On 26 April 2017, Dr. LIU Ning, Programme Officer of NOWPAP, with the assistance of Ms. Jihee Yi, presented NOWPAP’ achievements and work on marine litter to 23 officials from Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries of Republic of Korea. Dr. Liu highlighted NOWPAP Regional Action Plan on Marine Litter and the challenges on microplastics. The training was organized by the Oceans and Fisheries Human Resources Development Institute of Korean in Busan. The participants inquired the operating mechanisms of NOWPAP and current research and approaches to address plastics.
Implementation of NOWPAP contributes to the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities (GPA) in the Northwest Pacific region.