Capacity building in the marine sector is a priority for Pacific Island nations, which face major challenges in the sustainable management of their marine resources under UNCLOS III and the various Conventions and Agreements stemming from UNCED. The University of the South Pacific (USP), with its 12 Pacific Island members (Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu) has taken up this challenge through the establishment of its Marine Studies Programme (MSP) in 1993.
This briefing sets out why the decision to allow the construction and commissioning of a waste incinerator in Tasmania should be reversed and instead a policy framework, which aims towards Clean Production and Zero Waste, should be implemented.
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Most marine coastal conservation efforts have been species - focused and sea turles have received special attention, efforts having been made to boost depleted populations by protecting nesting beaches and hatchlings.For all the dedication,time and money applied to turtle conservation projects their effectiveness in the South Pacific region remains
Fishing has always been an important subsistence activity in western Samoa. Referring to Samoa's marine fish resource Kramer (1888) wrote naturally,there are fishes throughout the whole year,for the sea is as inexhaustible as the land'.
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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