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The 2019 Expert Meeting of the Northwest Pacific Action Plan’s the Marine Environmental Emergency Preparedness and Response Regional Activity Centre took place in December 2019, in Tokyo, Japan. The Japan Coast Guard hosted the meeting.
Marine scientists from China, Japan, Korea, and Russia identified conservation of biological habitats, plankton species, and environmental DNA as one of the highest priorities for the Northwest Pacific region, as well as the deciding way to protect marine biodiversity. These priorities were thoroughly discussed at a meeting held in Chiba, Japan, in November 2019.
In November 2019, in the City of Chiba, Japan, a group of marine scientists from the Northwest Pacific region agreed on a roadmap to develop the Regional Action Plan on Marine and Coastal Marine Biodiversity.
At the Chiba meeting, the experts reviewed previous work on marine and coastal biodiversity and identified gaps in the current knowledge, particularly, in the following areas:
In November 2019, in the City of Chiba, Japan, a group of marine scientists from the Northwest Pacific region agreed on a roadmap to develop the Regional Action Plan on Marine and Coastal Marine Biodiversity.
At the Chiba meeting, the experts reviewed previous work on marine and coastal biodiversity and identified gaps in the current knowledge, particularly, in the following areas:
· status, trends and future potential of the marine and coastal ecosystem services
· geographical scope and health of major marine and coastal habitats
Policymakers and experts from the Northwest Pacific region gathered in Dalian, China, in September 2019 to discuss how to improve waste management to address marine litter at source.
The Northwest Pacific Action Plan, the Trilateral Environmental Ministers Meeting with China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea, joined by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China, jointly organized the marine litter management workshop in Dalian in September 2019. The theme of the meeting was "Improvement of waste management to reduce marine litter into the oceans."
In August 2019, the Korea Association for UN Environment initiated the two-day 2019 Beat Plastic Pollution: Save the Sea—Clean-up Marine Litter Camp. The intention of the camp was to give 30 university students the opportunity to participate in marine litter cleanup activities and learn about marine litter. The students came from 17 different Korean universities: Pusan National University, Pukyuong National University, the Catholic University of Korea, Korea Maritime & Ocean University and Yonsei University.
The Northwest Pacific Action Plan was invited to the First Operational Satellite Oceanography Symposium held in June 2019 in Maryland, United States to introduce the Northwest Pacific Action Plan Eutrophication Assessment Tool (NEAT) and its applicability on a global scale. The Symposium was organized by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Center for Weather and Climate Prediction. Some 150 experts on satellite oceanographic data, products and applications attended the meeting.
A carpet of algae, floating dead fish for as far as the eye can see, a stench so powerful it irritates the lungs and stings the eyes… these are some of the effects of algal blooms, caused by ocean eutrophication, a deadly phenomenon for aquatic ecosystems. Eutrophication happens when excessive nutrients from agricultural, industrial and urban wastes enter the seas, leading to serious disruption of marine ecosystems, damage to vital sea habitats and the spread of harmful algal blooms, commonly known as red tides.
Marine scientists from China, Japan, the Republic of Korea and the Russian Federation met in Vladivostok, Russian Federation in March 2019 to discuss ways of assessing the health of the seas shared by the four countries in order to support regional progress towards ocean-related Sustainable Development Goals.
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