www.chinaview.cn 2009-05-11 10:53:30

MANADO , Indonesia, May 11 (Xinhua) -- World Ocean Conference opens in Indonesia's Manado on Monday, with a Manado Ocean Declaration to be issued on May 14

Representatives from China attend the opening session of the World Ocean Conference in Indonesia's Manado May 11, 2009. Some 1,835 representatives from 73 countries and 11 non-government organs participated in the conference, which would discuss a series of issues including the global concern for its future amidst all uncertainties brought by global warming, polar ice melt, high sea level rise and changing weather patterns, etc.(Xinhua/Yue Yuewei)