Blue Planning in Practice Suriname

Blue Planning, i.e. ecosystem-based marine and coastal planning and management is regarded as a useful approach to support integration of environment and resource management, sustainable development and governance priorities at local, national and regional scales. The Training aims to provide an overview of the theory and practical concepts of coastal and marine spatial planning (MSP) to enable enable national and local planners and practitioners develop and implement integrated coastal and marine policies and plans in the local context. The Training was developed under the ‘Blue Solutions’ initiative which is coordinated by Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). (http://bluesolutions.info/capacity-development/blue planning in practice planning in practice)