THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) held an inception workshop as it prepares for an extensive Global Environment Facility (GEF)-funded Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) collaborative project on Large Marine Ecosystems (LMEs) which faces serious threats amid their vast marine resources.

The project 'Effectively Managing Networks of Marine Protected Areas in Large Marine Ecosystems (LME) in ASEAN' (ENMAPS) is being deliberated for implementation of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).