Integrated Management
Management of complex and dynamic systems like estuaries requires an integrated approach covering a comprehensive understanding of estuarine functions, appropriate governance tools and experience based on good practises. These aspects are assessed in the main chapters ´Functioning´, Governance´ and ´Measures´ of the toolbox.
To guide estuarine managers through a generic integrated estuarine management process with the Ecosystem Approach as an integral part, the use of the Estuarine Planning Support System (EPSS) is recommended as an interactive tool, making use of key tools and outputs from the TIDE project related to the above named aspects. This generic roadmap directs the users to relevant supporting outputs and tools from the TIDE project needed at each stage of the generic management process.
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