SPREP
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
18 June 2011: The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) has announced that it has signed a revised Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the BirdLife International Pacific Partnership for conservation in the Pacific region, which has more threatened bird species per unit of land area than any other region in the world, as well as the most extinctions.
According to SPREP, the MoU aims to strengthen the two organizations’ efforts to work together. They intend to:...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
23 June 2011: The Secretariat of the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar Convention) and the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) participated in a meeting of the national coordinators of the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Mangroves Ecosystem for Climate Change and Livelihoods (MESCAL) project, which followed up on progress of the project and sought to ensure that MESCAL activities fit with the new Regional...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
29 June 2011: The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the EU have released the June issue of their newsletter on the African, Caribbean and Pacific Multilateral Environment Agreements (ACP MEAs) project. The newest newsletter is sub-titled “The Future of the Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction in Small Island Developing States.”
The newsletter opens with a guest article by Jill Key, Pacific Hub coordinator, on the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
25 June 2011: Marking the International Day of the Seafarer, the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) has noted that ships have the potential to contribute significantly to ocean pollution, through garbage, sewage, ballast water and oil, which increases the importance of seafarers adhering to conventions and protocols established to guide good practice in waste disposal and dealing with crises resulting in oil spills.
The Day was sponsored by the International...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
5 July 2011: The Government of the Cook Islands has announced the launch of the Renewable Energy Chart – Te Atamoa O Te Uira Natura, which outlines how to achieve the target to produce 50% of electricity from renewable sources by 2015 and 100% by 2020.
The chart, supported through Pacific Islands Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Abatement through Renewable Energy Project (PIGGAREP) funding, highlights the plan to develop a new wind monitoring system. The PIGGAREP is financed by the Global Environment...
