Events

Venue: Chelsea A, Berkeley Hotel, Bangkok

Time  : 13:30-15:30 (2hrs), 24 April 2024

Conveners:

Joana Akrofi, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Mahesh Pradhan, Coordinating Body on the Seas of East Asia (COBSEA), UNEP

Objectives

This event is open to everyone — industry and consumers.

Asia Dive Expo (ADEX) 2024

Land-based marine pollution, including the impacts of nutrient waste, sediments, and wastewater, is a considerable threat to the East Asian Seas. It contributes to the degradation of marine and coastal ecosystems by blocking the light and oxygen needed to reach plants and life underwater. In recognition of the increasing urgency of the situation, Nutrients, Sediments and Wastewater is highlighted as a priority area in COBSEA’s Strategic Directions 2023-2027.

February 21, 11:30-12:45 GMT+7, Room nr. G United Nations Conference Centre, Bangkok

The Marine Mammal Twinning, part of the EU-funded Ocean Governance Project, is pleased to host a webinar in collaboration with The Coordinating Body on the Seas of East Asia (COBSEA), and the North-East Asian Marine Protected Areas Network (NEAMPAN) – North-East Asian Sub-Regional Programme for Environmental Cooperation (NEASPEC).

Meeting Link: Click Here

When: Wednesday 15 November at 14:00-15:00 (GMT+8)

Where: Persada Johor International Convention Centre, Malaysia. Room: Tanjung Puteri 305

Organizers: Global EbA Fund (UNEP and IUCN), COBSEA, GCF

Meeting Link
Join Zoom Meeting: https://zoom.us/j/95525122243
Meeting ID: 955 2512 2243 Password: Ocean#2023

Bangkok Plastics Week is a series of capacity-building events that aim to share best practices, tools and approaches for data collection, analysis, and management of plastic pollution and marine litter to meet local and national needs, achieve regional priorities, and track progress against global goals. The events also provide a platform for networking, partnerships for collaboration, and peer learning.

The Fifth Meeting of the WGML served as a preparatory meeting for the third session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-3), to discuss the role of the Regional Activity Centre on marine pollution and hosting arrangements of the Regional Node, to provide an update of activities toward achieving the Regional Action Plan on Marine Litter (RAP MALI), and to identify priorities for the next biennial workplan for implementation of the RAP MALI 2025-2026.

Following the adoption of the Marine and Coastal Ecosystems (MCE) Framework and establishment of the WGMCE, the inaugural Meeting will serve to introduce members, discuss operationalization of the WGMCE, and identify priority activities toward developing the biennial workplan for implementation of the MCE Framework that would be presented in IGM 26.