Day 3
27 Sep 2002

7,000 to possibly more than 10,000 different species of microbes, marine plants & animals may be carried in ballast water

At 4,800km long, Mekong is one of the world’s longest rivers. Basin supports one of the most productive and diverse freshwater ecosystems.

Regional Conference on Sustainable Financing Mechanisms – Public/Private Sector Partnerships, November 1996.

About 40 rivers flow into the Bohai Sea. The river basins which drain into Bohai Sea cover an area of about 1.4 million square kilometers and support a population of 445 million.

ECOSYSTEM-BASED, ENVIRONMENTALLY - SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT AND USE OF THE YSLME AND ITS WATERSHED: REDUCING DEVELOPMENT STRESS AND PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ECOSYSTEM FROM A DENSELY POPULATED, HEAVILY URBANIZED, AND INDUSTRIALIZED S...

Managed, implemented and driven by countries through a network of regional lead agents and national expert institutions (TumenNET

Xiamen, a modern international port scenery city, located on the southeast coast of China, covers a land area of 1565 km2 and a sea area of 340 km2 with a coastal line of 234 km. Xiamen was one of the five ports designated for international trade...

ICM works effectively at local level, catalyzing ownership, partnership, co-financing and sustainability; creating enabling environment for investment; facilitating effective implementation of sea-use zoning; and promoting corporate responsibility.

Assist the Chinese Government to address the issues of water pollution in the river basin and serious water shortage.
Promote integrated water and environmental management throughout the Hai Basin

Considerable collective experience harnessed through a Regional GIS to provide consensus views for regional decision making

TO MANAGE MARINE LIVING RESOURCES IN BOHAI SEA

Huaihe river water system:covers 189 thousand square kilometers, which account for 70 percent of the Huaihe River basin. The main
-streem is 1000 kilometers long.

Poverty, consumption / production patterns, natural resource base for economic / social development