Global warming and associated sea-level rise are undoubtedly significant challenges for SIDS, including atoll nations such as Kiribati. Nevertheless, securing small island state futures also requires a renewed commitment to addressing the obvious and immediate threats of urbanisation, pollution and sanitation which is the subject of this paper.
The Strategy covers the period from 2008 until 2011 with biennial reviews to ensure all emerging issues are included and addressed.
Documenting the development trends and implications on biodiversity within the Republic of Kiribati
The status, trends and threats of Kiribati’s biodiversity are summarised in this report. It also illustrates how biodiversity conservation and management are mainstreamed across different sectors to effectively address different biodiversity conservation and management issues
This Strategy was developed through a number of consultations including interviews with representatives of line ministries, development partners and supporting agencies, NGOs and the general public.
The following review, prepared jointly by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environmental Programme (SPREP) and the Environmental Defenders Office Ltd (EDO NSW), updates and builds on the reviews conducted in the early 2000s under the International Waters Project.
The aim of this guide is to deliver nationally prioritised key messages relevant to climate change science, the effects of climate change on the Pacific and options to mitigate its causes and to adapt to expected changes.
This policy is an important road map to achieving both the development and management aspirations of Kiribati for sustainable fisheries in the long term.
The Government of Kiribati selected Abaiang and Tabiteuea North from a group of atolls considered ‘most vulnerable’. Then due to factors such as the inland shift of 80 metres of the coastline threatening Tebunginako village and the comparatively large population size and proximity to Tarawa, Abaiang was selected as the first atoll for the Whole of Island approach to take place.
This first fieldwork session was exploratory, aiming at launching a research programme concerning island vulnerability in the atoll states of Maldives and Kiribati.
This project demonstrates beach EbA at eroding beaches on Abaiang atoll, Kiribati, in cooperation with local communities, to extend their adaptive capacity to climate change and climate variability.
These regulations are called the **Phoenix Islands Protected Area Regulations**