Finalisation of the Revised Strategic Action Programme for the South China Sea

The Ninth Meeting of the Regional Scientific and Technical Committee and Eighth Meeting of the Project Steering Committee were convened in Viet Nam from 20th-22nd August and 25th-26th August, respectively. Both committees gave careful consideration to: activities and achievements of the demonstration sites and pilot activities; the regional training programme; operation and maintenance of the project GIS and databases; and operational considerations for implementing the revised Strategic Action Programme. Important outcomes of the Project Steering Committee meeting include: approval of the final revised Strategic Action Programme for the South China Sea; and agreement on the text for a Memorandum of Understanding among the countries bordering the South China Sea concerning co-ordination of actions undertaken to implement the Strategic Action Programme for the South China Sea. The reports of the meetings can be accessed here - 9th RTSC and 8th PSC.

The 9th Meeting of the Regional Working Group on Seagrass was convened in Phu Quoc, Vietnam from 3rd-5th March 2007. The main items of business considered by the group included: the status of finalisation, adoption, and implementation of National Action Plans; review of outputs from the South China Sea Regional Training Course on Management Models and Strategies for Coral Reef and Seagrass Ecosystems and associated National Echo-Seminars; the national and regional economic values of the goods and services of seagrass in the South China Sea; and the seagrass component of the regional Strategic Action Programme. Please click here to access the report of the meeting.