9th international congress
LITTORAL 2008
A CHANGING COAST:
CHALLENGE THE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES
November 26-28 2008 Venice Italy

Congress topics

• Aspects of climate change in coastal zone (analysis, adaptation and mitigation)
• Natura 2000 implementation in coastal zones
• The Water Framework Directive (WFD) and coastal transitional waters
• Nature and human needs in coastal zones: co-evolution or impact?
• EU Policies and ICZM implementation in Europe (e.g. EU Maritime Policy, Flooding Directive, INSPIRE Directive, among others)
• Cultural heritage safeguarding
• Uncertainties in climate in projections for coastal areas: downscaling issues and relations to large scale changes

The official language of the conference will be English and there will not be simultaneous translation available.

More information: http://www.littoral2008.corila.it/