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NOWPAP Strengthens Cooperation with Cities and Local Governments for Marine Environmental Protection

Marine plastic pollution is being discussed as one of the three major global crises of climate change, nature loss, and pollution. Although the amount of marine plastic litter entering the sea is relatively smaller than total plastic wastes generated in the globe, it causes various and serious damages in the sea.

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Catalysing Local and National Action on Plastic Pollution to Achieve Regional Priorities and Global Goals in South-East and East Asia

Meeting of the Heads and Coordinators of the Regional Seas Conventions and Action Plans with UNEP Executive Director

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1. Identifying key indicator species and habitats for marine biodiversity change in East Asia

2. Enhancing Cooperation with the Busan Metropolitan Government

3. NOWPAP Participated in the 3rd Meeting of the Sustainable Ocean Initiative

4. Discussing marine policy at the World Ocean Forum

While seagrass/seaweed beds are a significant habitat in water in the NOWPAP region, tidal flats and salt marshes are significant on land, both serving important, irreplaceable roles in marine
biodiversity conservation. In the coastal areas of NOWPAP member states, wide tidal flats areas are distributed and provide ecosystem services to human and marine species. Due to coastal

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1. NOWPAP was invited to the 2022 PICES Annual Conference

2. Strengthening Regional Cooperation for Global Action on Marine Litter highlighted at the 7th International Marine Debris Conference.

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Public symposium “Future Action of Science and Policy on Global Chemicals Management towards 2030 Agenda and Beyond”

Stockholm+50: a healthy planet for the prosperity of all – our responsibility, our opportunity

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1. Developing a project proposal on conservation of biological diversity in the NOWPAP region

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1. NOWPAP Showcased its Achievements in Addressing Marine Litter through a Webinar

2. Cooperating with Chungcheongnam-Do in addressing marine litter

3. Marine Scientists assess seagrass blue carbon in the NOWPAP region

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1. Brainstorm on the Revision of the NOWPAP Regional Action Plan on Marine Litter

2. Review the Progress in Addressing Marine Litter in the Northwest Pacific Region

3.Showcasing NOWPAP’s Efforts in Addressing Marine Litter in the Incheon Ocean Forum

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1. Extending Cooperation with PICES in the Field of Marine Environmental Quality

2. NOWPAP and PEMSEA to Renew Bilateral Cooperation

3. Kick-off of a Project to develop a monitoring system for eutrophication using Google Earth Engine

4. Enhancing cooperation on marine environmental protection with the Countries of East Asia

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1. Approving biennial work plan to advance marine and coastal environment protection in NOWPAP region

2.Brainstorm regional cooperation on reducing marine plastics

3.Sharing experience on NOWPAP in information management on marine litter with ASEAN countries

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1. Regional Synthesis Report on the Development of NOWPAP Ecological Quality Objective targets aligned with SDG indicators published

2. Research microplastic contamination of the largest transboundary rives and selected coastal territories in the Far East of Russia

The objective of NOWPAP is to protect the regional marine environment under international cooperation between the four member states. NOWPAP initiated marine litter (ML) activities following the decision at the Tenth NOWPAP Intergovernmental Meeting in 2005.

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1. Highlighting regional cooperation to address marine litter in a regional training

2. Shanghai forum brainstorms combating marine plastic waste

3. Designing a roadmap to develop the Regional Action Plan on Marine and Coastal Marine Biodiversity Conservation

This Regional synthesis has been prepared based on national inputs provided by the nominated experts from NOWPAP member states: People’s Republic of China, Japan, Republic of Korea and Russian Federation (hereinafter referred to as China, Japan, Korea and Russia).

The land-based sources of plastic contamination of the marine environment require thorough consideration.

River and direct inputs of chemical substances continue to be very important factors related to many environmental problems in marine and coastal areas. This is the reason why the preparation of the Regional Overview on River and Direct Inputs of Contaminants into the Marine and Coastal Environment in the NOWPAP Region (hereinafter RDI RO) was one of the initial activities of POMRAC.

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 Identifying policy gaps to address marine litter in cooperation with non-governmental organizations
Exploring strategic directions on regional cooperation for addressing maritime disasters
Developing regional action on marine biodiversity conservation in the Northwest Pacific

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1. NEAT - a satellite - based technique to keep an eye on growing eutrophication threat to oceans (2019)
2. Asian Development Bank sets aside $5bn to boost marine economy, clean up oceans
3. S. Korea Aims to Halve Plastics in Local Waters by 2030
4. More Microplastics in Deep Sea Than Great Pacific Garbage Patch

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-NOWPAP marks 20 years of partnership with Japan's marine conservation center
-Good ocean data science is crucial for protecting and nurturing the world's oceans
-Northwest Pacific Regional Seas Programme to support 'Clean Beach City Alliance' against marine litter

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