INTEGRATING COASTAL RESOURCE CONCERNS INTO RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT IN THE SOUSS-MASA (MOROCCO COASTAL RESOURCES)

Integrated Water and
Coastal Resources Management

Project Objectives

INTEGRATING COASTAL RESOURCE CONCERNS INTO RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT IN THE SOUSS-MASSA (MOROCCO COASTAL RESOURCES)

Identify the most important coastal resources issues facing the Souss-Massa basin and clarify their links to inland water concerns and overall basin management;
Identify critical technical and socio-economic issues that impact on habitat, living resources, physical and biological integrity, and human uses of the coastal zone;
Use the issues as the basis to develop a process and action plan for specific corrective actions to address critical coastal concerns;
Promote stakeholder support for coastal zone protection by designing a pilot project that demonstrates the social and economic impact of improved coastal zone management; and
Set the stage for a more comprehensive Mission portfolio in integrated water resources development that includes the incorporation of policy and legal changes in the 1995 National Water Law.