This UNDP project seeks to implement priority country-driven strategies to adapt to climate-induced coastline erosion within the framework of integrated coastal area management planning, through a combination of demonstration projects, integration of climate change into coastal management policies, capacity building initiatives including training, stakeholder consultations, climate and coastline erosion monitoring mechanisms, as well as  the promotion of regional cooperation. In other words, this project is concerned with the maintenance of ecosystem resiliency to climate change along the Canary Current coastline, because of the risk that climate change will undermine conservation efforts intended to sustain fisheries. To address this threat, the project aims to contribute to the improvement of integrated coastal management in light of climate change. The specific actions that it takes in this vein are to conduct country-specific coastal erosion assessments, to consult with stakeholders to identify exitisting strategies and capacities to address the problem of erosion, to select promising strategies from this pool and implement them at pilot test sites, to monitor the results, and to disseminate lessons learned. “Strategies” can include both adaptation actions (e.g., mangrove reforestation) and capacity-buildling (e.g., awareness-raising). Findings from the pilot projects will be used to integrate climate change and adaptation issues into existing coastal management, to develop plans and policies that induce cooperation across sectors,  to spur the creation or improvement of national policies that facilitate adaptation to climate change in coastal areas, to enhance regional cooperation in undertaking these challenges, and to establish a clearinghouse to store and disseminate lessons and best practices. Link to Source