complex management approach. |
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