IAN facilitated Future Earth Coasts meeting in Cork, Ireland

Future Earth Coasts meeting participants (21) stand on stairs outside for a group photo.IAN traveled to University College Cork, in Ireland March 26-28 to help Future Earth Coasts and regional seas organizations create a framework to increase collaboration. The aim is to enhance the transition to sustainable coastal development and resource use. While implementation is having an effect in some areas, progress remains slow. And in other regions, improvements of any kind are elusive. Bill Dennison and Heath Kelsey helped facilitate the meeting to document a collaborative assessment framework developed by Future Earth Coasts called "Our Coastal Futures." Participants represented UNEP, Regional Seas Organizations for the Baltic and Mediterranean Seas and Western Indian Ocean, and Future Earth Coasts.