Coastal Lake Assessment and Management Tool (CLAM): Fiddamans Creek, Coffs Harbour City Council

The Coastal Lake Assessment and Management (CLAM) tool allows stakeholders to assess the social, economic and environmental trade-offs associated with development, remediation and use options for coastal lakes and estuaries. Researchers at the Australian National University (ANU) developed CLAM in 2004 when contracted by the NSW State Government to provide sustainability assessments of 8 coastal lakes. Several projects have since been established directly with local government and NRM groups.\n\nTo date, 27 CLAMs have been developed in New South Wales, where they generally fit within estuary management or catchment management plans. To develop these CLAMs and build local capacity to maintain them, ANU-Enterprise Pty Ltd - the commercial company of ANU developed an Accreditation Scheme whereby local consultants are trained in the CLAM approach.

沿海湖泊评估与管理工具（Coastal Lake Assessment and Management，简称CLAM）可助力利益相关方评估沿海湖泊与河口的开发、修复及利用方案所涉及的社会、经济与环境权衡关系。澳大利亚国立大学（Australian National University，ANU）的研究团队于2004年受新南威尔士州政府委托，为8处沿海湖泊开展可持续性评估期间，开发了CLAM工具。此后，多个项目直接与地方政府及自然资源管理（Natural Resource Management，NRM）团体合作落地。

截至目前，新南威尔士州已累计开发27套CLAM工具，此类工具通常被纳入河口管理或流域管理规划范畴。为开发此类CLAM工具并培育本地运维能力，作为澳大利亚国立大学商业子公司的ANU-Enterprise Pty Ltd推出了一套认证体系，面向本地顾问开展CLAM方法的专项培训。