Integrated Coastal Resources Management in West Africa (1989)

Working with senior colleagues active in coastal zone management, CONCUR Principal Scott McCreary co-lead a 12-nation workshop in Mbour, Senegal on integrated coastal zone management for West Africa. The meeting, co-sponsored by USAID, the US National Park’s Service’s International Program’s Division, and IUCN, brought together natural resource planners and managers from diverse perspectives to explore the potential for innovative approaches to coastal resource management. Participants came from Senegal, Mauritania, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana, Togo, Benin, The Gambia, Cote d’Ivoire, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, and Nigeria and a broad array of donor agencies, multilateral banks and international educational institutions.