Public-Private Partnerships in Coastal and Marine Resource Management

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Tuesday, December 01, 1998

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As reflected in this issue of Tropical Coasts, the challenge of developing a "public-private partnership working model" is being taken up in Eat Asia, South Asia, the Caribbean and Central America. The reported efforts cover a variety of environmental issues, ranging from port development and operation, to protection of a coral reef, to integrated waste management, and each evolved as a mechanism to respond to a practical local problem. Although the described public-private partnership mechanisms have been developed and tested in isolation of one another, there are common elements that were expressed by each, namely: (1) enhancement of the ability of the local community, and the stakeholders therein, to manage their local environment; (2) sustainability of environment programs and (3) socioeconomic benefit derived to the local community as a result of improved environmental programs.