Side Event

Yellow Sea Ecoregion – The strategic collaboration for its biodiversity

Organizer
WWF InternationalWWF Japan(Lead), WWF China, KIOST, Liaoning Province(TBC), UNDP/GEF YSLME

Date and Time
9 October 2014 13:15 - 14:45

Meeting
Twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity

The event links to the Aichi CBD Target 11. The YSESP on-the-ground activities were implemented in Muan Tidal Flat Wetland Protection Area, Korea and Yalu River Estuary Coastal Wetland Natural Reserve, China. Ecosystem Based Management (EBM) and Community Based Management (CBM) approach were applied respectively in Yalu and Muan as a management option for the YSE biodiversity conservation and sustainable resource use. The methodology, achievement and lessons of the YSESP two demonstration sites will be shared during the event to improve management effectiveness of any protected areas.