2011 Annual Meeting of the Yellow Sea MPA Network (Suncheon, R. Korea, 27-28 October 2011)            7th Meeting of the Regional Scientific and Technical Panel and Project Steering Committee for the UNDP/GEF Yellow Sea Project Beijing, China, 23-25 February 2011                           International Symposium on Marine Ecosystem Assessment: Systematic Design and Requirements (8 November 2010), the YSLME Regional Workshop on Regional Network for Ecosystem Monitoring and Assessment (9-10 November 2010) The 2nd Annual Meeting of the Yellow Sea MPA Network and Training Workshop on Benthos Survey for Ecosystem-based Management of Coastal Wetlands in the Yellow Sea in Dalian and Dandong in China, 5~9 September 2010.

The “Workshop for Accessing Funding: Basics and Approaches to Financial Sustainability” was organised in Qingdao, China, 21-23 July 2010 as one of capacity building activities of UNDP/GEF Yellow Sea Project.  The workshop was organised by the Project with the support of First Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, China.

Strategic Action Programme (SAP) demonstration activities finalised A total of 21 demonstration activities were implemented to illustrate the effectiveness of management actions that were proposed by Strategic Action Programme (SAP) to maintain and improve the capacity of the Yellow Sea ecosystem to provide ecosystem services.  The activities tested whether the actions would achieve management targets that the SAP set in selected topics and/or identified geographic areas before the actions were adopted on a widespread basis.

News

	"A Warm Welcome to UN Secretary - General Ban Ki-moon & Mme Ban soon-taek" Seoul, 13 November 2010                                                                                                                                             YSLME Staff Photo
	The Yellow Sea Project co-hosted the 4th annual Korea Model United Nations (KMUN) in 25 ~ 28 January 2011 with Korea University and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. A number of college and high-school students will attend the meeting and had the opportunities to discuss a wide range of global issues ranging from poverty to environmental problems.
		2011 NOWPAP Recent Activities (Dec) 16th NOWPAP IGM held in Beijing NOWPAP at the 4th High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness 2011 NOWPAP Recent Activities (Oct) 3rd NOWPAP Training Course on Remote Sensing Data Analysis 9th POMRAC Focal Points Meeting 2011 NOWPAP Recent Activities (Aug-Sep) NOWPAP hosted Global Meeting of Regional Seas 2011 International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) campaign 9th CEARAC Focal Points Meeting 2011 NOWPAP Recent Activities(May-July) A NOWPAP promotion event on the Ocean Day Development of RCU staff project management skills Eco-life Act in Toyama 2011 NOWPAP Recent Activities(April) NOWPAP / PICES / WESTPAC Joint Training Course     on Remote Sensing Data Analysis 5th International Marine Debris Conference 2011 NOWPAP Recent Activities(Jan. - Mar.) NOWPAP at the meeting of Regional Seas Coordinators NOWPAP at the YSLME meeting UNEP Year Book 2011 launched