1. Report on the activities of the NOWPAP Data and Information Network Regional Activity Centre (DINRAC) in 2016 and 2017
NOWPAP DINRAC
23 Nov 2016
Seoul, ROK

2. Organization, Staff and Budget in 2016
DINRAC has been transferred to the China-ASEAN Environmental Cooperation Center (CAEC), the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) since May 2013.
MEP has been in charging of all DINRAC staffs’ salary and its facilities continuously. In 2014, Mr. Feng YAN was formally approved to be the director of DINRAC.
At present, two other staff members are recruited into DINRAC with the financial support from CAEC.
DINRAC activities are funded by NOWPAP Trust Fund; a total of USD 146,000 in the biennium for the DINRAC activities such as Focal Points Meetings, specific projects, RAP MALI, etc. which has been approved by the 20th NOWPAP IGM.

3. DINRAC Budget for 2016-2017 Biennium
Activities
Budget (USD)
2016
2017
Total
Routine work of DINRAC Secretariat
Cooperation, Communication of DINRAC Activities
5,000
10,000
Organization of FPMs
25,000
50,000
Development of DINRAC Website
15,000
30,000
Annual Update of Existing Databases
4,000
8,000
Maintain and update marine litter data and information based on inputs by member states and other RACs
3,000
6,000
Developing and Maintaining Databases
Annual Summary of Major Marine Environmental Data Available in Member States
16,000
Compilation on Marine Environmental Standards
11,000
Collection of Data and Information on Species Filed in the Red Lists of NOWPAP Member States (Second Stage)
Grand Total
76,000
70,000
146,000

4. DINRAC Expenditure in 2016 (up to now 2016)
Activities
Budget for 2016
Expenditure for 2016
Remaining Balance
Cooperation, Communication of DINRAC Activities
5,000
3,000
Organization of FPMs
25,000
Development of DINRAC Website
15,000
Annual Update of Existing Databases
4,000
Maintain and update marine litter data and information based on inputs by member states and other RACs
2,500
500
Annual Summary of Major Marine Environmental Data Available in Member States
8,000
Compilation on Marine Environmental Standards
6,000
Collection of Data and Information on Species Filed in the Red Lists of NOWPAP Member States (Second Stage)
10,000
Total
76,000
63,500
14,500

5. Implementation of the Major Activities in 2016
Cooperation, Communication of DINRAC Activities
Organization of FPMs
Development of DINRAC Website
Annual Update of Existing Databases
Maintain and update marine litter data and information based on inputs by member states and other RACs
Annual Summary of Major Marine Environmental Data Available in Member States
Compilation on Marine Environmental Standards
Collection of Data and Information on Species Filed in the Red Lists of NOWPAP Member States (Second Stage)
Participation in the RACs FPM and other Meetings/Workshops

6. Development of DINRAC Website
The developed new DINRAC website was online in May 2016.
The WebGIS system was also redesigned in order that the system is more intuitive and informative.
Focused Area:
More advanced contents management system;
More advanced development platform. Easy to develop website modules and plug-ins.
More advanced multi-platform and multi-language support;
Built-in visitor analysis support.

7. System framework

8. System Function

9. Page Logic of the website
DINRAC Website
Homepage
Index for themed databases
Latest data
Search
News
NOWPAP News
Cases
Subject on Marine
NOWPAP Introduction
NOWPAP Structure
Bio-hazard
Multi-source pollutant
Oil Spill Accidents
HNS Accidents
Marine Protected Area
Data Center
Data view
Standards
Thematic data
Publication
by organization
by type
Public Invovement
Vote
Comment
Suggestions
About NOWPAP
About the Website
Links
Links

10. Example of Interface of extend point deploying

11. Development of DINRAC Website (cont.)
Speciality:
Commercial CMS is employed with better tech support
Supports both Chinese and English
Open management of page templates allows editing the page templates directly in the system
System is extensible and supports secondary development.
The system supports external data
Support mobile version of the website
Data maintenance is more conveniently done.

14. Annual Update of Existing Databases
Data will be collected and updated recently
MoUs with respective DINRAC Focal Points have been signing and confirming
Intended database to update
Contaminants and Nutrients;
Marine Protected Areas;
Experts/Specialists;
Institutions/Agencies

15. Annual Summary of Major Marine Environmental Data Available in Member States
Annual activity of DINRAC
MoUs with respective DINRAC Focal Points have been signed
Intended data
8 categories of marine environmental data;
Table “Data collection framework”
Table “Historic data available of marine environmental data”
Data will be collected
Data for 2015 shall be submitted before 28 February 2017
Data for 2016 shall be submitted before 28 February 2018

16. Compilation on Marine Environmental Standards in NOWPAP Member States
Lead by Dr. LEI Kun
MoUs were drafted by the DINRAC Secretariat in consultation with the leading expert and sent to DINRAC Focal Points for signature
Signatures are collected, and Standards collection format has been confirming by national experts
Covered theme: Marine Environnent Quality Standards, Polluant Effluent Standards, Marine Environnent Status Assessment Methods

17. Pollutant Effluent Standards Marine Environment Quality Standards
Sub-category standards according to protection targets
human health
aquatic organisms ……
Sub-category standards according to functions
to protect the sensitive marine organisms
used for general industry
used for Coastal scenic area
used for harbor and marine development activities
Sub-category standards according to environment media
sea water
fresh water (rivers or lakes)
sediment
marine biology
Sub-category standards according to characteristics of pollutants
general pollutants
toxic pollutants
Other sub-categories
Pollutant Effluent Standards
Effluent standards for industry wastewater discharged into the coastal area
Effluent standards for pollutants discharged by the municipal wastewater treatment plant to the coastal area
Effluent standard for marine disposal of sewage
Effluent standards for oil-bearing waste water from offshore petroleum development industry
Effluent standards for pollutants from ship
Marine Environment Status Assessment Methods
Marine environment status assessment method for sea water
Marine environment status assessment method for sediment
Marine environment status assessment method for marine biology quality
Comprehensive assessment method for the overall environment status of coastal areas

18. Item 1 Item 2 …… Information Category Sub-category
Available Pollutant Items and Limit
Reference
Comments
Item
Limit
Marine Environment Quality Standards
Sub-category 1
Item 1
Item 2 ……
Sub-category 2
Sub-category 3

19. Information collection on endangered /threatened marine species (2nd Stage)
Lead by Dr. Shirayama
MoUs were drafted by the DINRAC Secretariat in consultation with the leading expert
MoUs are collected up to now
Data collection form for this stage has sent to national experts
Cover extended geographical region than stage 1
Expected to collect information of 261 species

20. Example of blank form A. List of species to be considered in this activity
No.
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Common names
(English) 1
CHORDATA
ACTINOPTERYGII
ANGUILLIFORMES
ANGUILLIDAE
Anguilla
japonica
Japanese Eel 2
PERCIFORMES
EPINEPHELIDAE
Cromileptes
altivelis
Humpback Grouper, Humpback Seabass, Barrimundi Cod, Flatfish Grouper, Highfinned Grouper, Baramundi Cod, Hump-back Rock-cod, Humpback Rockcod, Barramundi Cod, Loche Truite, Pantherfish, Panther Grouper 3
Epinephelus
akaara
Hong Kong Grouper 4
bruneus
Kelp Grouper, Longtooth Grouper

21. Example of blank form B. IUCN red list status of species to be considered in this activity
No.
Red List
status
criteria
criteria version
Year
assessed
IUCN Red List
Distribution 1 EN
A2bc
3.1
2014 2 VU
A4cd
2008 3
A2d
2003 4
A4d

22. Example of blank form C. List of red list status in each member states to be filled by experts
China
Japan
Korea
Russia
No.
Present (P) or Absent (A) or
No data (N)
Red List status in China
IUCN
Native
Red List status
in Japan
Red List status in Korea
Red List status in Russia
Remarks 1 Y P EN N 2 ne 3 4

23. Maintain and update marine litter data and information based on inputs by member states and RACs
Marine litter platform
System framework was designed
Development schedule was planned
Data sources are planned
Marine litter data
Data were collected from CEARAC and updated
ICC activities participated as the report presented

24. Columns
Subsections
Contents
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MALITA&RAP MALI
MARINE LITTER CLEAN-UP
International Coastal Cleanup Activities
SEMINAR
Marine Litter Management related seminars
NATIONAL RFFORTS
Japan
Efforts conducted by member states, including progresses have been achieved and schedule for next step
Russian Federation
Republic of Korea
People’s Republic of China
NGOS EFFORTS
National efforts
Highlights of NGOs activities in the NOWPAP region
NGOs efforts
CONVENTIONS & REGUALTIONS
standard specification
related policies and regulations and international conventions concerning marine litter or marine environmental protection in NOWPAP member states
policy-systems
international convention
MARINE LITTER DATA AND INFORMATON
Data from ICC
Data and information collected from member states and related
research output
Other sources
Map of ocean litter
ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLY
TECHNOLOGY
cleaning technology
Environmental friendly technologies to address marine litter pollution and its cases
Cleaning cases
INTERACTIONS
Suggestions collection
Access for both public and professional Users to comment ,vote and make suggestions
Online Comments and vote
Registration management
related links
Links with UNEP,NOWPAC and RACs websites

25. Organization of FPMs
The 14th DINRAC Focal Points Meeting was held on May 2016 in Beijing, China with the support from RCU and active participation of DINRAC Focal Points, other RACs and major NOWPAP partners. The meeting discussed and agreed the budget and workplan for the biennium
The meeting agreed that the 15th NOWPAP DINRAC Focal Points Meeting will be held in China in mid-May 2015.

27. Participation in the RACs FP Meetings and other Meetings/Workshops
7-8 April 2016, Toyama, Japan, the 14th CEARAC Focal Points Meeting.
There are several workshops designed and jointly organized with partners
26th to 27th, Oct, 2016, Beijing, China, China-ASEAN Environmental Protection Information Sharing Platform Workshop
13th November, Guangzhou, China, NOWPAP DINRAC participated the Consultation Meeting of Freshwater Health Index (Dongjiang Project)
It would be necessary to improve the cooperation in some ways with international and regional organizations including NOWPAP DINRAC in the field of Marine environmental data and information exchange for regional environmental governance and management.

28. Performance Indicators
Activities
Timing
Outputs /
Performance Indicators
Quarterly Milestone
Budget (USD)
2016
2017
Cooperation, Communication of DINRAC Activities
Continuous throughout the biennium
Regular contacts with other relevant organizations and programmes
Throughout
5,000
Organization of FPMs
May 2016, May 2017
FPM reports
Invitations sent out (8 weeks before FPM), working documents prepared and uploaded on website (6 weeks before FPMs), visa documents sent (4 weeks before FPM)
Draft FPM reports circulated (1 week after FPM) and then finalized (3 weeks after FPM)
25,000
Development of DINRAC Website
* Upgraded website platform
* DINRAC website with user-friendly interface and easy-to-access database
* User friendly interface for WebGIS with 3 thematic maps
3Q 2016: Design and administration interface changed
4Q 2016: migration of data from the old DINRAC website is completed
2Q: 2017: development of WebGIS system with MERRAC is completed, development of invasive species is partly completed
4Q 2017: development of invasive species is completed in WebGIS system
15,000
Annual Update of Existing Databases
* Updated databases with latest information available
* Annual publication of data inventory on the website and
in hard copy
2Q 2016: MoUs signed
1Q 2017: data collected
2Q 2017: data compilation
3Q 2017: upload to DINRAC website
4,000
Maintain and update marine litter data and information based on inputs by member states and other RACs
Updated marine litter data
3,000

29. Performance Indicators
Activities
Timing
Outputs /
Performance Indicators
Quarterly Milestone
Budget (USD)
2016
2017
Annual Summary of Major Marine Environmental Data Available in Member States
Nov 2016, Nov 2017
* Collection of thematic marine environmental data
* Compiled data
* Data updated to the DINRAC website
2Q 2016: MoUs signed
2Q 2017: data collected for 2015
3Q 2017: data collected for 2015 updated to DINRAC the website
8,000
Compilation on Marine Environmental Standards
Nov 2015
Nov 2016
* Brief regional overview on existing standards related to marine environment and marine ecosystem
* Database on standards related to marine environment and marine ecosystem in the NOWPAP Region
2Q 2016: MoUs signed with experts
1Q 2017: Collected standards
2Q 2017: Complied standards with supplementary statements
3Q 2017: update to the DINRAC website
6,000
5,000
Collection of Data and Information on Species Filed in the Red Lists of NOWPAP Member States (Second Stage)
Collected information on endangered species
Compiled data were uploaded to the DINRAC website
2Q 2016: MoUs were signed
1Q 2017: Data were collected
3Q 2017: Data were compiled
4Q 2017: upload to the DINRAC website
10,000
Total:
76,000
70,000

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