The Solomon Islands Electricity Authority (SIEA) is a Solomon
Islands Government owned utility responsible for the generating,
transmitting and distributing as well as selling of electricity supplies in the Solomon Islands.
SIEA operates in nine (9) locations throughout the Solomon Islands with its Lungga and Honiara Powerstations serving Honiara. It has an installed capacity of 28 MW and a peak system load of 12.3 MW.
Tetepare is a 120 square kilometre (approx.) island, southeast of Rendova Island. It represents about 2.3 of the land area of the Western Province. The island is about 27km long and 7km wide and lies at 9030N, 340E in the Solomon Islands. It is separated from Rendova Island by the Balfuor Channel and from New Georgia and Vangunu Islands by the Blanche Channel. Most of Tetepare has an elevation of less than 200m with the highest point being 357m asl. Fringing reef lies along the south of the island.
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The impetus tor developing this Guide came primarily from two situations. Firstly, the enormity of the Asian Tsunami disaster in 2004-2005 right on Australia's doorstep, and the inability of the renewable energy community to donate goods and services, highlighted a need to develop an understanding of a pathway with the aid and disaster relief organisations to overcome this situation.
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ISBN/ISSN: 978-0-9803518-1-1
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Most of the 96 national monuments designated under U.S. law
are on land. The majority are managed by the National Park
Service, though some are administered by the Bureau of Land
Management and other agencies. At this point neither the
name of the proposed Mariana Trench Marine National Monu-
ment (MTMNM) nor the management structure has been de-
termined. For guidance one could review the process of the
recently designated Papahanaumokuakea Marine National
Monument (PMNM), which is placed within the purview of the
The Pacific Islands region is important for a great number of cetaceans (whales and dolphins), whether as a permanent habitat, a breeding ground or a migration corridor. Currently, more
than thirty species of whales and dolphins have been identified in this area.
The presence and diversity of cetaceans in our region has led to the development of whale watching, both on a commercial and recreational basis. Whale watching is defined as viewing
The objective of the Fiji International Waters Project Fiji (IWPFJ) is to identify cost- effective ways to strengthen the management of solid and liquid waste in Fiji's rural
communities. The Fiji IWP is managed by the Ministry of Local Government, Housing, Squatter Settlement and Environment in collaboration with the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP).
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It is the sea-the sea is what makes Marovo different. All kinds of things can be found in the sea here to make life good and to earn some money You can go to Choiseul, Vella, Ranoga, Simbo, Kolobangara [other islands in the western Solomons] and those places-true, people there have plenty of coconut trees, but they don't have anything like our lagoon! Nothing but open sea and a few reefs along the coasts of those islands. Here in Marovo,
Large studies have shown higher rates of adult and childhood cancer and also birth defects around municipal waste incinerators: the results are consistent with the associations being causal. A number of smaller epidemiological
studies support this interpretation and suggest that the range of illnesses produced by incinerators may be much wider.
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This paper focuses on pilot activities being carried out under the Integrated Coastal Watershed Management component of the Pacific International Waters Project (IWP). The paper discusses a two-pronged approach being taken to address the root causes of identified threats to the international waters of 14 Pacific Island countries. National and local level activities are focusing on coastal fisheries, waste management and freshwater protection.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Quarantine, Forestry and Fisheries (MAQFF) is mandated to manage resources that are vital to the well-being of Vanuatu people and the economy. The structure of the Ministry is shown in Attachment 1. Government is mindful that where there are no sustainable management practices, resources are overexploited and much to the disadvantage of local communities and the environment. This is witnessed the world over and is becoming evident with some resources in the islands of Vanuatu.
New Caledonia is surrounded by a large and rich lagoon which is enclosed by a barrier reef over 1,000 km long. Exploitation of the living lagoon resources to meet local requirements for
fish and other seafood has not, up to now, greatly affected the overall bio-ecological balance of the lagoon environment because New Caledonia's population density is very low.
The sea area near the capital of Noumea, where over half of the
This report has investigated the current power system on Mauke and the local renewable energy (RE) options available to supplement in the short to medium term and replace in the
long term the current diesel generation. In the short term refurbishment of the present diesel based system is required to ensure provision of reliable supply and minimise environmental degradation through fuel handling practises. Staff training and service equipment should be provided. Initiation of a wind
The Pacific Islands region is characterised by island nations with small populations scattered across an ocean area of approximately 36 million square kilometres. Less than 2 percent of this area is land. The region has a total population of around 8.5 million people.
The 22 countries and territories of the Pacific include a mixture of continental islands, volcanic islands and low and raised coral atolls. These countries and territories have
traditionally been divided into three groups - Melanesia (west), Polynesia (southeast) and Micronesia (north).
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More than a century ago,in 1870, a party of explorers travelled to the Amercian West. They had been sent to determinne the truth about fantastic tales of steaming rivers and bubbling pools. These explorers agreed among themselves,once to be as free as the air and water
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Experiences have shown that where development initiatives are determined and controlled externally with minimal input from the intended beneficiaries, the success rate is low. IWP emphasizes a participatory approach where the primary stakeholders' participation is crucial throughout the process of a development cycle. And it is them that should define any external assistance to suit their local situation leading to best possible choices of action for finding sustainable solutions for resources management concerns identified.
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Development assistance is increasingly being provided through strategic-level interventions, aimed to make aid more effective. To ensure environmental considerations are taken into account in this new aid context, established environmental assessment
tools at the project level need to be complemented by approaches fully adapted to policies, plans and programmes. Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) meets this need.
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ISBN/ISSN: 92-64-02657-6
The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) provides an indicator of the growth of the economy of a
nation. The GDP for Samoa in 1999 was estimated to be ST$718.4 million at current market
prices, of which agriculture, fishing and indirectly tourism are the main sectors of the
economy. These sectors are directly and indirectly dependent on the natural resources. Yet,
the essential role played by these resources to the economy is not explicitly known since
many of their services are not transacted through formal markets and in some cases markets
International Waters is one of four focal areas of the Global
Environment Facility (GEF). The GEF was created in 1994
to fulfill a unique niche - that of providing financing for
programmes and projects to achieve global environment
benefits in four focal areas: biodiversity, climate change,
international waters, and ozone layer depletion and in
land degradation as it relates to these focal areas.
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Vanuatus contribution to man-made global emissions of Greenhouse Gases (GHG)
is minute by international standards. Most emissions come from the combustion of
fuels for transport and electricity generation, with carbon dioxide the predominant
GHG emitted. Given the small proportion of the population with ready access to
transport and electric supplies, the importance of expanding these services for
economic and social development, and the dependence of Vanuatu on imported
Nauru is a single raised coral island
with a total land area of 21 sq km.
Despite its small land area, Nauru has
an EEZ that extends over more than
320 000 sq km. Its maximum height
above sea level is approximately 70 m.
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