Information management is an essential tool in integrated coastal management since it can provide data and/or information needed in attaining the necessary outputs towards the realization of sustainable development goals in coastal areas. The Integrated Information Management System for Coastal and Marine Environment (IIMS) is a desktop database application that provides timely data recording, the updating of information for management and technological intervention, and also facilitates data sharing. PEMSEA developed the IIMS to assist stakeholders, managers, and decisionmakers to meet their information needs in a timely manner and in the required format (standardized). The following paper describes how IIMS helped solve some of the information management issues in Bataan to facilitate not only improved environmental management but also to strengthen local governance.

This case study documents the process leading to the development of RO Korea's integrated coastal policy. It highlights the lessons learned from the country's experience and evaluates the initial implementation of the policy.

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