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Enhancing NOWPAP for Sustainable Regional Seas: The Path Forward

Explore key considerations for advancing NOWPAP activities, from improving quality and financial resources to integrating with climate change and biodiversity initiatives. Addressing eutrophication, oil spills, chemicals, and more for effective policy coordination.

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Enhancing NOWPAP for Sustainable Regional Seas: The Path Forward

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  1. The way forward Note: The following views do not represent the position of Japanese Government NOWPAP is so far one of the most successful regional seas programs despite of diversified economic, social & political background in the region In order to further activate NOWPAP activities, following issues ‘might’ be addressed…. • How to further raise quality of NOWPAP activities • Data sharing, outreach, regional policy coordination… • Whether the scope of activities will be broaden or not • from eutrophication, oil spills to chemicals, POPs, climate change impacts • How to get additional financial resources.. • Seeking External resources (private financing, international organization • Integration with another issue attracting political interests, i.e., climate change, trans-boundary resource management (3R initiative), biodiversity • Raise presence of NOWPAP in host cities • How to reinforce institutional capacity of governments responsible for marine environment policies • Making best use of regional activity centers (RAC) & Regional coordinating unit (RCU) • Collaboration with stakeholders (local government, NGOs, industries on the areas of monitoring, assessment, data sharing, outreach, education, etc.

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