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Environment Ministers
of South Asian Countries met in Colombo for the 12th GC of SACEP:
The 12th Meeting of the Governing Council of SACEP was held on 1
– 3 November 2010 at Colombo, Sri Lanka where the Hon. Ministers
of Environment of member countries and senior officials were
participated. Hon. D. M. Jayaratne, the Prime Minister of Sri
Lanka was the chief Guest at the inauguration. The meeting was a
significant one as it was held immediate after the CoP 10 of the
Convention on Biological Diversity. The purpose of meeting was
to discuss and agree upon on the future activities of SACEP.
Among the various decisions adopted, there were two major
resolutions ‘South Asia’s Biodiversity Beyond 2010’ and ‘Clean
Fuels and Vehicles’. |
 Resolution
on 'Clean Fuels and Vehicles'
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Resolution
on 'South Asia's Biodiversity Beyond 2010'
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Regional Oil and Chemical Pollution Contingency Plan for South
Asia
A Regional Oil
and Chemical Spill Contingency Plan and associated MoU was developed in association with the International Maritime Oganization for enhanced cooperation
among five maritime countries of South Asia in the event of an Oil spill. As all member countries agreed on the Text of the documents the Regional Plan and MoU was sent to the member countries for signature.
Three member countries viz. Bangladesh, Maldives and Pakistan
have already signed the MoU. Status with respect to the signing
of MOU by India and Sri Lanka are at an advanced stage. |
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Marine Biodiversity Assessment and Outlook 2010a
In line with
the International Year of Biodiversity and Conference of Parties
(COP) 10 of the Convention on Bio-logical Diversity (CBD) held
in Japan, UNEP decided to prepare a Marine Biodiversity Outlook
Report which covers all 18 Regional Seas Areas. The objective of
this project was to enhance the understanding of key regional
and global issues for marine biodiversity conservation through
the issuance of outlook reports on the coastal areas covered by
the Regional Seas Programmes. These outlook reports contributed
to the discussions on marine and coastal biodiversity at the COP
10 of the CBD. UNEP entrusted SACEP to prepare the Outlook
Report for the South Asian Seas Region and the Report was
launched at the CBD CoP 10, Nagoya, Japan in October 2010. |
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On-board Training on Marine Resources Sampling, Data Collection and Interpretation for the South Asian Seas
The training
programme was organized in collaboration with the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India and UNEP. UN Division for Ocean Affairs and Law of Sea and UNEP-GRID Arendal were the other partners in this activity.
Ten (10) mid-level managers from the five SAS countries participated in this training programme which was held from 18-22 September in India. |
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Blue Flag Beach Certification Programme for South Asia
Under this activity SACEP/SASP is to take the message of “A Clean beach – A Tourist Haven” for promoting sustainable tourism, in collaboration with the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) Denmark, and the financial support of UNEP.
In order to raise the awareness on this blue flag certification programme, SACEP organised National Workshops in the SASP Member states in February – March 2010 in collaboration with the National Focal Points. |
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APPLICATIONS OPEN:
Applications open for the International Training Course on
Mangrove Biodiversity & Ecosystems, 5-19th October 2011,
Annamalai University, India
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A Delegation from U.S. Embassy in Nepal and a representative
from US Embassy in Sri Lanka Visited the SACEP Secretariat
Mr.
Tracy A. Hall, Director, Mr. Jay Pal Shrestha, Environment
Specialist of U.S. Embassy in Nepal (Regional Environment,
Science, Technology and Health Officer for South Asia) and a
representative from US Embassy in Sri Lanka visited SACEP
Secretariat on 25th May 2011 to discuss the possibly of working
together on Environmental issues common to the South Asian
Region which are of mutual interest for future collaborations. |
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High Level Delegation of UNEP ROAP Visited the SACEP Secretariat
Dr.
Young Woo Park, Regional Director & Dr. Subrato Sinha,
Environmental Affairs Officer of UNEP Regional Office for Asia
and the Pacific visited the SACEP Secretariat in Colombo, Sri
Lanka on 28th April 2009 and had a detailed discussion on the
past activities which were supported by UNEP ROAP and the new
areas of mutual interest to be considered for the benefit of the
South Asia region. |
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SACEP Celebrated its 25th Anniversary
SACEP
celebrated its 25th anniversary on 24th January 2007 at the
Hotel Soaltee, Kathmandu, Nepal.
(messages of Heads of
States of member countries) |
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Database Assistant
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Internship
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IPLA Sub Regional
Secretariat for South Asia
SACEP became the
Sub Regional Secretariat for South Asia to the International
Partnership for Expanding Waste Management Services of Local
Authorities (IPLA) of the United Nations Centre for Regional
Development (UNCRD) in May 2011.
SACEP becomes a partner
to the UNEP's PCFV programme
SACEP joined the
UNEP's programme on Partnership for Clean Fuels and Vehicles
(PCFV) in 2008. UNEP's PCFV assists developing countries to
reduce vehicular air pollution through the promotion of
lead-free, low sulphur fuels and cleaner vehicle standards
and technologies.
For more details, visit:
http://www.unep.org/pcfv/index.asp
SACEP is a member of
IMO’s Bio-fouling Correspondence Group
SASP/ SACEP
is a member of IMO’s Bio-fouling Correspondence Group that
was established at BLG 13 for the “Development of
international measures for minimizing the translocation of
invasive aquatic species through bio-fouling of ships”
SACEP becomes a member
of ITMEMS4 ad-hoc Committee
During the
INTERNATIONAL CORAL REEF INITIATIVE (ICRI) General Meeting
held on April 2009 in Phuket,Thailand, SACEP has been
nominated as a member of Ad-hoc committee on Fourth
International Tropical Marine Ecosystem Management Symposium
(ITMEMS4).The ITMEMS4 ad-hoc Committee is composed of ICRAN
(as the chair), SPREP, GCRMN, Barbados, SACEP and the U.S.
Department of State.
SACEP is a
member of ICRI
ad-hoc committee on East Asia Regional Workshop
The ad hoc
Committee is extended until the next ICRI General Meeting
under the chairmanship of Japan and the ICRI Secretariat,
and will continue to include but not be limited to following
members: COBSEA, Conservation International, Coral Cay
Conservation, ICRAN, ICRI Forum, IUCN, JICA, Korea, Palau,
SACEP, SCRFA, South Africa, Sue Wells, Thailand, TNC,
UNEP-WCMC, USAID, Vietnam, World Fish Center, WWF.
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