Council discussion centered around keeping healthy, sustainable U.S. Pacific Island fisheries viable amid an accumulation of U.S. regulations and international negotiations. Click on the link below to read the full article.
In Oceania, there is a resurgence of ocean management that incorporates customary local practices and governance.
Speaking at the opening of the Pacific Fisheries and Green Climate Fund workshop in Nadi today , Fiji Fisheries Minister Semi Koroilavesau said the impacts of climate change would continue to be felt in our communities...Click on the link below to read the full article.
These Guidelines aim to assist with the implementation of national EIA legal requirements and to promote best practice in EIA process for Coastal Tourism Development in the Pacific. Click on the link below to access the full guidelines.
These Environmental Impact Assessment Guidelines for Coastal Tourism Development in Pacific Island Countries and Territories (Guidelines) represent a sector specific version of SPREP’s regional EIA Guidelines first published in 1993 and recently expanded and updated in 2016. These Guidelines aim to assist with the implementation of national EIA legal requirements and to promote best practice in EIA process for Coastal Tourism Development in the Pacific.This publication provides general guidance to support environmental impact assessments (EIAs) for coastal tourism development.
The Pacific tourism industry took a step forward in protecting the integrity of the environment with the launch of the Environment Impact Assessment Guidelines for Coastal Tourism Development for the Pacific Islands and Territories. Click on the link below to read the full article.
...King Tupou VI of Tonga was joined by a host of other Pacific Island leaders calling for action on what they saw as “the defining issue of our time”. Click on the link to read the full article
...a regional training course on designing and implementing mutually agreed terms and contracts for access and benefit-sharing (ABS) for Pacific genetic resources was held this week in Nadi, Fiji.Click on the link below to read the full article.
Plant numbers have surged in a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean following the eradication of invasive rats. Click on the link below to read the full article.
Olive Andrews is a marine program manager for Conservation International, where she works with Pacific Island nations to protect the ocean...Click on the link below to read the full article.