The Conference: "MARINE BIODIVERSITY OF EAST ASIAN SEAS: STATUS, CHALLENGES AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT" to be held jointly by the Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change  Research (APN), Institute of Oceanography, Vietnam Academy of Science  and Technology, and A.V. Zhirmunsky Institute of Marine Biology,  Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences in  Nhatrang City,  Vietnam in December this year. Please, find attached the First Circular file here: announc_workshop.pdf.