Coastal and Marine Resources
Beth
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12 Aug 2011
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‘The Pacific Islands region has notched up consistently significant achievements in the renewable energy space in the past few years. It is on these that the region needs to build on. So far, it has been fairly successful in attracting funding for small sustainable energy projects with reports of their success appearing in the regional media quite regularly’
Over the past decade, increased global awareness of issues related to climate change and sea level rise has brought their...
Beth
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09 Aug 2011
The government of the Solomon Islands is conducting a number of ongoing programmes in the areas of community-level fisheries and commercial export fisheries. The Solomon Islands has also developed an action plan as part of the Coral Triangle Initiative.
The majority of the country’s population lives within the coastal regions of the islands and is highly vulnerable to coastal environmental issues, particularly those related to severe weather events and other natural disasters such as...
Beth
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03 Aug 2011
The Department of Environment and Conservation-administered Environment Act 2000 provides for the regulation of environmental impacts on coastal and marine resources resulting from development, environmental protection, and national water resources management.
Papua New Guinea (PNG) supports a plethora of coastal habitats, resources and environments including deltaic flood plains, estuaries, tidal flats, mangroves, beaches near shore environments such as bays, lagoons, sea grass beds, coral...
Beth
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02 Aug 2011
Palau has a National Tuna Fishery Management Plan, and a draft National Aquaculture Strategy and Development Plan (NASDP).
The in-shore fishery industry in Palau is a dynamic, multi-species industry involving individual fishers feeding their families, providing food for traditional customs and selling to commercial markets, restaurants and selective buyers for export. However, existing data shows a recent decline in yield for nine of fourteen states for which there are data. Decline in catch...
Beth
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02 Aug 2011
Niue's Sustainable Coastal Development Policy was adopted in 2008. Niue also has an Integrated Coastal Management Plan, and a National Tuna Fishery Management and Development Plan
With respect to the fishing sector, Niue does not boast the abundance of fishery resources like its cousins to the north. Fishing activities are at a subsistence level due to limited inshore fishing resources. Niue’s fishing grounds are not particularly fertile as there is little surface runoff to provide...
