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Major intergovernmental agreements and actors
North
Pacific Marine Science Organization,
PICES
PICES is an intergovernmental scientific organization. It was
established in 1992 and its present members are Canada, People's
Republic of China, Japan, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation,
and the United States of America. The purposes of PICES are to
promote and coordinate marine research in the northern North Pacific
and adjacent seas especially northward of 30 degrees North; to
advance scientific knowledge about the ocean environment, global
weather and climate change, living resources and their ecosystems,
and the impacts of human activities; and to promote the collection
and rapid exchange of scientific information on these issues.
UN
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific,
ESCAP
Within the Water
Resources Programme under its Environment and Natural Resources
Development Division, the UN ESCAP organizes seminars and workshops
on various issues relating to water resources, including: Water
resources assessment; Integrated water resources development and
management; Protection of water resources, water quality and aquatic
ecosystems; River basin development and management; Promotion
of infrastructure development and investment for drinking water
supply and sanitation; Water pricing and promotion of private
investment in the water sector; Water demand management, water
saving and economic use of water; and Mitigation of water-related
natural disasters, particularly flood loss reduction.
UNEP
Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific,
ROAP
Working closely with the Division of Regional Co-operation and Representation
in UNEP's Nairobi-based headquarters, the Regional Office for Asia
and the Pacific (ROAP) looks to adopt global environmental policy
to regional priorities and needs. It acts as a catalyst, co-ordinator,
facilitater and mobilizer of resources. It puts particular emphasis
on building partnerships with regional and sub-regional intergovernmental
fora, other UN agencies, national governments, NGOs, the private
sector, academic and research institutions, and civil society, and
the media. See also here.
Financial institutions
Asian
Development Bank, ADB
The Asian Development Bank, a multilateral development finance institution,
was founded in 1966 by 31 member governments to promote the social
and economic progress of the Asia-Pacific region. It now has 58
member countries - 42 from within the region and 16 non-regional.
ADB gives special attention to the needs of the smaller or less-developed
countries, and to regional, subregional, and national projects and
programs. Promoting sustainable
development and environmental protection is a key strategic
development objective of the Bank. (See also about environment.)
To fulfill this objective, the Bank (i) reviews the environmental
impacts of its projects, programs, and policies; (ii) encourages
DMC governments and executing agencies to incorporate environmental
protection measures in their project design and implementation procedures,
and provides technical assistance for this purpose; (iii) promotes
projects and programs that will protect, rehabilitate, and enhance
the environment and the quality of life; and (iv) trains Bank and
DMC staff in, and provides documentation on, environmental aspects
of economic development. The Asian
Development Fund (ADF) is the concessional lending window of
the Bank.
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Action programmes, strategies and research
Northwest
Pacific Action Plan, NOWPAP
China, Japan, Russia and Korea share a common sea. This shared resource
also requires co-operative management. UNEP through its regional
seas programme is assisting the four nations in developing pollution
control and disaster response in the shared ocean environment. The
goal of NOWPAP is the wise use, development and management of the
coastal and marine environment so as to obtain the utmost long-term
benefits for the human populations of the region, while protecting
human health, ecological integrity and the region's sustainability
for future generations. As
the core center for initiating the cooperation among the countries
and regions involved for the environmental protection in the Sea
of Japan and Yellow Sea, the Northwest
Pacific Region Environmental Cooperation Center (NPEC) was
established in 1997. It became a public service corporation under
the Jpanese Environment Agency in 1998 and was also designated to
be one of the Regional Activity Centers of Northwest Pacific Action
Plan in 1999. NPEC functions as Special Monitoring and Coastal Environmental
Assessment Center for NOWPAP. See also below
- Nautilus.
Partnership
in Environmental Management for for the Seas of East Asia,
PEMSEA
A GEF project, focusing on "building partnerships within and
among governments of the region, as well as across public and private
sectors of the economy. The goal is to reduce or remove barriers
to effective environmental management, including inadequate or inappropriate
policies, disparate institutional and technical capabilities and
limited investment in environmental facilities and services".
PEMSEA is "based on two management frameworks developed and
tested in an earlier GEF Project: Integrated coastal management,
addressing land-water interactions and the impacts of human activity
in coastal areas; and risk assessment/risk management, applying
to subregional sea areas and the impacts of human activities on
marine ecosystems." PEMSEA web resources include Virtual
ICM; a Legal Information
Database Reference Catalogue; and a Directory
of Research and Management Institutions in Southeast Asia. and
a database of Good
Practices. See also the PEMSEA
Updates, a free online newsletter.
UNEP
Regional Seas Programme
The
Regional Seas Programme was initiated in 1974 as a global programme
implemented through regional components. The Regional Seas Programme
is UNEP's main framework in the field of the coastal and marine
environment. It includes 14 regions and three partner seas, involves
more than 140 coastal states, and focuses on sustainable development
of coastal and marine areas. Each regional action
plan is formulated according to the needs and priorities of
the region as perceived by the Governments concerned. Regional
conventions are in place for several areas. See a map
of all regional seas, and go to more information on the Black Sea,
Wider Caribbean, Mediterranean,
East Asian Seas, South Asian Seas, Eastern Africa, Kuwait Region,
North West Pacific, Red Sea And Gulf of Aden, South East Pacific,
North East Pacific, South
Pacific, Upper
South West Atlantic, and West
and Central Africa. The UNEP Regional Seas web site also contains
information on What's
at stake, Major
threats, and Actions.
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State of the regional environment
GEO 2000 State of the Environment: Asia and the Pacific
Global Enviroment Outlook 2000. GEO is:
- a global environmental assessment process, the GEO Process, that is cross-sectoral and participatory. It incorporates regional views and perceptions, and builds consensus on priority issues and actions through dialogue among policy-makers and scientists at regional and global levels.
- GEO outputs, in printed and electronic formats, including the GEO Report series. This series makes periodic reviews of the state of the world's environment, and provides guidance for decision-making processes such as the formulation of environmental policies, action planning and resource allocation. Other outputs include technical reports, a web site and a publication for young people.
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Projects under implementation
UNDP
- GEF - International waters:
Building
Partnerships for the Environmental Protection and Management of
the East Asian Seas
The objective of the project is to assist the riparian countries
of the East Asian Seas to collectively protect and manage their
heavily stressed coastal and marine environments through intergovernmental
and intersectoral partnerships. These countries include the Republic
of Korea which for the first time is a GEF recipient. Building upon
the methodologies, approaches, typologies, networks and lessons
learned from the pilot phase, the project would enhance and complement
national and international efforts by removing or lowering critical
barriers regarding policy, investment, capacity, which are having
negative effects on the management of the coastal/marine environment
in the region. Together with several waterbody-based projects in
the area, these projects constitute GEF's programmatic approach
to these coastal and marine waters with globally significant ecosystems
that are experiencing severe degradation.
UNDP
- GEF - International waters:
Prevention
and Management of Marine Pollution in the East Asian Seas
Development of policies and plans to control marine pollution from
land-based and sea-based sources, upgrading of national and regional
infrastructures and technical skills, and establishment of financing
instruments for project sustainability. Project will include selection
of demonstration sites, establishment of regional monitoring and
information network, and involvement of regional association of
marine legal experts to improve capacity to implement relevant conventions.
UNDP
- GEF - Biodiversity:
Wetland
Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use, People's Republic
of China
The Biodiversity Conservation Action Plan, Agenda 21 and the
draft National Wetland Conservation Action Plan provide the foundation
for the conservation and better management of China's wetland resources.
However, barriers to effective conservation of global wetland biodiversity
remain. These include: i) a lack of integration of wetland management
and biodiversity conservation into development planning; ii) no
institutional mechanisms for multi-sectoral wetland management;
iii) limited awareness of wetland values and functions at all levels;
iv) lack of examples of sustainable development of wetland resources
and involvement of local communities; and v) lack of technical capacity
at national and local levels to manage and conserve wetlands and
their biodiversity. The proposed project will remove these barriers
at four demonstration project sites with high global biodiversity
importance in four areas (Sanjiang Plain, Ruoergai Marshes, Yancheng
Coast and Dongting Lakes). Each represents a different ecosystem
and are, collectively, representative of China as a whole. A national
coordination component will also ensure that lessons learned from
this project will be appropriately transferred to other wetlands
throughout the country. GEF support will be closely allied with
new Government programmes that conserve biodiversity and ensure
locally sustainable development.
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Other actors, initiatives and resources
Nautilus
Institute for Security and Sustainable Development
A policy-oriented research and consulting organization. Nautilus
promotes international cooperation for security and ecologically
sustainable development. Programs embrace both global and regional
issues, with a focus on the Asia-Pacific region. Nautilus produces
reports, organizes seminars, and provides educational and training
services for policymakers, media, researchers and community groups.
A number of papers
on marine environment, sustainable development and environmental
cooperation in Northeast Asia can be found on the web site.
The
Yellow Sea - a Large Marine Ecosystem (LME)
A
Large Marine Ecosystem,
LME,
is a "region of ocean space encompassing coastal areas from
river basins and estuaries to the seaward boundary of continental
shelves and the seaward margins of coastal current systems. It is
a relatively large region characterized by distinct bathymetry,
hydrography, productivity, and trophically dependent populations."
See also Rhode Island University map
of LMEs.
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GIWA Subregional Task Team
| Name | Address and contact | Expertise |
| Chen, Shang | 1st Inst. Of Oceanography, Xia Xian Lin Road, Qingdao. Tel: 0532-8897476. Fax: 8895544. E-mail: Qdcs@163.com |
Associate Research Fellow Marine ecosystems |
| Deng, Jingyao | Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Inst., 106 Nanjin Road, Qingdao. Tel: 0532-5849430. Fax: 5811514. |
Research Fellow Fisheries stock assessment/ management |
| Liu, Hongbin | Shandong Marine Economics Research Institute, Jinhu Road, Qingdao. Tel: 0532-5815929. Fax. 5839248. E-mail: Hbliu@public.qd.cn |
Research Fellow Socio-economics |
| Lu, Yingxian | 1st Inst. Of Oceanography, Xia Xian Lin Road, Qingdao. Tel: 0532-8897431. E-mail: Fiokjc@public.qd.sd.cn |
Principle Engineer Marine geophysics |
| Ma, Qiming | Qingdao Ocean University, Yu Shan Road, Qingdao. Tel: 0532-2032482. Mobile: 13685328955. |
Assoc. Prof.
Environmental engineering |
| Tang, Yuxiang | 1st Inst. Of Oceanography, Xia Xian Lin Road, Qingdao. Tel: 0532-8898792. Fax: 8897475. E-mail: Ysea@public.qd.sd.cn |
Research Fellow Physical oceanography, global change |
| Wang, Baodong | 1st Inst. Of Oceanography, Xia Xian Lin Road, Qingdao. Tel: 0532-8897436. Fax: 8895544. E-mail: Wbdys@163.net |
Assoc. Research Fellow Marine chemistry |
| Wang, Wenqi | 1st Inst. Of Oceanography, Xia Xian Lin Road, Qingdao. Tel: 0532-8897431. |
Deputy division chief Scientific management |
| Wang, Xiulin | Qingdao Ocean University, Yu Shan Road, Qingdao. Tel: 0532-2022497. Fax: 2032483. E-mail: Xlwang@mail.ouqd.edu.cn |
Assoc. Prof. Marine chemistry |
| Xia, Dongxin | 1st Inst. Of Oceanography, Xia Xian Lin Road, Qingdao. Tel: 0532-8893222. Fax: 8899911. E-mail: Pdxxia@public.qd.sd.cn |
Research Fellow Coastal environment, global change |
| Yu, Huming | China Inst. For Marine Affairs, 1 Fuxingmenwai Ave., Beijing 100860. Tel: 010-68047760. Fax:. 68030767. Email: humingyu@btamail.net.cn |
Ph.D., Deputy Director-General Coastal management, fisheries management |
| Yu, Qingdong | Qingdao University, Qingdao. Tel.: 0532-5717391. E-mail: Yuqingdong@163.com |
Assoc. Prof. System engineering |
| Yuan, Yueli | 1st Inst. Of Oceanography, Xia Xian Lin Road, Qingdao. Tel: 0532-8899900. Fax: 8895544. |
Ph.D., Director-General Physical oceanography, modelling |
| Zhuang, Kelin | Qingdao Marine Geological Inst. , 62 Fuzhou Road, Qingdao. Tel: 0532-5755830. Fax: 5720553. E-mail: Kelinimg@public.qd.sd.cn |
Assoc. Research Fellow Marine geology |
| Zhuang, Zhenyue | Qingdao Ocean University, Yu Shan Road, Qingdao. Tel. 0532-2883372. |
Research Fellow Marine sedimentation environment |
| Zhang, Xuelei | 1st Inst. Of Oceanography, Xia Xian Lin Road, Qingdao. Tel: 0532-8897476. Fax: 8895544. E-mail: Dmb@public.qd.sd.cn |
Assoc. Research Fellow Marine ecosystems |
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