Cook Islands
katharina
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28 Oct 2011
The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention (WCPFC) is an international fisheries agreement that seeks to ensure, through effective management, the long-term conservation and sustainable use of highly migratory fish stocks i.e. tunas, billfish, marlin; in the western and central Pacific Ocean. Conservation and management measures that are developed under the terms of the Convention apply to these stocks throughout their range, or to specific areas within the Convention Area. The WCPFC...
katharina
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28 Oct 2011
PRAI’s overarching objective is to raise Pacific public auditing to uniformly-high standards, which in turn is expected to improve transparency and accountability in managing and using public resources.
Regional cooperation and coordination - activities include the establishment of a regional secretariat for the Pacific Association of Supreme Audit Institutions (PASAI); the creation of a Charter and a governing board; the coordination of the PASAI annual congresses; and governing board...
katharina
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28 Oct 2011
Sandwatch seeks to modify the attitudes and lifestyles of children, youth and adults on a community-wide basis by developing awareness of the fragile nature of the marine and coastal environment and the need to use it wisely. It is an educational process through which school students and community members work together to monitor their beach environments, critically evaluate the problems and conflicts, and address those issues in a sustainable manner. With a strong field monitoring component...
katharina
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27 Oct 2011
The rational of this initiative is to enable the exchange of ideas, experiences and best practices between SIDS in the Pacific and the Caribbean, in order to find suitable solutions and replicate best practices for addressing the various threats posed by climate change and natural disasters.
The expected outcome is to strengthen safety and resilience of Pacific and Caribbean SIDS’ communities to a range of natural hazards by facilitating and supporting a South-South cooperation...
Beth
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29 Jun 2011
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http://beta.adb.org...
MANILA, PHILIPPINES - The recovery in the global economy will help the Pacific economies improve in 2011. The strongest gains are expected in the resource-rich countries that are benefiting from both major new resource projects and better world commodity prices, says the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) Pacific Economic Monitor.
The report, released today, projects that the 14 economies of the Pacific will expand by 6.3% in 2011, up from 5.3% last year. The resource-rich Papua New Guinea (...
