Asian-Pacific Coastal Zone Environment Assessment

General Information

Partnership website(s)

http://www.emecs.or.jp

Expected Timeframe

January 2002 - December 2005

Partners

Governments: Government Countries in Asia-Pacific region	Major Groups: Beijing Normal University (China) Ibaragi Univ. - Center for Water Envt Studies (Japan) Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (Japan) Kyushu Univ.- Institute of Applied Mechanics (Japan) Mie University- Faculty of Bioresouces (Japan) University of the Philippines (Philippines) Korea-China Joint Ocean Reseach Center (Republic of Korea) Chulalongkorn University (Thailand) Kasetsart University (Thailand)
UN System:	Other intergovernmental organizations: Center for Environmental Management of Enclosed Coastal Seas (Japan) Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (Japan)
Other:

Thematic Focus

Primary Themes:

Oceans and seas

Secondary Themes:

Education
Institutional framework for sustainable development
Means of Implementation (Trade, Finance, Technology, Transfer, etc.)

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Scope: Regional
Country(ies) where the partnership is being implemented:
China, Japan, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Thailand

National Focal Points

At present, no information is available as to whether the partnership has made contact with the national focal points for sustainable development in the relevant countries.

Goals and Objectives

Summary of the partnership's goals and objectives

The main objectives of the CEACOZ include:
* To identify major trends of environmental changes in Asian coastal zone, such as driving forces, conditions, and response to strategies and measures,
* To establish scientific knowledge base for policy formulation and decision making toward sustainable development in Asia, and
* To create a common platform for scientists, policy makers, NGOs and business enterprises so as to promote dialogues on coastal zone management to develop constructive and cooperative linkages among all of the stakeholders in this region, making full use of a series of the International Conference on the Environmental Management of Enclosed Coastal Seas (EMECS).

Targets and Progress

Partnership targets

Expected results include the development of:
* A set of database on state of environment and related social activities in Asian coastal zone,
* A comprehensive environmental assessment report including state of environment, analysis of the trend, future directions and suggested policy responses, and
A mechanism of dialogue among all of the stakeholders on Asian coastal zone management.

Specific target of CEACOZ is as follows:
* 2001: basic design of the database of Asian coastal zone taking into account relevant database in other part of the world and compatibility with them,
* 2002:
- Design workshop of CEACOZ and identification of lead authors and collaborators, then drafting the assessment report
- Construction of database
* 2003: Draft assessment report will be presented and discussed among all of the stakeholders at EMECS 2003 in Thailand.
* 2004: The draft will be reviewed by the expert team.
* 2005: The first assessment report will be published.
* The report will be fully utilized by ESCAP, ADB and UNEP for their assessment activities such as ESCAP State of the Environment Report, Asian Development Outlook and Global Environment Outlook, and Millennium Ecosystem Assessment.

Progress against targets

We will hold a meeting of the Steering Committee on March 18, 2003.

Capacity-Building and Technology Transfer

Arrangements for Capacity-Building and Technology Transfer

Education/building awareness
Institutional strengthening, including local participation
Technology transfer/exchange

* Capacity building is essential for the implementation of CEACOZ because most of the countries in Asia are from developing world. Participating scientists and institutes will have an opportunity to get latest methodologies for data collection, modeling and analysis on coastal zone management. * Technology transfer between developing countries is highly encouraged in CEACOZ based on the recent development of scientific capacity in developing countries in Asia in addition to current technology transfer from developed countries to developing countries.

Relationship to International Agreements on Sustainable Development

How the partnership contributes to the implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21, and the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation

Oceans and Seas
Science for sustainable development
Information for decision-making

Coordination and Implementation

Coordination Mechanism of the Partnership

* Under the Organizing Committee of EMECS conference, a task force of CEACOZ will be established attended by leading scientists, policy makers and other stakeholders.
* The task force will identify lead authors and collaborators for drafting.
* The draft will be reviewed by expert team.
* The draft will be presented and discussed by representative of the stakeholders participating in EMECS conference.

Implementation Mechanism of the Partnership

* The progress of CEACOZ will be monitored by the task force under the EMECS organizing committee and reported to EMECS conference which will be held every two years.

Resources

Funding Currently Available

Amount in US$: 0

Source(s): Government - Private sector
* Ministry of the Environment of Japan will provide a fund for establishing database
* Private funding organizations will also provide some assistances
We have not received external funds and the only resource so far is our own funds. We are now estimating the amount of funds needed for fiscal year 2003 starting from March 2003.

Non-financial resources available

Type(s): Staff

Source(s): Government
* Hyogo Prefectural Government of Japan will provide administration and other costs

Funding Sought

Required Amount in US$: 0

Source(s) already approached:

Non-financial resources sought

Requirement(s):

Source(s) approached and details:

Additional Information

Additional Relevant Information

* ESCAP has been publishing the State of Environment in Asia and the Pacific every five years on the occasion of Ministerial level conference on environmentally sustainable development and Asian Development Bank has also be publishing development outlook report in the same year. The output from CEACOZ will provide scientific knowledge particular in coastal zone management to drafting these comprehensive assessment report for sustainable development in Asia-Pacific region.

Proposed Contents (Asian-Pacific Coastal Zone Environment Assessment)
¿¿Introduction

¿¿Drivers for changes of coastal zone
¿2.1¿Natural environments of Asian-Pacific coastal zone
¿¿2.1.1¿Climatic conditions
¿¿2.1.2¿Marine conditions
¿2.2¿Human activities in Asian-Pacific coastal zone
¿¿2.2.1¿Population and economic growth
¿¿2.2.2¿Development of river basins
¿¿2.2.3¿Development of coastal zone
¿¿2.2.4¿Land-based discharge of pollutants
¿2.3¿Climate change and natural hazards

¿¿Environmental problems in coastal zone
¿3.1¿Changes of physical environment in the coastal zone
¿3.2.¿Changes in coastal features and beach erosion
¿3.3.¿Water pollution
¿3.4¿Ecological changes (mangroves, coral reefs etc)
¿3.5¿Fishery Industry
3.6 Tourism
¿3.7¿Other issues on the use of resources

¿¿Policy for the utilization, conservation and sustainable development of coastal zone
¿4.1¿Movements of coastal zone policy
¿4.2¿Coastal management
¿4.3¿Best practices in each country

¿¿Regional conditions
¿5.1¿East Asia
¿5.2¿Southeast Asia
¿5.3¿South Asia
¿5.4¿Islands in the Pacific Ocean

¿¿Conclusion ¿ Recommendations toward the sustainable developments

Proposed steering committee members of Asian-Pacific Coastal Zone Environment Assessment¿

¿Nobuo Mimura (Coastal Engineering)
¿¿Professor, Center for Water Environment Studies, Ibaraki University (Japan)
4-12-1 Nakanarisawa Hitachi-shi Ibaraki Pref. 316-8511 Japan
TEL 0294-38-5169¿ E-mail¿mimura@hcs.ibaraki.ac.jp

¿Tetsuo Yanagi (Marine Physics)
¿¿Professor, Institute of Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University (Japan)
6-1 Kasuga-Koen Kasuga-shi Fukuoka Pref. 816-8580 Japan
TEL 092-583-7932¿ E-mail¿tyanagi@riam.kyushu-u.ac.jp

¿Fuminori Saito¿Marine Geology¿
¿¿Coastal Environmental Research Group
Institute for Marine Resources and Environment
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
No.7 Center 1-1-1 Higashi Tsukuba-shi Ibaraki Pref. 305-8567 Japan
¿¿TEL 0298-61-3895 (PHS)¿0298-61-3772 (Office)¿Fax 0298-61-3747
E-mail¿yoshiki.saito@aist.go.jp

¿Hideo Sekiguchi¿Marine Ecology¿¿
Professor, Faculty of Bioresources, Mie University
1515 Kamihama, Tsu, Mie Pref. 514-8507 Japan
¿¿TEL 059-231-9555¿E-mail¿sekiguch@bio.mie-u.ac.jp

¿Yukihiro Hirai¿Coastal Geography¿
Professor, Department of the Humanities, Senshu Univercity
¿214-8580¿2-1-1 higashi mita tama-ku,Kawasaki
Tel¿044-911-1014 FAX¿044-900-7814 E-mail: hirai@isc.senshu-u.ac.jp

¿Sombo¿T¿Yamamura
Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research(APN)¿ Director
¿651-0073¿1-5-1 Wakinohama Kaigan Dori Chuo-ku, Kobe
Tel 078-230-8017¿E.mail¿syamamura@apn.gr.jp

¿Kwangwoo Cho, Ph.D
Environment Impact Assessment Division
Korea Environment Institute (KEI)
613-2 Pulgwang-Dong Eunpyong-Gu, Seoul 122-706 Korea
Tel: 82-2-380-7615 ¿Fax: 82-2-380-7744 ¿Email: kwcho@kei.re.kr

¿Porfirio M.Alino
Deputy Director for Research
Marine Science Institute, University of the Philippines
P.O Box 1,Diliman, 1101, Quezon City, Philippines
Tel: 63-2-920-5301 ¿Fax: 63-2-922-3914 ¿Email: pmalino@upmsi.ph

¿Sanit Aksornkoae
Professor, Faculty of Forestry
Kasetsart University,
10903 Bangkok, Thailand
Tel: 66-2-579-0171 ¿Fax: 66-2-579-0171 ¿Email:¿fforsna@nontri.ku.ac.th