2019年6月17日-21日，中国-东盟海上基金——“中国-东盟海岸带可持续发展能力建设与交流平台构建”项目活动：“‘制定与实施海洋功能区划’”地区培训班在厦门京闽中心酒店举办，来自印尼、越南、菲律宾、泰国、柬埔寨、东帝汶等6个国家的18位政府官员参加。
此次培训班由东亚海环境管理伙伴组织（PEMSEA）与厦门大学海洋与海岸带发展研究院（海发院）主办，海发院负责具体承办。培训班特别邀请了中国海洋发展基金会秘书长潘新春、PEMSEA荣誉主席蔡程瑛博士、厦门海洋发展局总工程师林怀远作为嘉宾进行了主题演讲。海发院薛雄志、方秦华、彭本荣、黄金良等教授出席授课。
本次培训班为期五天。在此期间，学员们系统地学习了海洋功能区划的概念、原则与其重要性，并在分组练习与讨论中学以致用，以各国未规划海洋区域为例，分析规划区域的自然资源环境及社会使用功能等现状情况、构思未来规划区类型、最后进行具体分区，确定了各个区域的主导功能，兼容功能及禁止功能。
此外，学员们还听取了关于中国海洋空间规划、厦门海岸带综合管理的经验总结与成果分享，结合实例充分了解了海洋空间规划与海岸带综合管理之间相互促进的关系。培训班最后一天的日程中，方秦华教授带队参观厦门五缘湾、黄厝等厦门海岸带综合管理示范区域，学员们由此对厦门海岸带综合管理有了最直观的了解。
通过五天的学习、讨论、考察，学员们更全面地了解了海洋空间区划的制定流程与实施方法，并深入认识了各个国家的海洋管理现状，学习了厦门海岸带综合管理的成功案例，这些都有助于我国将在海岸带管理的优越制度与先进管理技术推介到东盟国家，并进一步促进中国海洋软实力的提升，与东盟国家共赢发展，切实推动“21世纪海上丝绸之路”的建设与发展。
PEMSEA, in partnership with the SCD Program, conducted a regional training workshop on coastal use zoning development and implementation in Xiamen, China, from 17- 21 June.
The five-day training course was designed to strengthen capacity in the development, implementation, and enforcement of coastal use zoning schemes and their supporting guidelines and regulations in the region. It provided participants with presentations and lectures, case studies, interactive exercises, workshop activities, and a field visit.
The training course focused on four key components: 1) Overview of Coastal Use Zoning and its Relevance to Integrated Coastal Management (ICM); 2) Coastal use Zoning Development and Implementation Process; 3) workshop on Coastal Use Zoning; and 4) Governance and Management Mechanisms for Zoning Plan Implementation.
Nine experts from China, Malaysia, Thailand, and the Philippines served as resource speakers. Focusing on Xiamen’s experience, Dr. Xue Xiongzhi, Dr. Fang Qinhua, Dr. Huang Jinliang, and Dr. Peng Benrong of XMU provided the lectures and presentations covering all the modules of the training course. Dr. Thia-Eng Chua, PEMSEA Chair Emeritus, Dr. Pan Xinchun of China Oceanic Development Foundation, and Mr. Lin Huaiyuan, Chief Engineer of the Xiamen Municipal Bureau of Ocean Development, gave special talks on ICM implementation in Xiamen. Dr. Sakanan Plathong of Prince Songkla University and Johanna Diwa-Acallar of the PEMSEA Resource Facility facilitated the workshop.
The 18 participants from local, provincial, national governments as well as representatives from ICM learning centers of Cambodia, China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Timor-Leste and Viet Nam also exchanged experiences on zoning implementation which provided a rich source of discussion and insights on models and strategies on zone planning, development and implementation. During the workshop proper, the participants developed, prepared and drafted a zoning map and an activity guide for the various uses, activities and habitats of selected areas.
The five-day event was capped by a field trip covering the areas of: Wuyuan Bay, one of Xiamen’s ICM demonstration sites, which implements marine functional zoning; Xiamen University, the scientific support of ICM in Xiamen, which provided a brief introduction on the Marine Monitoring and Information Services Platform (MMIS); Huangcuo Beach, a marine protected area and a demonstration site for Xiamen’s coastal beach restoration efforts; and Xiamen City Planning Exhibition Hall, which features the development history and future planning of the city through imaging, solid models, and videos.
(Adapted from the original article on http://pemsea.org/news/pemsea-and-xmu-comi-conduct-regional-training-coastal-use-zoning)
