E-Updates Vol. 9 Issue No. 7

In this issue: PEMSEA develops ICM Model Courses for National and Regional ICM Training as part of its's efforts to place 20 percent of the regional coastline placed under an integrated management program by 2015; Guimaras, Philippines, formally joins PEMSEA's growing network of ICM Sites in the East Asian Seas Region; Puerto Galera launches its Sewage Collection and Treatment Facility Project; PEMSEA releases Tropical Coasts issue on Disaster Risk Reduction Initiatives of Local Governments; PEMSEA and Japan Hold Joint Seminar on ICM in East Asia; MERIT Designated as PEMSEA Regional Center of Excellence for Marine Pollution; and the East Asian Seas Congress 2009 Secretariat announces International Conference Workshop Themes.