SPREP
19 Sep 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
15 September 2012: The Cook Islands and New Caledonia have announced the establishment of new marine parks. The Cook Islands Marine Park encompasses approximately 1.1 million square kilometers (km2) of the southern Cook Islands’ Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), making it the largest single-country marine park. The Government of New Caledonia committed to establishing a Marine Protected Area (MPA) covering 1.4 million km2.
The Cook Islands’ Marine Park was designed and established in...
18 Sep 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
15 September 2012: The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) has announced that the Government of the United Kingdom (UK) has joined SPREP. The UK announced it had joined SPREP at the 24th Post-Forum Dialogue Partners’ Meeting, which convened on 31 August 2012, in Rarotonga, Cook Islands.
According to SPREP, its members are now: American Samoa, Australia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, the Cook Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, France,...
14 Sep 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
8 September 2012: Signatories to the Memorandum of Understanding for the Conservation of Cetaceans and their Habitats in the Pacific Islands Region (Pacific Cetaceans MOU) held their third meeting on 8 September 2012, in Noumea, New Caledonia, addressing the threats facing whales and dolphins in the Pacific Islands Region.
With support from representatives of collaborating organizations and country observers, the Signatories endorsed a recovery plan for the endangered humpback whale population...
12 Sep 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
10 September 2012: The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) has launched the Pacific Climate Change Portal, an online hub of information on climate change in the Pacific region. The Portal features an events calendar, experts directory, documents, national and regional committees, image library and links to virtual libraries in the Pacific on climate change.
Launched during the 23rd SPREP Annual Meeting, the Portal was requested by SPREP members during the Pacific...
05 Sep 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
3 September 2012: The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) convened the Second Pacific Environment Forum, an opportunity for Pacific stakeholders to discuss environmental issues in advance of the annual SPREP meeting. This year’s Forum focused on the development of a mechanism for national State of Environment (SoE) monitoring and reporting.
At the meeting, held in Noumea, New Caledonia, on 3 September 2012, approximately 80 participants updated each other on...
