The ninth meeting of the Regional Working Group on Mangroves will be convened in Beihai, China, 2nd – 4th April 2008 inclusive. Substantive items of business include: consideration of substantive outputs, including publication, adoption and implementation of National Action Plans; achievement, lessons learnt and plans for completion of demonstration site activities; review of outputs from mangrove training courses and echo-seminars; the implementation of the Strategic Action Programme and National Action Plans on mangroves; and maintenance of the mangrove network beyond the conclusion of the South China Sea Project.