Pesticides as covered in the project include acaricides,
biological pesticides (bacteria, viruses), defoliants,
dessicants, fumigants, fungicides, herbicides, insecticides,
molluscicides, nematicides, rodenticides and synergists.
Pesticides included are those used in plant protection, in
animal health (products for external use only), in human
health programmes and for urban pest control.
The aim of this consultancy is to prepare a broad analysis of legal and institutional options for the establishment and management of Conservation Areas in fourteen independent Pacific Island countries. The full terms of reference for the consultancy are annexed at Appendix 1.
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The effects of marine resource development, aggravated by the rise of population in some Pacific countries, are disturbing those elements on which life depends. Modem technology is making it possible for distant water fishing nations (DWFNs) to fish the Pacific Ocean and sometimes within the exclusive economic zones of Pacific Island countries. The coastal zones, the breeding grounds for marine life, are under pressure from overfishing, coastal run-offs and wastes dumped in the
On ne connait qu'une seule espece de mysticete, la
baleine de Bryde (dont il existe deux formes ou sous-
especes), qui sejourne toute l'annee dans la region du
PROE. Trois ou quatre autres especes - l'une ou les
deux especes de petit rorqual de l'hemisphere sud, la
baleine a bosse et la baleine bleue - migrent regulierement merit en saison dans certaines parties au moins de
la zone d'action du PROE. Le rorqual boreal et le rorqual commun ont egalement ete signals, mais ne sont
apparemment pas frequents (voir Rice, 1979, 321 ;
The WMO/SPREP/United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US NOAA) National Weather Service (NWS)
workshop on the year 2000 (Y2K) problem opened at the Heliconia Conference Room, Double Tree Hotel, Honolulu, Hawaii, at 8.00 am
on 9 November 1998. Mr Penehuro Lefale, SPREP Representative, called the meeting into session. He welcomed the participants and noted the importance of the year 2000 problem and its
The main topographical features of Samoa are rugged mountains of volcanic origin, surrounded by flat and rolling coastal plains. All the islands of Samoa were formed by volcanic activity. Savai'i is regarded as still volcanically active with its most recent eruption producing lava flows between 1905 and 1911. A large percentage of Samoan soils are porous, shallow and clay in texture.
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Economic benefits to the communities of Liku and Hakupu from the Huvalu Conservation Area have been limited to date, with only a few individual operators deriving an income directly from the natural resources existing within the forest. Those who are utilizing the CA are generally only deriving a modest income ($1,500 - $2,000p.a.) The initial P.P.D. placed an expectation on forecast growth in the tourist sector to provide income
The area of concern for this Regional Wetlands Action Plan (RWAP) is the Pacific islands region, extending from Palau and the Northern Mariana Islands in the north-west to French
Polynesia and Pitcaim in the south-east, encompassing 22 Pacific island countries and territories including large countries such as Papua New Guinea (PNG). It equates to the region of operation
of the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP).
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The environment and economic health of marine and coastal waters are linked to individual people, community, regional, national and international levels. The interdependence of the island economy and their environment are very well known.
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The same macro-economic factors which stimulated the depopulation of remote rural towns in New Zealandor Nebraskaapply to Niue. Niueans, having received an academic education that is more focused on the kinds of work and life found in urban New Zealand than on those found in rural Niue, and having been encouraged to prefer desk work to physical work, are not adequately equipped for identifying, creating, and earning livelihoods in Niue.
The botany of four small, relatively undisturbed tuff cone islands off the east coast of Upolu, Western Samoa, is examined. During a series of visits to the islands, the vegetation was studied in nine sample plots, and a checklist of the 260 species comprising the flora was compiled. Six types of native vegetation are recognized, one of which (Diospyros coastal forest) appears to be unique to tuff cone islands. Casual observations were made on the avifauna and turtle
species, and the ecological significance of the islands is discussed.
Integrated Coastal Management (ICM) is accepted world-wide as a comprehensive, multi sectoral integrated approach to the planning and management of coastal areas. ICM is particularly suited to the island member countries of the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPR£P) because of then size, the
Given the unique socio-cultural and ecological conditions of the
Pacific Islands, it is essential that the baseline studies and
monitoring conducted as part of EXA should be undertaken by
specialists from the region itself. This will have the added
advantage of exposing local specialists from a variety of
disciplines to the techniques of EIA, thus building up a regional capability in EIA over the period of the programme.
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National Meteorological Services (NMS) play a fundamental role in the planning and implementation of many regional and international programs and activities. The success of these programs and activities is often critically dependent on the capacity and capabilities of the Services. It is thus
Latent sea-level rise is defined here as the sea-level rise ultimately likely to occur due to emissions of greenhouse gases already in the atmosphere, i.e. if all anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases were to cease at a particular time, various global systems would continue to change in response to
the gases remaining in the atmosphere until equilibrium was reached. Those systems include the atmosphere: the cryosphere, comprising snowfields,tundra soils, glaciers and ice-caps: the biosphere,including both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems:
This report was financed by the European Communities from a
grant of the European Development Fund and is presented by the
consultant Sinclair Knight Merz Ltd for consideration of the
Vanuatu Government. It does not necessarily reflect either the
opinion of the latter or the European Commission.
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Honiara is the Solomon Islands largest municipal centre and has a population estimated at over 40,000 people. Urban migration is
increasing and the population of Honiara is growing at about 10%
per year. With the growing population pressures, there are
concerns about the water, sanitation and waste systems in the
capital.
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This report was financed by the European Communities from a
grant by the European Development Fund and is represented by
Sinclair Knight Merz for consideration of the Government of Samoa (GOS). It does not necessarily reflect either the opinion of the latter or the European Commission.
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This report was financed by the European Communities from a
grant of the European Development Fund and is presented by
Sinclair Knight Merz for consideration of the Government of Papua New Guinea. It does not necessarily reflect either the opinion of the latter or the European Commission
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There is a high level of uncertainty with the specific estimation of pollutant loads. A large body of work has
been completed that provided qualitative and quantitative data; however, the noting of data gaps and inherent uncertainties of the methods used have qualified much of the quantitative data. Much of the data are based on rapid assessment methods that utilise generic loading rates, assumed waste flow composition, typical production methods, local production rates. Unfortunately, production rate data are inconsistently available and are difficult to verify.