The Weizhou Island is located in Beibu Gulf, which is in the East Asia ? Australasia bird migration flyway. It is an important stopover and wintering place for migratory birds. Guangxi Weizhou Island Birds Nature Reserve and Guangxi Weizhou Island Coral Reef National Ocean Park are located in this area. There are 2 national first-level protected bird species, 23 national second-level protected bird species, 7 IUCN red list threatened species and 46 Guangxi key protected species in this area. There are also 46 hermatypic coral species in this area. According to the research of Guangxi Academy of Sciences, Beibu Gulf University and Institute of Hydro-biology, CAS, 22 individual Bryde's whales are identified in Beibu Gulf since 2016. The permanent resident population of Weizhou Island is 18000. Due to tourism development, 1.5million tourists visit this island per year, which brings increasing pressure to the environment.

Main problems:
1. marine litter threats marine life including Bryde's whale
2. domestic waste in the island threats migrant birds
3. untreated waste and sewage from home-stay inns threats coral reefs and pollute marine environment
4. illegal poaching coral reef threats marine life

Solutions/activities:
1. facilitate the implementation of Weizhou Island Plastic Restriction Regulation
2. clean beach garbage, wetland garbage and marine litter and set up marine litter monitoring station
3. organize 'waste for points' and 'waste for goods' campaign
4. help the local government to implement the policy of 'prohibiting selling and utilizing single-use expanded polystyrene fast food containers, non-degradable plastic bags and plastic film in market' and demonstrate plastic free seafood market, environmental friendly home-stay inn and model street
5. demonstrate waste sorting and kitchen waste treatment through micro-organism and bacteria
6. promote the use of degradable plastic bags and recyclable shared basket in seafood market, super market and home-stay inn
7. provide training to practitioners of marine tourism industry on environmentally friendly whale watch, diving and coral reef conservation
8. organize environmental education and campaign to students and communities including love-the-birds week, coral reef conservation, Bryde's whale seminar? marine litter control, marine biodiversity, reduction of plastic waste and home-school hand-in-hand environmental protection
9. organize training and seminar for residents and owners of home-stay inns to promote waste recycle
10. organize environmental protection model inn campaign
11. organize marine litter workshop
12. conduct media outreach activity
13. establish a marine litter museum to raise public awareness

Anticipated results/outcomes:
1. island waste reduced 30% ?comparing the baseline of 150tons waste generated per day in peak season and 120tons waste generated per day in off season), non-degradable plastic products consumption reduced 30% and marine litter reduced 10%;
2. ?3000 people's marine protection awareness enhanced, domestic waste reduced and marine environment improved; 260 home-stay inns participated in project and 130 practitioners of home-stay inns become environmental protection volunteers. A local environmental protection team established and continued environmental protection actions
3. about 100,000 people impacted by media and marine litter museum