Meeting Report 2024.08.15 2021.10.07 Report of the 18th CEARAC Focal Points Meeting (FPM) CEARAC, Virtual 24 – 25 August 2021 Front cover Front cover Report Report of the 18th NOWPAP CEARAC Focal Points Meeting Annex I List of Participants for the 18th NOWPAP CEARAC Focal Points Meeting Annex II List of Documents for the 18th NOWPAP CEARAC Focal Points Meeting Annex III Agenda for the 18th NOWPAP CEARAC Focal Points Meeting Annex III-1 Annotated Provisional Agenda Annex IV Report of the Regional Coordinating Unit (RCU) on the progress in the implementation of the Northwest Pacific Action Plan (NOWPAP) Annex V Report on CEARAC activities for the 2020-2021 biennium Annex VI Report on assessment of the distribution of tidal flats and salt marshes in the NOWPAP Region Annex VII Report of organizing a training course on eDNA analysis Annex VIII Report on updating HAB database and HAB reference database Annex VIII Annex 1 Annex VIII Annex 2 Annex IX Report on case studies of estimating seagrass blue carbon in selected sea areas in the NOWPAP region Annex X Report on improvement of the NOWPAP Eutrophication Assessment Tool (NEAT) for assessment and monitoring of eutrophication using satellite chlorophyll-a Annex XI Report on organization of the 5th NOWPAP training course on remote sensing data analysis Annex XII Proposal for implementation of pilot studies at significant tidal flats in the NOWPAP region Annex XIII Proposal for organization of the first eDNA training course Annex XIV Proposal for update of Cochlodinium website Annex XV Proposal for construction of a seagrass blue carbon network in the NOWPAP region Annex XVI Proposal for development of a cloud-based bio-optical database for satellite water quality monitoring in NOWPAP coastal waters Annex XVII Proposal for development of remote sensing data analysis training programs and organization of training courses Annex XVIII Draft workplan and budget of CEARAC Activities for the 2022-2023 biennium Annex XIX Proposal for collecting information on actions and best practices on plastic litter in the NOWPAP region Annex XX List of CEARAC Focal Points Appendix Appendix Back cover Back cover