SPC
22 Mar 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
13 March 2013: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) and the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) have released the proceedings of a workshop held in 2012 on “Priority adaptations to climate change for Pacific fisheries and aquaculture: reducing risks and capitalizing on opportunities.”
The report summarizes the technical presentations given at the workshop on the implications of climate change for Pacific fisheries and aquaculture, as well as the outcomes of...
05 Mar 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
February 2013: The UN Environment Programme (UNEP)/GRID-Arendal Marine Programme has released the February issue of its newsletter (Marine Newsletter #2), featuring articles on the Pacific Marine Planning Decision Support Tool and on The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) for Oceans and Coasts Knowledge Portal.
The newsletter indicates that the Pacific Marine Planning Decision Support Tool will collate information about the limits of maritime jurisdictions, living and non-living...
25 Feb 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
18 February 2013: The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) has announced that the Government of Denmark has provided US$4 million for the development of clean and sustainable energy in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Palau, the Marshall Islands (RMI), Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. The finance has been provided through the Small Islands Developing States (SIDS) DOCK mechanism.
According to SPC, proposals from Pacific SIDS, to SIDS DOCK include: improving the...
11 Feb 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
8 February 2013: The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) has announced it is implementing an EU-funded project, titled “Improving Key Services to Agriculture Fiji,” to cushion the economic and social impacts of restructuring Fiji’s sugar sector. SPC will assist sugar farmers in employing land that is currently under-utilized.
According to SPC, the project will provide improved access to agricultural inputs such as fertilizers, seeds and assistance with land preparation, as...
31 Jan 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
29 January 2013: The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) held a workshop at the Kiribati Institute of Technology to train government officers to use cost-benefit analysis (CBA) as a framework to improve decision making and project quality, in particular for projects affected by climate change.
The workshop focused on two analysis, namely alternative energy options on Kiribati Island, and fish aggregating device deployment. Kurinati Robuti, Kiribati National Economic Planning Office (NEPO...
