Spearfishing is growing in importance in the Pacific Islands. While its management has featured as a topic in some regional-level meetings, detailed information on spearfishing is surprisingly scarce. In early 1994, the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) proposed to consolidate information on
"SOPAC is mandated by 18 Pacific Island Countries (PICs) to provide technical policy and project level advice on the sustainable development, utilization and protection of water resources in its member countries. Of particular concern is the capacity of urban and rural water supply systems to provide safe drinking water, and the impact of inadequate sanitation facilities on water resources, the environment and public health.
Internationally, the average budgets for protected areas in developing countries is estimated to be around 30 percent of what is considered to be the minimum amount required for conserving those areas. Internationally, donor assistance for biodiversity conservation has also declined, and many officially recognized parks are only paper parks , lacking sufficient funds to pay for staff salaries, fuel costs, surveys etc;
Prepared for SPREP SPBCP programme
Call Number: 333.95 PAR [EL]
Physical Description: 56 p. : appendices ; 29 cm
This report documents the results from a workshop that examined the issue of incidental capture of threatened and endangered sea turtles by pelagic longline fisheries. It is a compilation of formal presentations by, and facilitated discussions among, government and nongovernment scientists, resource managers, and fishing industry representatives. This report documents the preliminary results and has not undergone external scientific review. The interpretation of the information presented at the
Mangrove systems occur extensively on low gradient tropical shorelines, where sedimentation enables resilience during sea-level rise (SLR). Within mangroves, inundation frequencies across the intertidal slope cause zonation of different species with elevation. This tight sea-level control of the seaward margin and zones within mangroves has been demonstrated by precise EDM survey. Hence species zones in mangroves are definitive indicators of sea-level position, and pollen
The framework for management of the ocean and coasts of the Pacific Islands region has been evolving since the early 1970s when Pacific Island countries played a significant role in the
This report summarises the recommendations for site selection of the IWP pilot project site and priority areas of activities. Tins is based on the findings of the participatory' situation analysis (PSA) completed in the latter half of 2002 (refer to Participatory Situation Analysis: Summary Report of Village
Consultations in Niue) and analysis of site options discussed in the April 2003 at a National Forum.
Originally written in 2003|Electronic copy kept at FL field
Call Number: 307.14099618 SUM
ISBN/ISSN: 982-04-0277-8
The IW is one of the four focal areas of the Global Environment Facility (GEF). The GEF was created in 1994 to provide funding for programs and projects to achieve global environment benefits in four focal areas: biodiversity, climate change, international waters, and ozone layer depletion, as well as land degradation as it relates to these focal areas.
Available online
Call Number: 333.714 COO [EL]
ISBN/ISSN: 982-04-0274-3
Physical Description: 55 p. ; 29 cm
The Joint Eighth Ordinary Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Convention on Conservation of Nature in the South Pacific (Apia Convention), and the Convention for the Protection of the Natural Resources and Environment of the South Pacific Region and Related Protocols (Noumea Convention, also known as the SPREP Convention), was held on 7, 10, and 13 September 2006 in Noumea, New Caledonia.
Available electronically both English & French versions
Call Number: 363.7099 REP (EL)
ISBN/ISSN: 978-982-04-0330-7
The International Waters Programme (IWP) on Nine planned and carried out island-wide village consultations and a participatory simation analysis from September to December 2002 to assist selection of a IWP pilot project. This initial community participation programme identified priority
environmental concerns (PEC) of local residents and possible pilot project activities. Village information was also collected that will contribute to selection of a site for the pilot project.
Call Number: 307.14099618 PAR
ISBN/ISSN: 982-04-0275-1
The marine environment and its resources have always been an important part in the way of life for small Pacific Island countries such as Samoa. A vast majority of Samoa's population inhabit the coastal fringes of the islands, thus depending largely on coastal marine resources and ecosystems for daily
Global Climate Change and Coral Bleaching. The ultimate long-term environmental threat to coral reef ecosystems is global climate change that many believe is linked to the dramatic increase of coral bleaching in the past decade. Bleaching
varies regionally, locally within a reef, and among species. It also coincides with elevated water temperatures associated with El Nifio and La Nifia events.
1 copy|Also available online
Call Number: 574.91 STA [EL]
Physical Description: 277 p.
The watersheds of the Cook Islands provide residents and visitors with a wide range of environmental services such as drinking water supplies, natural filtration of freshwater runoff, recreational opportunities and scenery. While important, the value of these services is not readily apparent in economic terms. This means they can easily be overlooked in decision
making and policy formulation. There is a pressing need to better understand the economic value of the nation's watersheds to raise awareness and inform investment and regulatory
decisions.
The International Waters Project (IWP) aims to strengthen the management and conservation of marine, coastal and freshwater resources in the Pacific Islands region. It is financed through
the International Waters Programme of the Global Environment Facility, implemented by the United Nations Development Programme, and executed by the Secretariat of the Pacific
Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), in conjunction with the governments of the 14 participating independent Pacific Island countries.
Available online
Call Number: 363.728 LEN (EL)
Many of the data and scientific analyses to establish a link between waste dumping and its environmental and social impact are not available. This study makes use of best available information and assumptions informed by experts. The expertise drawn upon relates to Palau specifically, and is in the fields of fisheries management, epidemiology, public health, waste
management and tourism.
Available electronically|Also hold the draft report in 2005
Call Number: 330.9966 HAJ (EL)
ISBN/ISSN: 978-982-04-0348-2
Tonga could make economic savings of approximately TOP 6.5 million through improved solid and liquid waste management nationwide. The estimates are based on some key assumptions about functional relationships between the nature and volume of waste and human health effects, waste and the coastal ecosystem and fisheries, as well as the effects of waste on tourism and the aesthetic value residents place on a clean environment.
Human waste management is a major concern in Tuvalu despite decades of promotion of the use of water-seal flush toilets and septic tank systems as the safest and most hygienic way to
dispose of human wastes. These systems were promoted as an alternative to the use of the beach for human waste disposal. Unfortunately, the septic tank-based system was introduced in
Tuvalu and many other atolls in the Pacific Islands region without regard to the geophysical characteristics of atolls.
Available electronically
Call Number: 333.713 7 LAL (EL)
Highlights of the community workshop included stakeholder engagement (facilitation, stakeholder participation and communicating with stakeholders); identification of resource
management problems (stakeholder analysis, participatory problem analysis); learning the social context of resource management
problems (participatory impact assessment, socio-economic baseline assessments, methods, analysis of information); and project planning (identifying and selecting solutions, impact
assessment, considering options, project mapping).
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Fiji has a natural resource-dependent economy. The pressures on the coastal environment (terrestrial and inshore marine) are therefore significant (IMR 2003: Levett et al. 2004). The most influential report on the state of the environment (Watling and Chape 1992) emphasizes the importance of a growing population and increasing levels of urbanisation and industrialisation as major causes of environmental degradation.
Most legislation governing natural resources in Fiji is very old and outdated, and very little attention is given to environmental issues in these statutes. The absence of a legislative environmental policy results in an absence of statutes with an express or implied environmental mandate, while laws governing resource development fail to recognise the environmental basis of natural resources. As a result, legislation provides little in the way of capacity to protect the environment from the impacts of development activities.