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Cambodia and Vietnam Sign MoA

Signing of a Memorandum of Agreement to strengthen environmental protection, biodiversity conservation, and welfare in the transboundary water area of Cambodia and Viet Nam

A Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) was entered into between the People’s Committee of Kien Giang Province (Viet Nam) and the Governor of Kampot Province (Cambodia) on Saturday 29th March 2008 in Kampot, Cambodia. Under this MoA the two parties agree to implement the policy and framework for cooperation in the management of coastal ecosystems and natural resources between the provinces of Kien Giang and Kampot in order to strengthen environmental protection, biodiversity conservation, and welfare of each province. Full text of the MoA, including the policy framework for cooperation in the management of coastal ecosystems and natural resources between the two provinces, can be accessed in Khmer, Vietnamese and English by clicking here.

Meeting Documents RWG-Mangroves

Ninth Meeting of the RWG-Seagrass

Finalising Inputs to the seagrass component of the regional Strategic Action Programme for the South China Sea

The 9th Meeting of the Regional Working Group on Seagrass was convened in Phu Quoc, Vietnam from 3rd-5th May 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.

Cambodia-Vietnam Joint Meeting

Developing a Co-operation Framework for the Management of Transboundary Waters of Cambodia and Vietnam

The Third Joint Meeting between the Management Teams of the Kampot and Phu Quoc Habitat Demonstration Sites was convened in Phu Quoc, Vietnam from 28th February – 1st March 2008. The meeting was aimed at reviewing the implementation of actions agreed during the second joint meeting of the sites in 2007, and to enhance interactions between the Provinces of Kien Giang (Vietnam) and Kampot (Cambodia) in the management of transboundary water areas. Main items of business included: a review of the status of activities and achievements of the two demonstration sites; finalisation of a policy and framework for co-operation for transboundary water areas of Cambodia and Viet Nam; and development of a joint GIS database. The draft report of the meeting can be accessed by clicking here. A Memorandum of Agreement covering the co-operation framework for environment and natural resource management in the transboundary water areas of Cambodia and Vietnam will be signed by the Governors of Cambodia’s Kampot and Vietnam’s Kien Giang Province on the 29th March 2008 in Kampot.

PCU Members Awarded in Vietnam

South China Sea Project DVD

Enhancing Access to Outputs and Information Resources of the UNEP/GEF South China Sea Project 

The Project Co-ordinating Unit has recently produced a DVD of outputs from the UNEP/GEF South China Sea Project. This DVD contains more than 1,500 project documents, including South China Sea technical reports and knowledge documents; in excess of 4 hrs of video from TV news coverage of project meetings and demonstration site activities; a catalogue of public awareness materials generated through the project; and Google Earth files for each habitat demonstration site and pilot activity. A highlights CD of the Third Mayors’ Round-Table and Regional Scientific Conference of the South China Sea has also been produced. Please click here to download these information resources or to request for the DVD and/or CD to be sent to you by post.

Cambodia-Vietnam Mtg Documents

Report Cambodia-Thailand Meeting

Documents RWG-Seagrass Meeting

Documents RTF-Economics Meeting

Draft Strategic Action Programme - 5

Report of the 7th PSC Meeting

Report of the 8th RSTC Meeting

SCS Project Technical Publications

South China Sea on Google Earth

Improving Global Awareness of South China Sea Project Interventions Via Google Earth

Google Earth has drawn in excess of 200 million installations since its launch in 2005. With this large community of users it has grown into a highly powerful platform for the dissemination of project outputs and information, and to facilitate the online sharing of information and examples of best practice in habitat and fisheries management at the global level. The South China Sea Project now has its own Google Earth layer, containing information about the project’s institutional network, suite of habitat demonstration sites, and a large number of site characterisations for coastal habitat areas in the South China Sea and Gulf of Thailand. Click here to launch the South China Sea project on Google Earth. The Google Earth application can be downloaded by clicking here.

Local Actions Regional Impacts - SAP

The UNEP/GEF South China Sea Project and the GEF Small Grants Programme launched a partnership to promote community involvement in support of the implementation of the Regional Strategic Action Programme (SAP) for the South China Sea during the closing session of the 3rd Regional Scientific Conference. The partnership is aimed at building the capacity of NGOs, community-based organisations, and coastal communities to implement the SAP at the local level. It is anticipated that this will assist in facilitating the effective exchange of information between local, national and regional levels. Click here to access the joint communiqué signed by Dr. John Pernetta and Dr. Delfin Ganapin.