Aim of the South China Sea Project Website - UNEPSCS.org

The South China Sea Project Website is operated to enable the efficient dissemination of project outputs and information, and to facilitate the online sharing of information and examples of best practice between members of the project network. The site's main audience is the full membership of the South China Sea Project network, including focal points, demonstration site managers and staff, and members of national-level committees and working groups. The scope of the site has recently been expanded to disseminate information of interest to other International Waters projects and regional and international organisations involved in International Waters management.

Ensuring the Longer-Term Sustainability of UNEPSCS.org

It is intended that UNEPSCS.org will continue to be operated beyond the completion of the South China Sea Project, largely to enable the continued updating of the site’s databases and to facilitate the continued sharing of information and examples of best practice at the regional level. As such, the site was designed to enable all members of the project network to update pages of the website and its associated databases from their own offices using a secure online login. Members of the project network have recently assumed responsibility for updating and managing certain pages of the site under the guidance of the Project Co-ordinating Unit, with the aim of building capacity within the network for the longer-term management of the site. A regional workshop is planned for the final quarter of 2007 to explore how to ensure the longer-term sustainability of the site.

Key Features of UNEPSCS.org

You may find the following key features of UNEPSCS.org of interest:

• Project Background – An overview Project Goals, Objectives, Anticipated Outcomes, and History
• Project Co-ordinating Unit Contact Details - mailing address, telephone, fax, and e-mail contacts for PCU staff
• Partner Network Database – complete contact details for all members of the SCS Project Network
• Regional Working Group and Task Force Index – Information on the work of all SCS Working Groups and Task Forces
• Google-Earth Based Map of SCS Habitat Demonstration Sites – including links habitat demonstration site home pages
• Fisheries Refugia Information Portal – learn about the fisheries component activity to establish a regional system of fisheries refugia in the South China Sea and Gulf of Thailand
• South China Sea Project Document Repository  – a repository of 1300+ project documents and publications
• South China Sea Multi-Media Library – a compilation of videos and TV news clips on the South China Sea Project
• South China Sea Awareness Material Catalogue - a compilation of awareness raising and community education materials developed aspart of the South China Sea Project
• South China Sea GIS – GIS containing biophysical, socio-economic, and management data for more than 140 habitat sites in the South China Sea
• South China Sea Meta-Database – a regional database containing meta-data for in excess of 1,000 data sets relating to mangroves, coral reefs, seagrass, wetlands, fisheries, and land-based pollution in the South China Sea
• Nutrient Carrying Capacity Model for the South China Sea – an online Microsoft Excel driven nutrient carrying capacity model