Upcoming Events:
Join us to clean up the East Asian Seas! The COBSEA Secretariat is organizing the first Clean Up East Asian Seas Campaign 2008 in collaboration with Clean Up the World, Ocean Conservancy's International Coastal Cleanup and Green Fins. Through the campaign we are inviting governments, NGOs, schools etc. to register local clean-up activities as part of the campaign. More informaton...
The Green Fins Photo Contest is being organized as part of the Clean Up East Asian Seas Campaign 2008! Submit your photos on the theme "Marine litter, the sea and the coast" by 15 July 2008 31 July 2008 to join the Green Fins Photo Contest. More information...
The COBSEA Clean Beach Award is being organized as part of the Clean Up East Asian Seas Campaign 2008. Local governments in five participating countries can nominate beaches under their administration for a COBSEA Clean Beach Award. More information...
18-20 September 2008: The Second COBSEA Marine Litter Workshop and Cleanup Campaign will be organized in Pattaya, Thailand. More information...
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17 June 2008: Press release "Campaign spotlights severity of marine trash in the East Asian Seas" about the Clean Up East Asian Seas Campaign. Read the press release...
10-11 June 2008: COBSEA organized Forum on Marine Pollution related Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China. The forum identified priority areas and measures on how MEA implementation can be enhanced in the East Asian Seas region. More information....
5 June 2008: Partner update - NOWPAP links with partners are strengthened! More information...
1-3 May 2008: COBSEA supports the organization of the UNEP/IOC Technical Working Group Workshop for the development of UNEP/IOC Operational Guidelines on Survey and Monitoring of Marine Litter. The workshop was attended by experts from several Regional Seas programmes as well as experts from other organizations. More information...
24 March 2008: COBSEA joins the International Year of the Reef 2008! The ICRI International Year of the Reef 2008 is a worldwide campaign to raise awareness about the value and importance of coral reefs and threats to their sustainability. COBSEA is a long-time ICRI partner and is now a registered IYOR 2008 Focal point! Go to IYOR website...
22-23 January 2008: The New Strategic Direction of COBSEA (2008-2012) adopted by the 19th Meeting of COBSEA. The meeting was hosted by the Royal Government of Cambodia. The meeting also discussed and adopted a number of important matters including the COBSEA Regional Action Plan on Marine Litter, the outline of an East Asian Seas Environment Outlook and the Work Plan and Budget 2008-2009. More information...
20 January 2008: Partner news - An update on the activities in the NOWPAP region. More information...
15 January 2008: Partner news - The UNDP/GEP Yellow Sea Project invites proposals for the "SAP demonstration activities". Go to YSLME website...
28-29 September 2007: COBSEA participated in the NOWPAP International Coastal Cleanup in Busan, the Republic of Korea. The 2007 NOWPAP ICC campaign was organised in order to highlight the global concern of marine litter and to strengthen cooperation between neighbouring countries to better cope with the litter problem. The Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, the Republic of Korea, was generous enough to support COBSEA's participation in this important event. More information...
24 September 2007: COBSEA featured in Thailand's Daily News: "Coordination for the protection of the Seas of East Asia" - Dr. Cherdchina Chotiyaputta from Thailand's Department of Marine and Coastal Resources informed the Daily News readers of COBSEA and its proposed new strategic direction. The article also includes information on the emerging issue of marine litter and COBSEA's plans to develop a regional action plan to address this problem. Link to article (in Thai)...
15 September 2007: 505 volunteers participated in a coastal cleanup day including both underwater and beach activities in Koh Lanta, Thailand. The volunteers collected more than 3,000kg of debris! The cleanup day was organized by the Phuket Marine Biological Center as part of COBSEA's Green Fins activity. More information....
5-6 September 2007: The Special Intergovernmental Session of COBSEA organized in Putrajaya, Malaysia in order to discuss COBSEA's new strategic direction (2008-2012) and to finalise the White Paper to be presented to the 19th Meeting of COBSEA for possible adoption. More information...
1 July 2007: Bangkok Post publishes an article 'Green Diving' about the Green Fins Programme. Link to article...
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