In the 30th SPREP meeting held in September this year, the meeting supported the scaling up of environment data management in the Pacific and directed the Secretariat to initiate a process for developing a full-sized project proposal to support the scaling up environmental data management work in the region.
Later in October, the Inform Project participating countries collectively agree on the need to scale up and extend the Inform Project services beyond 2022.
In the 30th SPREP meeting held in September this year, the meeting supported the scaling up of environment data management in the Pacific and directed the Secretariat to initiate a process for developing a full-sized project proposal to support the scaling up environmental data management work in the region.
Later in October, the Inform Project participating countries collectively agree on the need to scale up and extend the Inform Project services beyond 2022.
In the Pacific Islands region, fish and invertebrates (specifically shellfish) fulfill important ecological roles in coastal and oceanic habitats, and many species are targeted by fisheries, making vital contributions to food security, livelihoods, government revenue and cultural heritage. This report discusses how climate change is expected to have profound effects on the status and distribution of coastal and oceanic habitats, the fish and invertebrates they support and, as a result, the productivity of fisheries and aquaculture
The amended Code of the Federated States of Micronesia states in section 104 that the exclusive economic zone is contiguous to the territorial sea. The inner boundary of the exclusive economic zone of each island or atoll is the seaward boundary of the territorial sea, and the outer boundary is a line, every point of which is two hundred nautical miles seaward of the nearest point on the baseline.
This list of indicators was developed through the Inform project at SPREP for use by Pacific Islands countries (PICs) to meet their national and international reporting obligations. The indicators are typically adopted by PICs for their State of Environment reports and are intended to be re-used for a range of MEA and SDG reporting targets. The indicators have been designed to be measurable and repeatable so that countries can track key aspect of environmental health over time.
This publication ‘Strategic Environmental Assessment – Guidelines for Pacific Island Countries and
Territories’ has been prepared to provide guidance on the application of SEA as a tool to support
environmental planning, policy and informed decision making. It provides background on the use and
benefits of SEA as well as providing tips and guiding steps on the process, including case studies, toolkits
and checklists for conducting an SEA in the Appendices.
The official Local Early Action plan created by the Mejit Local Resource Committee and community members. This was done as a part of the community's implementation of the Reimaanlok process. The Local Early Action Plan identifies communities values resources, threats to those resources, and potential solutions and actions the community could implement to address those threats.
Inform: Helping to strengthen governance and decision making through addressing gaps in environmental data across the Pacific region.
Short, quick pops of information to help enhance your speeches, media interviews and soundbites, presentations and general message sharing when it comes work done by Pacific islands with support from the Inform Project on environmental data use in the Pacific.
The Maritime Territorial Sea Baselines Notice 2013 contains in its Part 1 the Schedule of points on the baseline from which the breadth of the territorial sea of Niue is measured. Part 2 of the Schedule provides a general illustration of the points on the baselines. The baselines are referenced to the World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS 84).
https://www.un.org/depts/los/LEGISLATIONANDTREATIES/PDFFILES/niu_territ…
The Marine Zones (Declaration) Act 2011 repeals the Marine Zones (Declaration) Act 1983. It states that the territorial sea of Kiribati comprises those waters having, as their inner limits, the baseline of Kiribati and, as their outer limits, a line measured seaward from that baseline, every point of which is at a distance of twelve (12) nautical miles from the nearest point of the baseline.
Concise environmental legislative reviews of Pacific Island countries plus Tokelau. **Please submit new information or corrections as the reviews will be updated annually.**
The Solomon Islands 2019 State of Environment Report was led and developed by the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology (MECDM), and the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP). Content contributions were made by numerous representatives from government and NGOs.
The Solomon Islands 2019 State of Environment Report was led and developed by the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology (MECDM), and the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP). Content contributions were made by numerous representatives from government and NGOs.
The Solomon Islands 2019 State of Environment Report was led and developed by the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology (MECDM), and the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP). Content contributions were made by numerous representatives from government and NGOs.
The Solomon Islands 2019 State of Environment Report was led and developed by the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology (MECDM), and the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP). Content contributions were made by numerous representatives from government and NGOs.
Visual guide to complement the teachers guide for Samoa
Available online
Call Number: [EL]
ISBN/ISSN: 978-982-00-0692-8
Physical Description: 17 pages ; A2 flip charts
The Government of Fiji Gazette Supplement published the The Marine Spaces (Territorial Seas) (Rotuma and its Dependencies) (Amendment) Order 2012 which contains Fiji’s claims over its territorial sea which extends from the low-water line of Ceva-i-Ra, from the archipelagic baselines of the Fiji archipelago, and from the straight baselines of Rotuma Islands and its dependencies.
Furthermore, it states the geographical coordinates based on the International Terrestrial Reference System 2005 (ITRS2005) Geodetic Datum.
The Marine Zones (Declaration) Act 2011 repeals the Marine Zones (Declaration) Act 1983. It states that the "Contiguous Zone" means waters beyond the territorial sea within a distance of twenty-four (24) nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured.
The Territorial Sea and Exclusive Economic Zone Act 1977, Act No. 28 of 26 September 1977 as amended by Act No. 146 of 1980 defines the exclusive economic zone of New Zealand as those areas of the sea, seabed, and subsoil that are beyond and adjacent to the territorial sea of New Zealand, having as their outer limits a line measured seaward from the baseline which is measured from the low-water mark along the coast of New Zealand, including the coast of all islands and, as their outer limits every point of which line is distant 200 nautical miles from the nearest point of the baseline.
The Territorial Sea and Exclusive Economic Zone Act 1977, Act No. 28 of 26 September 1977 as amended by Act No. 146 of 1980 has a section for the Contiguous Zone ( PART IA THE CONTIGUOUS ZONE). Information has yet to be inserted. S
https://www.un.org/depts/los/LEGISLATIONANDTREATIES/PDFFILES/NZL_1980_A…