Forums 2016 – A Lot Gained
Stakeholders at the 2016 Capes Coastal Forum Fifty people from thirty eight groups attended the five coastal stakeholder forums held late last year by CoastSWaP between Mandurah and Walpole. Local...
Plan and facilitate coastal stakeholder forums.
Compile and share practical and constructive information regarding coastal planning and management.
Develop, strengthen and maintain a strong coastal stakeholder network.
Advocate for positive change to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of Coastal Management
See Strategic Plan (2017 -2020) here
Within the past 12 months we have:
Completed 10 coastal planning and management case studies. Visit the case studies page or click here
Planned and facilitated 5 Coastal Stakeholder Forums in the Peel-Harvey, Leschenault, Geographe, Capes and Warren sub-regions. We also attended and presented at the South Coast Forum in Albany. See our forums page for more info or click here
Filled all CoastSWaP committee positions. Welcome Chiara Danese as our new Chairperson and Tony Swarts our new Community Member!
Constantly updated our Facebook page. Click here to have a look and give us a like!
The CoastSWaP committee will be appointing a new Project Officer soon to replace Blair Darvill (who has decided to travel around the place with his family for a while), then a new 12 month calendar of events and activities will be developed based on our strategic plan.
Watch this space!
We would like to thank our 2015 and 2016 local government contributors:
And of course, Coastwest who have provided funding for our annual forums and group support in 2015 and 2016.
New members welcome! Join our SW Coastal Stakeholder Network by contacting info@coastswap.org.au.
What do you know? Please share any relevant, practical coastal planning and mangement information with us and we'll happily get it out there to our 200 strong network. The main aim of the website is to build knowledge and capacity of coastal stakeholders so if that's you please sign your group up so you can receive this info and join in the discussions.
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