2nd
Regional
Mariculture
Conference Assisted by Cheju National University, ROK
opens
the
presentation
files. [PPT]
Conclusions of the highly successful
“International Symposium on East-Asian Coastal
Wetlands Symposium, co-organised by the YSLME
project and the Getbol Forum were adopted as
[Annex II of Draft Resolution 22] at the recent Ramsar COP 10 meeting in Changwon, R. Korea.
The Youth Programme 2008 was held successfully in Buan,
ROK, 19-21 August 2008. Twenty middle/high-school students
attended the Programme from the Yellow Sea’s coastal
provinces and cities: ten students from China and ten
students from ROK. Professional scholars with expertise in
marine ecosystem as well as officials at local government
and international organisations were invited as lecturers. [Meeting
Report]
The Regional Mariculture Conference on 9-11
September 2008 is organsed by the Yellow Sea
Fisheries Research Institute, Qingdao, China. [The
proceeding]
2008 NOWPAP International Coastal Cleanup and training workshop
A “Cruise Launching Ceremony” was organized by State Oceanic Administration (SOA), China, and its North Sea Branch in Qingdao, China, on 12th January 2008.]
[More]
NOWPAP has recently increased exchange
with partners through participation in a number of
international meetings and workshops. [More]
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]
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]
Report of training workshop for
DPRK scientists on “Capacity
Building for Environmental Pollution
Monitoring and Assessment” is
available here.
[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]
Name: Lee Jun Young
Title: Road to Nu-e Island lighthouse
►KMUN(Korea Model United Nations) is co-hosted by Korea University and
YSLME [More]
► The RSTP meeting in Guangzhou,
China, 26-28 November 2007 was organised successfully.
[More]
►On 6-8 March 2008, the 6th Focal Points Meeting of CEARAC (Coastal Environmental Assessment Regional Activity Center of NOWPAP) has been held in Toyama,
Japan. In conjunction with the Focal Points Meeting (FPM), the First Coastal Environmental Assessment Workshop was organized on 7 March. [Story]
►The First NEAR-GOOS – NOWPAP Joint Training Course on Remote Sensing Data Analysis on 3-7 September 2007, jointly with IOC/WESTPAC.
[Story]
►NOWPAP partners joined hands in promoting International Coastal Cleanup
[Story]
►2nd Workshop of the Yellow Sea Partnership was hosted and organized by NOWPAP RCU on 1 October 2007 in Busan, Republic of Korea.
[Story]
Meeting report of "The Regional Conference on Protection of the Marine
Environment and Sustainable Use of Marine Resources in the Yellow Sea" was finalised
and downloadable.
[Meeting Report]
Mr. Yunil Kim joins the UNDP/GEF
Yellow Sea PMO as an intern for 6 months. The PMO gives a warm
welcome on his involvement for the project. [PMO]
Discussion summary for the YSLME Symposium and Workshop
On the Sustainable Mariculture in the Yellow Sea presents several issues on
talks. [Summary]
The Second Meeting of the Strategic
Action Programme Ad-hoc Working Group for the UNDP/GEF Yellow Sea Project in
18-20 August 2007, Hangzhou, China was well finalised consecutively with the Regional Science Conference. [Meeting Documents]
All the files, including the presentation, proceeding with programme, abstract,
for the
Regional Science Conference, which was held on 14th-16th
August, 2007 in Hangzhou, China, online [here].
The
Mariculture Carrying Capacity Symposium
for the UNDP/GEF Yellow Sea Project
was held in Rongcheng, Shandong, China, 4-6 September 2007.
[Docs]
[China Ocean News]
Liaoning province, China organises Yellow Sea
environment protection activity for youth. [article]
The Yellow Sea Partnership website can be access now. You visit
the site and
leave some
message on
behalf of
your organisation.
For initial
registration,
please
contact
info@yslme.org[YSP
website]
Dr. CHUNG Suh Yong put an article in the Seoul Newspaper with the topic "[Dr.
JUNG Suh-Yong's sight on international environment] (8) The Yellow Sea Marine
Environment Conservation and the role of United Nations" .[Article]
An International Coastal Cleanup
(ICC) from NOWPAP was successfully organized
on 28 June 2007 in Rizhao city,
China, with kind sponsorship of
the State Environmental
Protection Administration of
China and Rizhao municipal
government. [more]
Following
the exchange of project
information and the
discussion of areas and
mechanism for cooperation in
the promotion and protection
of the marine and coastal
environments of the Yellow
Sea, the PMO and Myungji
University have agreed to
join in a "Yellow Sea
Environment Partnership".
The MOU (Memorandum Of Understanding) between the project and Myongji
university on collaboration
to promote the conservation
and sustainable use of
marine and coastal resources
of the Yellow Sea was signed
on 19th June 2007. [MOU]
In co-operation with Yonsei
University Graduate School of
International Studies (GSIS),
the Project initiated the
Voluntary Internship Programme
(VIP) consisting of three
activities: the introductory
session on UN System and UNDP/GEF
Yellow Sea Project, the
participation in Project’s
international meetings and
workshops, and the summary and
reporting session. The first
activity, the Introductory
Session, was...[More
story]
The LOC (Letter of Co-operation) between YSLME PMO and NOWPAP RCU on building up
as Yellow Sea Partnership for protection of marine and coastal environment in
the Yellow Sea was endorsed on 24 May 2007. Following the exchange of
information and discussing potential area and mechanisms for co-operation in
protection of marine and coastal environment in the Yellow Sea, the YSLME PMO
and the NOWPAP RCU agreed to form the "Yellow Sea Environment Partnership" for
effective co-operation in the protection of the marine and coastal environment,
and sustainable use of marine and coastal resources in the Yellow Sea. [LOC]
The some of 2006 Small Grant projects show their output online.
[2006 SG]
Memorandum Of Understanding between the project management office of the UNDP/GEF
project on "Reducing Environmental Stress in the Yellow Sea Large Marine
Ecosystem" and Yonsei University Graduate school of international studies on
collaboration to promote the conservation and sustainable use of marine and
coastal resources of the Yellow Sea. [MOU]
The video captured from Local Governance
Training in Jeju, Korea is online. You can
enjoy the brief lecture and discussion
session.
[movie]