Welcome to the Webinar, overview of the agenda and housekeeping (3′)

Introduction from the co-hosts (10′):

• The Coordinating Body on the Seas of East Asia (COBSEA) / Working Group on Marine and Coastal Ecosystems (WGMCE)
  Margarita Caballa, Marine and Coastal Ecosystems Lead, COBSEA Secretariat, UN Environment Programme
  
  
• The North-East Asian Marine Protected Areas Network (NEAMPAN) / North-East Asian Sub-Regional Programme for Environmental Cooperation (NEASPEC)
  Mi-Jin Lee, UNESCAP East and North-East Asia Office / NEASPEC
  

   

The Importance of Marine Mammals in the East Asia seas (15′)

• Marine Mammals in the East Asia Seas – Governance structures and policies for the protection of marine mammals in East Asia; a case study from Thailand (10’)
  • Dr Ellen Hines, Associate Director Estuary & Ocean Science Center, Professor, School of the Environment, San Francisco State University
    
    

• Spotted seals in the Yellow Sea Ecoregion: An example of efforts to protect marine mammals (5’)
  • Professor Zhaohui Zhang, First Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources of PR China
    
    

Introduction of the Marine Mammals Management Toolkit (15′)
Francis Staub – Marine Mammal Twinning

Guided use of the Self-Assessment Tool and SAT-LITE including interpretation of results (15′)
Tom Dallison – Marine Mammal Twinning

Testimonial of the application of the Marine Mammals Management Toolkit (10′)
Ben Haskell – Deputy Superintendent, Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary (recorded)

Questions and Answers Session (15′)

Concluding Remarks and Next Steps (5′)

• Margarita Caballa,  Marine and Coastal Ecosystems Lead, COBSEA Secretariat, UN Environment Programme
• Mi-Jin Lee, UNESCAP East and North-East Asia Office / NEASPEC