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National and European meetings dealing particularly with restoration of beaches and dunes.

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WORLD SAND DUNE DAY - 29th June 2024

World Sand Dunes Day is an international day of awareness raising that aims to highlight the importance and beauty of dunes, and is Saturday 29th of June. If you’re planning a World Sand Dune Day event, you’re welcome to send the details to DynamicDunescapes Emma.Waldron(at)naturalengland.org.uk  and she will add it to the WSDD webpage. They collate events every year to showcase the global celebrations and have reached as far as South America and Australia. Head to the website to see more about World Sand Dune Day or their Trello Board to download resources and find inspiration for your own posts. Don’t forget to tag (@dyamicdunes) and use the hashtag #WorldSandDuneDay !

In the Netherlands are some special excursions, e.g. Egmond aan Zee, Kwade Hoek, Kennemerduinen, and in Domburg.

Stichting Duinbehoud will organise a special excursion - see link

In Belgium and France will be an excursion through the Westhoek Reserve and the Dune du Perroquet between De Panne and Bray-Dunes. The Agency for Nature and Forests in cooperation with the Département du Nord is organizing a guided excursion through the cross-border Belgian-French dune area 'Westhoek nature reserve - Dune du Perroquet', the widest and most extensive dune area on the Flemish coast. Meeting and start at 10am at the car park of Café Perroquet 23 in De Panne, Duinhoekstraat 174, right next to the French-Belgian state border.

The Belgian Westhoek Reserve and the French Dune du Perroquet will be traversed across their full width. Large-scale sand drifts, humid dune slacks, high seafront dunes, formation of dunes from washed-up seaweed on the beach, and the results of nature restoration works under LIFE and INTERREG projects co-financed by the European Union will be highlighted. The guided walk will end where it started, at Café Perroquet 23, where participants will be offered an aperitif. The walk guided by Flemish and French rangers and the drink are free of charge.

The nature reserve 'De Westhoek' is owned by the Flemish Region and managed by the Agency for Nature and Forests. The adjacent 'Dune du Perroquet' is owned by the French state institution Conservatoire du Littoral' and managed by the Département du Nord.

For several years, several Flemish and French government agencies have been working together towards the creation of a cross-border European nature park of the 'Westkust - Dunes de Flandre'. The Franco-Flemish dune belt ‘French Dunes of Flanders and Flemish West Coast Dunes’ extend from French Dunkirk to Belgian Lombardsijde.

22th-26th September 2024: International Coastal Symposium, Doha, Qatar

The University of Doha and the Coastal Education and Research Fundation (CERF) are organising the 17th International Costal Symposium.
The abstract submission deadline is the 21th February 2024. The Symposium embraces a broad spectrum of subthemes, ensuring a comprehensive exploration of coastal issues and solutions: Coastal Management, Policy and Planning / Coastal and Marine Engineering / Decarbonization of Marine and Maritime Industry / Climate Change and Sea-Level Rise / Coastal Evolution and Shoreline Change / Coastal Geology and Geomorphology / Hydrodynamics and Modeling / GIS and Remote Sensing / Coastal Hazards and Extreme Storms / Coastal Biology and Ecology / Rivers and Estuaries / Beaches, Dunes and Coasts / Coastal Tourism / Shelf Seas, Lagoons and Oceanography / Ports and Inlets.

Further information: www.ics2024.org

24th-27th September 2024: Littoral2024; Constanta, Romania

The next LITTORAL Conference will take place on the 24th – 27th September 2024. The conference will be hosted by the Ovidius University of Constanța, Romania, under the auspices of the Coastal & Marine Union (EUCC).

Further information on the conference website.

03th-04th October 2024: Atelier Camargue, France