Collab 9: Marine Protected Area Management and Networking: Experiences and Opportunities for Collaboration in East Asia

PUBLICATION DATE:

Wednesday, February 02, 2022

PUBLICATION TYPE:

Meeting Documents

STATUS:

Only Available Online

DESCRIPTION:

Supported by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), the North-East Asian Subregional Programme for Environmental Cooperation (NEASPEC), and PEMSEA, CPC-led a workshop themed “MPA Management and networking: experiences and opportunities for collaboration in East Asia”, conducted on 13-14 October 2021 via a blended online and face-to-face meeting for the local attendees in Penglai District of Yantai City, Shandong Province.

Over one hundred participants from a) 22 Chinese ICM demonstration sites; b) related research institutes, namely the First Institute of Oceanography, MNR, Ocean University of China, and Xiamen University; c) NOAA, NRDC, KOEM, Philippines, NGOs, and local ocean and fisheries government of coastal areas as invited speakers; d) NGOs of NRDC, CI, WWF, China Blue Sustainability Institute, Society of Entrepreneurs and Ecology Beijing, and QINGDAO QINNENG New Energy & Environmental Protection Technology Company. LTD; and e) other international cooperation programs/platforms and marine agencies attended the workshop online and onsite.

The workshop was chaired by Ms. Yue Yao, the project manager of the conservation project of NRDC China on the 13th session and Dr. Zhaohui Zhang, CPC Deputy Director on the 14th session.