PROCEEDINGS OF THE INAUGURAL MEETING OF THE PEMSEA NETWORK OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR SUSTAINABLE COASTAL DEVELOPMENT (PNLG)
East Asian Seas Congress 2006 Haikou
City, Hainan Province, PR China, 13 December 2006
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1. The Inaugural Meeting of the PEMSEA Network of Local Governments for Sustainable Coastal Development (PNLG) was held at the People’s Hall in Haikou City, Hainan Province, People’s Republic of China on 13 December 2006. The Meeting was organized in conjunction with the East Asian Seas Congress (EAS) 2006 and hosted by the State Oceanic Administration of PR China (SOA), Hainan Provincial Government and Haikou City Government.
1.2. The Meeting was attended by 130 delegates from 26 integrated coastal management (ICM) sites, namely Bali (includes the seven Regencies of Badung, Buleleng, Denpasar, Gianyar, Karangasem, Klungkung and Tabanan, and Sukabumi (Indonesia), Batangas, Bataan and Cavite (Philippines), Chonburi (Thailand), Danang and Quangnam (Vietnam), Nampho (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea), Port Klang (Malaysia), Shihwa (Republic of Korea), Sihanoukville (Cambodia), Xiamen and the 10 ICM parallel sites in PR China (Panjin, Leting, Dongying, Qingdao, Lianyungang, Quanzhou, Yangjiang, Fangchenggang, Haikou and Wenchang), as well as representatives from PEMSEA.
1.3. A full list of participants and the Meeting program are attached as Annex 1 and 2, respectively.
