Change in the coastal zone has always been an integral topic in the APN's research
framework, and that there are serious coastal problems and issues in the
Asia-Pacific region that need to be addressed. With this in mind, the 8th
APN Inter-Governmental Meeting, held in Hanoi in March 2003, endorsed the
initiation of a two-year APN Global Change Coastal Zone Management Synthesis.
The APN Coastal Zone Management Synthesis will not just be a summary of APN coastal
projects, it will also identify research gaps and needs for future coastal zone
research in the Asia-Pacific region.
Products and outputs of the synthesis will be two printed outputs, the first
a Coastal Zone Management Synthesis Report, the second a substantial publication,
a book emphasizing research gaps and a broad research agenda for the region.
