The participants of the International Coral Reef Marine Protected Area Network Meeting / 4th ICRI East Asia Regional Workshop (17 – 19 November, 2008 – Tokyo, Japan) discussed how to enhance and assist regional and national MPA network development in East Asia for coral reefs and related ecosystems to achieve WSSD/CBD 2012 MPA targets, and came up with some suggested actions to be implemented in the next two years (2009-2010). This document was drafted by the workshop secretariat (Japanese Ministry of the Environment) based on the results of discussion in the workshop, and reviewed and agreed to by the workshop participants. The contents of this document represent the collective view of the workshop participants.
