Two of the NOWPAP Regional Activity Centres, POMRAC and MERRAC, have organized their Focal Points Meetings respectively on 26-27 May and 8-11 June 2010 in Busan and Daejeon, Republic of Korea. After reviewing the on-going projects, the two Regional Activity Centres will continue the following activities:
POMRAC
• Preparation of a regional overview on ＾Atmospheric Deposition (AD) of Contaminants in the NOWPAP Region with Special Case Studies on Anthropogenic and Natural Changes￣ using AD modeling data.
• Preparation of a regional overview based on the case studies on ＾River and Direct Inputs (RDI) of Contaminants with Focus on the Anthropogenic and Natural Changes in the Selected Areas of the NOWPAP Region￣.
• Further implementation of ＾Integrated Coastal and River Basin Management￣ (ICARM) taking into consideration the results from case studies.
MERRAC
• Organization of the 2010 MERRAC Expert Meeting and Oil Spill Exercise in Hokkaido, Japan on 5 September 2010.
• Collection of information through questionnaires on the implementation of NOWPAP Regional Oil and HNS Spill Contingency Plan.
• Publishing the results of completed specific projects on HNS (Hazardous and Noxious Substances) Training Manual, HNS Database, and Regional Report on HNS Preparedness and Response.
Implementation of NOWPAP contributes to the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities (GPA) in the Northwest Pacific region.