On 23 September, 2007, a new LOICZ Regional Node East Asia has been established at Yantai, China. Accompanying the opening of the Regional Node, a first LOICZ-Yantai International Seminar on “Tacking Land Ocean Interactions on Regional Scale”, was held at the Yantai Institute of Coastal Research for Sustainable Development (YIC), China, from 23-25 September, 2007.
A main objective of the seminar was the identification of priority on regional scale that needs immediate scientific attention within the following topics: ecosystem functioning and socioeconomic impacts in changing coastal zones, material fluxes and ecosystem response, and governance frameworks for ecosystem- based management, among others.
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