The Seventh meeting of the Regional Working Group on Land-based Pollution was convened from 7th – 10th August 2006 in Sihanoukville, Cambodia. The meeting was attended by all focal points (or their alternates) for the land-based pollution component, three regional experts, and staff of the Project Co-ordinating Unit. The meeting was aimed at inter alia reaching agreement relating to the land-based pollution component inputs to the Regional Strategic Action Programme for the South China Sea. Please click here to access the report of the meeting.

The key items discussed during the meeting were:

• A schedule for the publication and distribution of national reports on land-based pollution and their subsequent distribution,
• The completion and adoption of National Action Plans on Land-Based Pollution,
• National contributions to the regional GIS and Meta-Databases,
• The South China Sea Project Training Programme,
• Land-Based Pollution component inputs to the Regional Strategic Action Programme, and
• Possible collaboration with the COBSEA/GPA-LBA Project “Determination of Pollution Loading from Land-Based Sources by Using Modelling and GIS”.

The Land-Based Pollution component of the South China Sea Project is overseen by the Project Co-ordinating Unit’s Senior Expert, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .