Coastcare

The Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism provides national leadership for promoting sustainable coastal development. This is primarily achieved through Coastcare, a partnership involving the private and public sectors.

The policy guiding this joint initiative is presented in the White Paper for Sustainable Coastal Development in South Africa.

Coastcare aims for:

• Coastal economic development that makes the best use of available resources;
• Coastal development that promotes social equity through improved livelihoods of poor coastal communities; and
• A healthy coastal environment for the benefit of current and future generations.
  

Coastcare provides financial and technical assistance for:

• Coastal development projects;
• Institutional capacity building of coastal management organisations;
  
• Legal development to support policy;
  
• Awareness education and training initiatives;
  
• Coastal resource planning;
  
• Applied research; and
  
• Coastal information management projects.

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