China’s NGOs activities related to marine litter issues

Hao CHEN, PhDChinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences

(CRAES), Beijing 100012, Chinaemail: chenhao@craes.org.cn

Okinawa, October 24, 2013

Northwest Pacific Action Plan

Outline

Overview of China’s environmental NGOs

Activies relevant to ML issues

Impacts

Communications and Partnerships

Perspective

Overview

milestone...

Friend of Nature(FON)

Friends of Earth Hong Kong (FOE)

Taiwan Environmental Association (TEA)

Xiamen Greencross Association (XMGCA)

1983 1994 1999 2001 2002 2007

Shenzhen Blue Ocean Conservation Association (SBOCA)

Shanghai Rendu

distribution of NGOs related to marine environment protection along the coastal area of China

geographical region of NOWPAP

source: http://dinrac.nowpap.org

distribution of NGOs related to marine environment protection along the coastline of China

nowpap region

ICC card’s method

State Oceanic Administration (SOA) method

UNEP method

OC NOWPAP

China’s NGOs

China’s NGOs

Methods used in current ICC events organized by NGOs

Chinese version of ICC data card, translated from English

Shanghai Rendu (ICC coordinator)

Ocean Conservancy (OC)

ICC data(ICC card)

China’s marine litter focal point

NOWPAP

NGOs ICC events

NGOs involved in the data flow of marine litter in China (except for the Taiwan Province)

data (SOA method)

SOA

raw data, not well clssified and circulated

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Activities relevant to ML

NGOs in the NOWPAP region

NGOs in the non-NOWPAP region

nowpap region

DEPVA

Total shoreline of 2,211 km, 1/10 of the total shoreline of China, and 73% of that of Liaoning Province, giving rise to 29,000 squarred km in oceanic area

DEPVA (Dalian Environmental Protection Volunteers Association)http://www.depv.org/

From 2003....

Outreach + Field work

Outreach

field survey and removal of ML

Co-organized ICC events with NOWPAP RCU in Danian City, 2008

Other Achievments...

Danian coastal marine litter workshop

Guidelines to marine litter survy and control

Survey reports on marine litter

nowpap region

Shanghai Rendu

Shanghai Rendu http://renducsr.blog.sohu.com/

In 2005, China begain to participate in the Marine Litter Activity (MALITA) project of NOWPAP

Shanghai Rendu was the first NGO in China Mainland to conduct marine litter monitoring and removal (2007), and has helped conduct ICC events in six other cities to date.

Participating in NOWPAP ICC event and workshop starting from 2011

Collecting data and reporting to ML focal poin of China and OC as well

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Summary of Shanghai Rendu activities in ICC events in Shanghai

from field to community...

nowpap regionXMGCA

The progressing impacts....

2009-2012

2008-2009

2005-2008

1999-2005Xianmen City

Fujian Province

Eastsouthern Coastal area

China

XMGCA(Xiamen Greencross Association) http://www.xmgca.org

绿十字项目发展涉及人群

The progressing impacts....XMGCA

Actions to reduce trash...具影响力的创意之三

Garbage collection, classification and removal

nowpap region

SBOCA

The progressing impacts....

SBOCA (Shenzhen Blue Ocean Conservation Association) http://www.szboca.org/ch/

2002 2005

kick-off by local aquarium divers

2005

reigstered by government

kick-off of the “ICC Day of Shenzhen City” (3rd Saturday, Sept.)

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9 times of the ICC Day

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The 9th ICC Day in 2013

Impacts

Public awareness raised

Decision-making and policy-making supported for governments

nowpap region

BOPA

Blue Ocean Protection Association (BOPA) at Sanya Cityhttp://www.ch-blueocean.org/

2009.12―2010.3 ~100 km walk along the coastline for marine litter suvey

“Report on environmental conditions of Sanya City coastline”

The local government took the critisim and shared the report online

This event was widely reported and circulated by media

Blue ribbons in hotels in Sanya City

Communications and Partnerships

Parternships in the NOWPAP region and beyond...

APEC Marine Environmental Training and Education Center

and many more...

JEAN+OSEAN+Taiwan Ocean Cleanup Alliance (TOCA)+Green Fin Association (kick-off in 2009)

A first step toward a unified platform for communication and collaboration...

The 1st workshop on China’s environmental NGOs role in marine litter issues, Shanghai(China), August 24.

Organized by CRAESfinancially supported by UNEP under a SSFA for a project “National Report of China’s Environmental NGOs in Marine Litter Issues” and technically supported by Shanghai Rendu

The Honolulu Strategy

The Global Partnership on Marine Litter

Method standardization in marine litter monitoring and data sharing

A framework and platform for unified action

What we did on the workshop...

Perspective

Integrated frameworkNGOs1st ICC

2007 2013 20？

More to strengthen...

Method Monitoring

Assessement

The Honolulu Strategy

Partnership OutreachShare