WCF CG
The International Advisory Meeting on the World Coastal Forum on Jan 10, 2022 in Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province, China, agreed to establish a “World Coastal Forum (WCF)”.
To develop the institutional framework and Terms of Reference of the WCF, an international voluntary and informal World Coastal Forum Coordination Group (WCFCG) has been established. The WCFCG will function until the launch the WCF; the Terms of the Reference of the group are available here.
World Coastal Forum Coordination Group
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1. Institutional Framework Task Team
Co-leads: Tim Badman (International Union for Conservation of Nature), Guo Yinfeng (National Marine Hazard Mitigation Service, Ministry of Natural Resources, PRC)
Members: Vinayagan Dharmarajah, Jens Enemark, Stanley Johnson, Luo Gang, Spike Millington, Taej Mundkur, Rose Niu, Ivan Ramirez, Wang Qinghong, Zhang Hai, Zheng Sixian, Zhou Rui
2. International Engagement Task Team
Co-leads: Nicola Crockford (Principal Policy Officer of Royal Society for the Protection of Birds) , Luo Ming (Key Laboratory of Consolidation and Rehabilitation, Ministry of Natural Resources, PRC)
Members: Rob Clay, Stanley Johnson, Rong Linyun
3. Local Government and Subnational Engagement Task Team
Co-leads: Ingrid Coetzee (ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability), Zhu Shu (ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability)
Members: Yuan Quan
4. Stakeholder Mapping Task Team
Co-leads: tbd
Members: Micha Jackson, Li Yan, Song Feng
5. Science and Evidence Task Team
Co-leads: William Sutherland (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom), Micha Jackson, Lu Wenhai (National Marine Data & Information Service)
Members: Rob Clay, Richard Fuller, Ward Hagemeijer, Jiang Hongxing, Taej Mundkur, Li Xiuzhen, Tim McGrath, Nicholas Murray, Qian Fawen, Purvaja Ramachandran, Shi Jianbin, Zhou Xiuqing
6. Wetland Restoration
Co-leads: Agustín Sánchez-Arcilla (Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain), Carles Ibáñez (IRTA, Spain)
Members:tbd
7. Communication, Capacity Building, Education, Participation and Awareness (CEPA)
Co-Leads:Chris Rostron (WWT, United Kingdom)
Members:tbd
Participants of World Coastal Forum Coordination Group
We sincerely invite you to join in this concerted action to conserve coastal ecosystems for current and future generations of wildlife and people.