Oceans and seas contribute approximately $3-6 trillion annually to the global economy in terms of the market value of goods and services including fisheries, energy, shipping, tourism, recreational, and mining sectors, as well as non-market ecosystem services such as climate regulation, nutrient cycling and carbon sequestration. In the Yellow Sea, for instance, more than 200 […]
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Birds Connect Our World: Promoting Wetland Protection to Save Spoon-billed Sandpipers in the Yellow Sea Region
The current global crisis brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic is reminding all of us that “everything connects to everything else” and that one action can have ripple effects influencing and affecting another directly or indirectly. The same is true even to birds and their habitats that are often taken for granted. Today, we are […]
Read more...YSLME MESSAGE IN CELEBRATION OF INTERNATIONAL MOTHER EARTH DAY 2020
Eleven years ago, the United Nations General Assembly declared April 22 as International Mother Earth Day and adopted the first resolution on Harmony with Nature. This momentous resolution emphasized the importance to balance economic, social, and environmental needs for the benefit of the present and future generations. Today, this key message resounds more loudly globally […]
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Marine Protected Areas as a Nature-Based Solution for the Yellow Sea
Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are a nature-based solution that benefits birds, mammals, fish and people too. In the Yellow Sea, MPAs are being strongly advocated by the GEF/UNDP YSLME Phase II Project as a tool to help restore the ecosystem goods and services of this Large Marine Ecosystem. About 40% of the coastal areas in the […]
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