• The World Aquaculture Society (WAS) had their annual meeting in BEXCO, Busan City, Republic of Korea, 20-23 May 2008, attended by more than a thousand people from 95 countries around the world. During the meeting, YSLME project organised a special session on the Friday morning, chaired by Dr. Mark Walton and Dr. In Kwon Jang, titled “Reducing the environmental impacts of mariculture in the Yellow Sea”. [Detail], [Presentation files]

[Partner News-NOWPAP] Three NOWPAP Regional Activity Centres (DINRAC, MERRAC and POMRAC) held their Focal Points Meetings (CEARAC Meeting has been held in March 2008). [Detail]

• Training course on “Capacity Building & Expert Exchange Programme 2008 for Analysis of Organics” was supported by the UNDP/GEF Yellow Sea Project Management Office and held at the International Atomic Energy Agency, Marine Environmental Laboratories(IAEA-MEL) in Monaco from 2nd to 6th June 2008. [Detail]

• The “Regional Workshop on Assessing Marine Environment Quality of the Yellow Sea” was co-organised by the UNDP/GEF Yellow Sea Project and National Marine Environment Monitoring Center (NMEMC, China) from the 2nd to 4th June 2008, in Shenyang, China. [Detail]

[Partner News - PEMSEA] The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) and the East Asian Seas (EAS) Partnership Council have named Professor Raphael P. M. Lotilla as the new Regional Programme Director of the PEMSEA Regional Programme and the Executive Director of the PEMSEA Resource Facility beginning May 2008. [Detail]

[Partner News - PEMSEA] The East Asian Seas Partnership Council Meeting will hold its second meeting on 14–17 July 2008 in Tokyo, Japan. The Meeting is being organized by the PEMSEA Resource Facility and is co-organized by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) with the support of the Ocean Policy Research Foundation (OPRF) of Japan. [Detail]

[Partner News - PEMSEA] The Government of the Philippines through the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) announced today, 5 June 2008, its hosting of the East Asian Seas (EAS) Congress 2009, to be held in Manila on 23-27 November 2009 at the Philippine International Convention Center. [Detail]

• The “UNDP/GEF Yellow Sea Project” Associate Expert Programme for 2008 (previously called the Internship Programme) is now open for applications from (but not limited to) the coastal countries of the Yellow Sea. [Detail] (New deadline)

• The Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea(DOALOS) of the Office of Legal Affairs, is now accepting applications for the 2009-2010 session of the United Nations - The Nippon Foundation of Japan Fellowship Programme. Deadline : 15th August. [Detail]

• World Aquaculture Society meeting in Busan, R. of Korea 20 - 23 May 2008. The YSLME project is pleased to announce that it will be hosting a special session titled “ Reducing the environmental impacts of mariculture” 9.00 -12.50 on Friday 23rd May. Information on participants, venue, logistics and abstracts are available here. [Detail]

• Report of training workshop for DPRK scientists on “Capacity Building for Environmental Pollution Monitoring and Assessment” is available here.
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• “The activities on Data and Information Collection and Regional Data Syntheses were completed, and the reports published. If you would like a copy of these books, please send your request to the Project Management Office at info@yslme.org ”