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25 Mar 2011
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14 March 2011: A new pilot project using financial incentives to address direct hunting and accidental capture of dugongs was launched in Palau under the 2011 Year of the Dugong campaign. The initiative is led by the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) and Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS). The project aims to foster sustainable and long-term dugong protection by improving the economic livelihoods of local communities, and thereby...
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17 March 2011: The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) announced an initiative to assist French Polynesia in mitigating the risk of natural disasters. European Development funds will provide the EUR1.085 million needed for the initiative.Activities under the initiative will focus on reinforcing the safety of populations in two vulnerable areas of French Polynesia. In the Marquesas archipelago, which is exposed to tsunamis, and the Tuamotu archipelago, which experiences cyclonic waves.The...
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18 March 2011: The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) convened the Pacific Climate Change Roundtable (PCCR) from 14-18 March in Alofi, Niue. Delegates discussed the establishment of a Pacific climate change fund that would be coordinated at the regional level but operated at the national level.Delegates also discussed regional issues including: the Transitional Committee for the Cancun Green Fund; climate change policy and information management; adaptation in the...
