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ASEAN WGCME. 2004. Minutes of the ASEAN 

Working Group on Coastal and Marine 

Environment.

ASEAN WGNCB. 2004. Minutes of the ASEAN 

Working Group on Nature Conservation 

and Biodiversity. 

ASOEN. 2004. Minutes of the ASEAN Senior 

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Conservation International-Philippines (CI-

Philippines). 2006 June. “Securing Globally 

Important Marine Ecosystems: The Sulu-

Sulawesi Seascape.” Report to the Walton 

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CI-Philippines. 2007. The Sulu-Sulawesi 

Seascape Congress Report. The Sulu-

Sulawesi Seascape Congress,  20-22 June 

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Lejano. 2006. “The Design of Environmental 

Regimes.” International Environmental 

Agreements 6:187-207.

Management Plan Framework for the Verde 

Island Passage Marine Corridor. 2007. 

Memorandum of Understanding between 

the Government of the Republic of 

Indonesia and the Government of 

Malaysia and the Government of the 

Republic of the Philippines on the 

Adoption of the Conservation Plan for the 

Sulu-Sulawesi Marine Ecoregion signed 

13 February 2004 at CBD CoP7 side event.

Miclat, E.F.B. 2002. “Selecting Priority Areas 

for Conservation in the Sulu-Sulawesi 

Marine Ecoregion.” IUCN/WCPA/EA-4 

Proceedings: Benefi ts Beyond Boundaries 

in East Asia. pp. 297-303 + 2 fi gures and 2 

appendices.

Miclat, E.F.B. 2004. “Multi-lateral Cooperation 

for the Conservation and Sustainable 

Development of the Sulu-Sulawesi 

Marine Ecoregion.” Paper presented at the 

4th Asian Regional Session of the Global 

Biodiversity Forum (GBF): Southeast Asia, 

IUCN, Pasig City, Philippines, 20-23 June 

2004. 

Miclat, E.F.B. and R.B. Trono, eds. 2002. A 

Vision for Life: Biodiversity Conservation 

Planning for the Sulu-Sulawesi Marine 

Ecoregion. Worldwide Fund for Nature-

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Pilcher, N.J. 2008. “A Network of Protected 

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the Sulu-Sulawesi Seascape.” Marine 

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Philippines, WWF-SSME Conservation 

Program. 2004. Conservation Plan for 

the Sulu-Sulawesi Marine Ecoregion. 

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on the Sulu-Sulawesi Marine Ecoregion.  

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Marine Ecoregion. 2007.  Second Meeting 

of the Tri-National Committee on the 

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2007. 

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Marine Ecoregion. 2008.  Third Meeting 

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UNCED. 1992. Agenda 21, Chapter 17: 

Protection of the Oceans, All Kinds of 

Seas, Including Enclosed and Semi-

enclosed Seas, and Coastal Areas 

and the Protection, Rational Use and 

Development of Their Living Resources. 

In: United Nations Conference on 

Environment and Development (UNCED), 

Agenda 21 as adopted by the Plenary in 

Rio de Janeiro, 14 June 1992.

may not have had sufficient time to 

focus on biodiversity and fisheries 

concerns specific to Sulu-Sulawesi 

Seas, the Tri-National Committee 

opens up new opportunities to discuss 

and address such matters, including 

for example:

a.  The protection of the sea turtles 

beyond what the Philippine-

Malaysia Joint Management 

Committee for the Turtle Islands 

Heritage Protected Area can 

address;

b.  A sea turtle corridor that 

encompasses northeastern 

Sabah, Malaysia, the Turtle Islands 

(jointly owned by Malaysia 

and Philippines), and Eastern 

Kalimantan, Indonesia, where 

major nesting populations of 

green and hawksbill turtles in 

Southeast Asia are located;

c.  Possibilities for transborder 

enforcement to address illegal 

wildlife trade and illegal, 

unreported and unregulated (IUU) 

fishing; and 

d.  Pursuit of joint projects, such 

as the development of the GEF- 

International Waters (IW) project 

on  the Sulu-Celebes Sea Large 

Marine Ecosystem and Adjacent 

Area Sustainable Fisheries 

Management Project under the 

CTI Programme for Small Pelagic 

Fisheries.

The Tri-National Committee also 

has the potential to serve as a 

vehicle to elevate SSME issues and 

accomplishments to broader platforms 

and to generate support for ECP 

implementation in the ASEAN Working 

Group on Nature Conservation and 

Biodiversity, the ASEAN Working 

Group on Coastal and Marine 

Environment, and the ASEAN Senior 

Officials for the Environment (which 

recognized the Tri-National initiative 

in 2004); and the Natural Resource 

Development Cluster of BIMP-EAGA 

(which endorsed in its December 

2007 meeting the proposal to develop 

a Sulu-Sulawesi small pelagics 

management project for submission 

to GEF). 

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