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ICAN is a project of UNESCO IOC´s IODE Programme, and ICAN members seek to play a leadership role in forging international collaborations of value to the participating nations, thereby optimizing regional governance in coastal zone management and marine spatial planning
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ICAN Newsletter Vol. 10 No. 1, April 2022.Vol. 10 No. 1 of the ICAN Newsletter has a focus on the ICAN 9 virtual workshop held 27-29 September 2021 and features several articles highlighting presentations at ICAN 9 (Digital Twin of the Ocean, CoastSnap . ICAN had a prominent presence at the CoastGIS 2021, the International Ocean Data Conference and in the newly published Coastal Atlas of Ireland. Other articles include the geodata portal for the Benguela Current convention and the global atlas for Nature-Based Solutions and Negative Emission Technologies.
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International Coastal Atlas Network Newsletter Vol. 9 No. 2This issue the ICAN newsletter focuses again on the UN Sustainable Development Goals with articles on the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data and other SDG relevant articles. It has a highlighted article on the Maryland Coastal Atlas and an update on the Ocean Information Hub.
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International Coastal Atlas Network Newsletter, Vol, 9, Nr 1, July 2020.The first issue of the ICAN Newsletter in 2020 features three articles that update atlases that have previously been published in the newsletter and an introduction to the new IOC / IODE initiative the Ocean Information Hub . They are particularly relevant since the authors have focussed on the use of their atlases in Ireland, the West Coast of the USA and the Caribbean Basin. In addition the list of atlases that support the UN Sustainable Development Goals has been expanded. This issue contains an important message from the ICAN Steering Group Co-chairs.
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International Coastal Atlas Network Newsletter, Vol, 8, Nr 2, December 2019.ICAN Newsletter vol. 8 No. 2 has a focus on the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development with an article on the First Global Planning Meeting. It also announces the dates for ICAN 9 to be held just after the Second UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon in June 2020. The feature article reports on the results of a survey conducted by the State of New York Gateway followed by the announcement of a two phase study by the University of Wisconsin of best practices and future directions for a select set of coastal web atlases. Sample on-line atlases for the UN Sustainable Development Goals are also referred to. The newsletter and the website have a new look.
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International Coastal Atlas Network Newsletter, Vol, 8, Nr 1, January 2019.This issue of the ICAN Newsletter contains articles on the ICAN participation in the CoastGIS 2018 conference in Iceland, the ICAN mini-workshop held at CoastGIS 2018 and reports from atlases in the Baltic Sea (HELCOM), the African Coastal Marine Atlas, Ecuador (System for Environmental Information) and New York State in the USA (Gateway). The issue also contains an introduction to the UN Sustainable Development Goal 14 (Life below water) and the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development.
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ICAN - Best Practice Guide to Engage your Coastal Web Atlas User Community.The long-term strategic goal of the IODE ICAN (International Coastal Atlas Network) project is to encourage and help facilitate the development of digital atlases of the global coast based on the principle of distributed, high-quality data and information. These atlases can be local, regional, national and international in scale. ICAN aims to achieve this by sharing knowledge and experience among atlas developers in order to find common solutions for coastal web atlas development whilst ensuring maximum relevance and added value for the users.
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International Coastal Atlas Network Newsletter, Vol, 1, Nr 2, September 2012.International Coastal Atlas Network (ICAN), 2012
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International Coastal Atlas Network Newsletter, Vol. 4, Nr 1, March 2015.The Newsletter of the International Coastal Atlas Network
