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The SCS SAP Third Meeting of the Regional Working Group on Land-Based Pollution (RWG-LbP) took place from November 26-28, 2025, in Batam, Indonesia. Objectives include reviewing the overall status and progress of the SCS SAP Project implementation at regional and national levels.
Members from Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, and Viet Nam presented the status and achievements of land-based pollution activities at the national level, including the development and updating of national Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA) on pollution reports and data needs.
We extend our gratitude to the following participants for sharing their reflections: Ms. Aditya Yuniarti (Indonesia, Directorate of Coastal and Marine Pollution and Degradation Control, Ministry of Environment/Environmental Protection Agency); Dr. Michael Angelo B. Promentilla (Philippines, Professor of De La Salle University); Ms. Mitila Pransilpa (Thailand, Environmental Management Bureau); and Dr. Gil Jacinto (SCS SAP, Marine Pollution Expert).
Hear it from our project site managers. This video features reflections and key takeaways from those who attended the 2025 PEMSEA (Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia) Network of Local Governments (PNLG) Forum on 16-18 September in Jakarta.
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Check out this video featuring key takeaways from the recent 2nd Regional Working Group (RWG) Meeting on coastal and marine ecosystems held in Iloilo on 11-12 August 2025. This renewed momentum for collaboration among the SCS SAP experts is an important step forward for the health of the Seas of East Asia.
On 14-16 May 2025, the SCS SAP Project, alongside COBSEA joined global leaders and experts managing Large Marine Ecosystems and GEF-funded LME Projects at the 24th Annual LME Meeting in Athens. Organized by GEF IW:LEARN and co-hosted by UNEP/MAP. This 24th annual event provided a vital platform to connect with the broader LME community.
On our Project Day at the Faculty of Fisheries Kasetsart University on 17 January 2025 in Bangkok, we connected with brilliant young minds to share the goals and activities of the SCSSAP Project, and discuss the future of our oceans to get young people actively engaged in these important discussion.
Reflections from members of the SCS SAP Project Team and COBSEA on the first-ever joint project retreat held in Cambodia in October 2025.
The SCS SAP Project assist countries in meeting the targets of the approved Strategic Action Programme (SAP) for the marine and coastal environment of the South China Sea and Gulf of Thailand through implementation of the National Action Plans in support of the SAP, and strengthening regional co-ordination for South China Sea and Gulf of Thailand SAP implementation
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