Side Event

Biodiversity of Marine and Coast - MPAs and Sustainable Fisheries Supported by Citizens

Organizer
Conservation of Coastal&Marine Biodiversity WG, CBD Citizens Network Japan

Date and Time
22 October 2010 16:30 - 18:0

Meeting
Tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 10)

Conservation of Coastal&Marine Biodiversity WG, CBD Citizens Network Japan has organized the movement to propose the potential site of MPAs in Japan. To support MPAs, citizens may support the sustainable fishery to support fishery local small communitiies. Our WG discuss the ideal system of MPAs in Japan based on biodiversity conservation with the government of Japan to form the marine policy through citizens participation.