| International
actors and agreements in the region
See
Global action.
UNEP
Regional Seas Programme. ••>
UNEP Global programme of action for the protection of the
marine environment from land-based activities (UNEP GPA).
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UNEP
Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP). ••>
UNEP Regional Resource Centre for Asia and Pacific (RRC.AP).
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UN
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).
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International
Coral Reef Initiative and other organizations and networks
on
the threats to coral reefs, including the effects of litter/debris.
Private
sector and NGOs actors and initiatives
Ocean
Concervancy: International Coastal Cleanup (ICC). ••>
UNEP
and Clean up Australia: Clean up the World! ••>
Southeast
Asian Programme in Ocean Law, Policy and management (SEAPOL).
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National
action
HONG
KONG
Hong Kong Marine Department:
Marine refuse & pollution.
Hong
Kong Environment, Transport and Works Bureau: Marine
Debris Survey.
Civic
Exchange: Clean
Environment Campaign (including harbour cleanups)
PHILIPPINES
International
Marinelife Alliance (IMA) Philippines: International
Coastal Cleanup - Philippines.
Coastal
Resource Management Project - Philippines; Comprehensive Municipal
Ordinance Providing for the Sustainable Management, Development,
and Conservation of Municipal Waters and its Coastal Resources.
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SINGAPORE
International Coastal Cleanup - Singapore (Mangroves),
coordinated by NUS Raffels Museum of Biodiversity Research.
International
Coastal
and Mangrove Cleanup at Sungei Buloh Nature Park (5th
Mangrove Cleanup), Singapore.
VIETNAM
International Marinelife Alliance Vietnam: Activities
of the International Coastal Cleanup in Vietnam.
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Regional
conventions, agreements, action plans, projects, and actors
East
Asian Seas Action Plan. ••>
Susatinable
Development Strategy for the Seas of East Asia.
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GEF
International Waters projects. ••>
Coordinating
Body on the Seas of East Asia (COBSEA. • Regional Co-ordinating
Unit (EAS/RCU). ••>
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). ••>
Partnership in Environmental Management for the Seas of East
Asia (PEMSEA). ••>
Regional
reports on the state of the marine and coastal environment
ESCAP:
State
of the Environment in Asia and the Pacific 2000.
UNEP: Asia
Pacific Environment Outlook 2. Published periodically
to present the state of environment and its trend in the region.
The report aims to critically review the existing status of
the environment, the driving forces for changes, and the existing
set of policy initiatives undertaken to confront environmental
challenges.
UNEP GPA: Overview
on Land-based Sources and Activities Affecting the Marine
Environment in the East Asian Seas.
COBSEA/EASRCU: Identification
of Regional "Hot-spots" on land-based pollution,
their characteristics and impacts.
The project is one of the identified activities in the Regional
Programme of Action for the Protection of Marine Environment
from the Effect of Land-based Pollution. The implementation
of the project will contribute to the general objectives of
the Regional Programme of Action, and address priority problems
in the region.
UNEP GPA: East
Asian Seas (brief description of environnmental state,
priority issues).
UNEP:
Global
Environment Outlook 3 (GEO3). Coastal and marine areas.
University
of Rhode Island: Large Marine Ecosystems (LME): Gulf
of Thailand, South
China Sea, Sulu-Celebes
Sea, Indonesian
Sea, North
Australian Shelf, and part of the Bay
of Bengal.
Other
publications on marine and coastal environment, including
marine litter
Articles
in Marine Pollution Bulletin on marine litter/marine
debris in Afura
and Timor Seas,
and off Northern Australia: 1998
and 1996.
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