Seminar on The Yellow Sea Partnership for Enhanced Public Awareness and Participation

Agreements made at the 1st MPA network meeting_Final

Signed agreement

 

Towards a Yellow Sea Network of Marine Protected Areas

The First Yellow Sea MPA network meeting

Gimpo City, R. Korea, 20-21 October 2009

 

 

20 Oct

Topic

Speaker

 

 

9.30 - 10.30

Opening Ceremony

Chair: Jungho NAM

 

 

Welcome address of Republic of Korea

Chinsoo LIM

KMI

 

 

Opening remark of China

Dexin MENG

 

 Liaoning  Province Ocean & Fishery bureau

 

 

Goals and Objectives of the workshop

Yihang JIANG

YSLME Project Management Office

 

 

Introduction of the Participants

 

 

 

 

Group Photo

 

 

 

10:30-10:50

Coffee break

 

 

 

10:50-18:00

Session 1: The benefits of networks

 Chair: Jungho NAM

 

10:50-11:15

Learning by example "The Success of the Suncheon MPA"

 Gijeong LEE

Suncheon MPA

 

11:15-11:40

Forming Networks in Republic of Korea

Jungho NAM 

KMI

 

11:40-12:05

Case studies from around the world "The benefits of MPA networks"

Sadayosi TOBAI

WWF/ YSESP

 

12:05-13:30

Lunch

 

 

 

13:30 - 15:10

Session 2: Current state of the MPAs

Chair: Yihang JIANG

 

13:30-13:55

Ganghwa Islands Southern Mudflat

 Gyung Soo PARK

Representative of Ganghwa

 

13:55-14:20

Yalu Nature Reserve

 Yaquan SUN

Dandong Ocean & Fishery Bureau

 

14:20-14:45

Seocheon

 Jungho NAM

Representative of Seocheon 

 

14:45-15:10

Rongcheng Seagrass beds

 

Xinjun ZHANG

 

Rongcheng Fisheries Technique Extension Station

 

 

15:10-15:30

Coffee break

 

 

 

15:30 - 18:00

Session 3: Identifying the needs of the network

Chair: Xuelei ZHANG

 

15:30-15:45

Setting the agenda for country discussions of role of MPA network

 Yihang JIANG

YSLME Project Management Office

 

15:45-16:45

Country discussions of what is needed from the network

ALL

 

 

16:45-17:15

Country presentations of their ideas for the network

Team Leader

 

 

17:15-18:00

Discussion

ALL 

 

 

21 Oct

 

 

 

 

09:00-12:30

Session 4: Agreeing the rules and framework

Chair: Gyung Soo PARK

 

09:00-09:25

Presentation of draft rules and framework

Yihang JIANG

YSLME Project Management Office

 

09:25-09:50

Discussion and revision of the rules and framework

 

 

 

09:50-10:15

Workplan for 2010

 

 

 

10:15-10:30

Coffee Break

 

 

 

10:30-10:55

Selection of date and venue of 2nd MPA network meeting

Yihang JIANG

YSLME Project Management Office

 

10:55-11:20

Adoption of the Report

 

 

 

11:20-11:45

Signing of the joint Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)

 

 

 

11:45-12:00

Closure of the Meeting

 

 

 

12:00-13:30

Lunch

 

 

 

14:00

Field trip