E-Updates Vol. 8 Issue No. 7

In this issue: PEMSEA inaugurates its new office building at the DENR compound, in Quezon City, Philippines; the Philippine Department of Environment and Natural Resources and PEMSEA launches the Manila Bay Area Environmental Atlas; the Third Twinning Workshop on Ecosystem-based Management of Interrelated River Basins, Estuaries and Coastal Seas held in Tianjin, PR China. Also in this issue are articles on the Joint Meeting of the Batangas Bay Region Environmental Protection Council and the Provincial Solid Waste Management Board; the eight-day training workshop on rapid appraisal held in Lao People’s Democratic Republic; the 12th Intergovernmental Meeting of the NOWPAP; the launch of the Philippines Midterm Progress Report on the MDGs; and PEMSEA’s new intern from the Danang ICM Project Management Office in Vietnam.