Institutions
Governmental
APEC
Fisheries Working Group (APEC/FWG)
- The Fisheries Working Group promotes the conservation and sustainable
use of fisheries resources; promotes sustainable development of
aquaculture and habitat preservation; seeks solutions to common
fisheries resource management problems and aquaculture disease
control; enhances food safety and quality of fish and fisheries
products; and promotes sector-specific work relating to trade
and investment liberalization and facilitation.
APEC
Marine Resource Conservation Working Group (APEC/MRC)
- The Marine Resource Conservation Working Group promotes initiatives
to protect the marine environment and its resources and ensure continuing
socioeconomic benefits through maintenance of marine environmental
quality. It has held meetings on red tide, seafood safety standards,
ocean modeling (OMISAR - http://sol.oc.ntu.edu.tw/omisar),
destructive fishing practices, protection of the coral reef environment,
land-based sources of pollution, prevention policies for maritime
pollution accidents, decommissioning offshore oil and gas platforms,
and other topics.
APEC
Transportation Working Group (APEC/TPT-WG)
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The Transportation Working Group (TPT-WG) is concerned with port
management, cargo traffic, and training. It aims to increase the
efficiency, sustainability and safety of the regional transportation
system.
ASEAN
Review of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation (ARBEC)
Asia
Pacific Regional Environment Network (APRENet)
Asian
Development Bank (ADB)
Asian Development Bank is a regional, multilateral development financial institution established in 1966 to promote economic and social development in Asian and Pacific countries through loans and technical assistance. ADB’s vision is of a region free of poverty.
Asian Development Bank (ADB) "Regions and Countries"
Asian Development Bank formulates operational strategies for individual countries and regions,including economic, thematic and sector policy analysis. By undertaking country performance reviews, the ADB provides a basis for policy dialogues with the government of its member developing countries.
Asia-Pacific
Economic Cooperation Secretariat (APEC)
Asia-Pacific
Network for Global Change Research (APN)
- APN is the Asia-Pacific inter-governmental network to foster research
on long-term global changes in climate, ocean and terrestrial systems,
and on related physical, chemical, biological and socio-economic
aspects, to increase developing country participation in that research,
and to strengthen links between the science community and policy
makers. It is the parent organization for the Global Change System
for Analysis, Research and Training, and its regional committees,
including South Asia START Regional Committee (SASCOM), Southern
Asia Regional Committees for START (SARCS), Temporate East Asia
Regional Committee for START (TEACOM), and START Oceania.
Association
of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
China
Fishery Home Page
- A comprehensive guide to China’s fishery resources,
production, consumption, policy, administration, research,
and education. Extensive data collection, including
the South China Sea.
Economic
and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Global
Change Impacts Centre for Southeast Asia (IC-SEA)
- IC-SEA aims to assess the impacts of global change, and their
implications for the sustainable management of terrestrial ecosystems.
This site coordinates a network of institutions and people throughout
Southeast Asia providing training courses for scientists, policy
makers and resource managers, organizing international scientific
meetings and policy-oriented regional workshops, facilitating collaborative
research between Spoutheast Asian research centers and all major
international programmes and activities dealing with the terrestrial
carbon cycle.
Hainan
Research Institute for the South China Sea
- Hainan Research Institute for the South China Sea
is an academic institute specializing in the South
China Sea. Since its establishment in 1996, the institute
has yielded research results in various fields including
history and geography of the South China Sea, dominion
over Nansha archipelago, ocean demarcation, environmental
protection and peripheral relation of the South China
Sea.
IMB
Anti Piracy Center
-A major part of the IMB’s work to
make shipping safer involves assisting in the suppression
of piracy and armed robbery against ships around the
world.
In
1992, the escalating number of piracy incidents led to the establishment
of a Piracy Reporting Centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Its job
is to raise awareness of piracy hotspots, detail specific attacks
and their consequences, and investigate incidents of piracy and
armed robbery at sea and in port. Another role entails working with
national governments on a range of initiatives to reduce and ultimately
eradicate attacks against ships.
The
Centre, managed by the IMB, has enjoyed considerable
success over the years and has made huge strides towards
meeting its objectives to reduce piracy and in increasing
general awareness of the problem.
MIMA
- the Maritime Institute of Malaysia,
list of online articles. Maritime economic studies
& ocean industries, Maritime Security & Diplomacy,
Ocean Law & Policy, and Coastal & Marine Environment
Network
of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific (NACA)
- NACA began in 1980 as an UNDP/FAO regional project
aimed at expanding aquaculture development through
regional technical cooperation. 14 Asian governments
support joint efforts to develop aquaculture to increase
food production, improve rural income and employment,
diversify farm production, and increase foreign exchange
earning and savings. NACA conducts interdisciplinary
research on selected farming systems in participating
aquaculture centres; trains core personal for national
aquaculture development; and operates a regional information
system for development planning research and training.
PEMSEA
- Partnerships in Environmental Management for the
Seas of East Asia, or PEMSEA, is a joint program between
twelve East Asian nations, formed to protect life
support systems and enable the sustainable use and
management of coastal and marine resources through
intergovernmental, interagency, and multisectoral
partnerships.
US-Asia
Environmental Partnership (US-AEP)
- US-AEP is a regional program of the U.S. Agency
for International Development (USAID) that promotes
sustainable economic growth and improves the quality
of life for the people of Asia by working towards
cleaner and healthier cities.
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Nongovernmental
Asia-Pacific
Centre for Environmental Law (APCEL)
- Established in 1996 by the Faculty of Law, National University
of Singapore, APCEL works with the World Conservation Union (IUCN)and
the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to maintain an extensive
online environmental legal archive.
Coral
Reefs and Mangroves of the World
Energy
and Security in the South China Sea
- This website from the University of Oslo Centre for
Development the Environment describes a cross-disciplinary
study of energy and security policies in the South China
Sea region. Part of the Norwegian Network for Pacific
Asian Studies, it aims to build competence on economic,
diplomatic, political and military relations in the
South China Sea region, to provide advice to governments,
media and oil companies engaged in the area.
Environmental
Change and Security Project (ECSP)
- The Project serves as an information clearinghouse on environment,
population and security issues in general, and key environmental issues
in China and U.S.-China relations, in particular. The site hosts an
on-line discussion group, two publications, the Environmental Change
and Security Project Report and the China Environment Series, transcripts
of Project meetings, a searchable Virtual Library, and links to related
sites.
East-West
Center, Honolulu. Research Program on Environment
- The research program focuses on "Urban and Transnational
Air Pollution" and "Ecosystems and Governance"
in the Asia-Pacific region.
Ex
Anambas & The Biodiversity of the South China Sea
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An initiative of the Workshop on Managing Potential
Conflicts in the South China Sea, this site includes
the reports of the multilateral Technical Working Groups
on Marine Scientific Research and on Biodiversity. They
were published in The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement
Series, No. 8, Biodiversity of the South China Sea,
31 Mar 2000, and No. 11, Scientific Results of the Anambas
Expedition 2002, 22 Mar 2004
IMB
Piracy Reporting Centre
- This site provides a 24 hour anti-piracy help line
and weekly reports on piracy incidents and armed robbery
at sea. IMB also helps to locate seized vessels, recover
stolen cargoes, assist law enforcement, and help owners
and crews of attacked ships. The 24-hour Anti
Piracy HELPLINE number is +60 3 2031 0014
Maritime.com
- Marine industry megasite with searchable database.
Reefbase.org
- ReefBase is the world's premier online information
system on coral reefs, and provides information services
to coral reef professionals involved in management,
research, monitoring, conservation and education. Our
goal is to facilitate sustainable management of coral
reefs and related coastal/marine environments, in order
to benefit poor people in developing countries whose
livelihoods depend on these natural resources.
SEAPOL
- The Southeast Asian Programme in Ocean Law, Policy
and Management. SEAPOL is a non-governmental network
of scholars, government officials, and private individuals
with a professional interest primarily in ocean affairs
of the Southeast Asian and APEC regions. Founded in
1981, SEAPOL has sponsored numerous international conferences
and workshops, training programs, research projects,
and publications of proceedings, monographs, papers
and reports in all areas of ocean law, policy and management.
SEAPOL.NET.
Security
and Maritime Conflict in East Asia- Project Overview
- Energy and Security in the South China Sea project,
University of Oslo
South China Sea Informal Working Group
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The South China Sea Informal Working Group at the University of British Columbia, Canada is a tremendous resource tracking the jurisdictional conflicts in the South China Sea. This website provides detailed information about meetings, seminars and workshops about the South China Sea organized by the Research and Development Agency in Indonesia, along with the Department of Foreign Affairs. It is also a valuable source of similar, relevant updates, publications, papers and online resources.
The
South China Sea Informal Working Group
- This site documents a series of workshops held in
Indonesia on "Managing Potential Conflicts in the South
China Sea." These non-governmental gatherings, attended
by government and military officials in their private
capacities as well as by academics from the region and
Canada explore ways to engender cooperation among the
nations bordering on the South China Sea, including
environmental and resource management issues.
World
Fish Centre
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The WorldFish Center is an international scientific
research organization. Its mission is to reduce poverty
and hunger by improving fisheries and aquaculture. Most
of our work is carried out in developing countries.
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