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ENVIRONMENT
Tuesday, September 07, 2010 11:00 PM
BY PACIFIC REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME
Monday 6 September 2010, Madang - Environment Ministers, Officials, donors and government and non-government partners from in and around the Pacific have gathered in Madang, Papua New Guinea, for the twenty-first annual meeting of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme, being held from 6 to 10 September.
Speaking at the opening of the Meeting, PNG's Minister for Environment and Conservation, the Honourable Mr Benny Allen, reminded delegates of their important role in addressing environment as a key pillar of sustainable development. "It is unlikely that the development trends of the past two decades will change in the near future," he said. "And that means we will need to address growing environmental contamination and destruction." The Minister listed land use practices, waste management, rising populations and urban growth, climate change and terrestrial and marine...
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Friday, September 03, 2010 11:21 AM
BY PACIFIC REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME
Press Release - A new draft three-year action plan has been developed outlining activities, responsibilities and targets that seek to promote and strengthen the wise use and conservation of wetlands in the region.
The new Regional Wetlands Action Plan for the Pacific Islands follows on from the original Regional Wetlands Action Plan endorsed by members of the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) in 1999. The new action plan covers the period 2011-2013 and is expected to be finalised this month. The three-year action plan was developed during a regional workshop which was held in August in Noumea, New Caledonia to review the implementation of the 1999 Regional Wetlands Action Plan. It preceded a series of training sessions on implementation processes of the Ramsar...
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Wednesday, September 01, 2010 3:39 AM
BY PACIFIC REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME
Press Release - Come the end of October, the second Pacific nation to hold a seat on the Bureau for the Convention for Biological Diversity, passes this privilege on.
Tania Temata from the Cook Islands together with Cambodia represents the Asia Pacific Group on this bureau. It is a first for the Cook Islands to be represented on any bureau for the many global multilateral-environmental agreements. The Bureau for the CBD is like a Board of Directors for a company. It reviews the implementation of the Convention and oversees the preparation of the bi-annual conferences of the parties and all other related meetings in between the conference of the parties. The logistic organisation of the meeting is coordinated by the Secretariat of the Convention...
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Monday, August 23, 2010 10:58 AM
BY PACIFIC REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME
Press Release - A three day meeting has brought the Pacific region closer together as the 14 island countries prepare to face the world at the 10th Conference of the Parties for the Convention on Biological Diversity in October.
The international agreement was formed to help conserve the worlds biodiversity and establish targets to halt the current rate of biodiversity loss. The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) brought together Pacific Island Parties, donors, partners and other interested conservationalists to discuss and deliberate on key biodiversity issues for countries and the region and how they will be approached at the international arena. "To my mind this has been one of the most effective support meetings," said Mr. Stuart Chape, the Island Ecosystems...
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Tuesday, June 29, 2010 1:40 PM
BY PACIFIC REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME
Press Release - A historical voyage across our Pacific ocean by a fleet of five traditional twin hulled vaka canoes is navigating towards a successful end.
Crew from the Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, New Zealand, Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu have sailed a journey labelled as a "re-enactment of one of the world's greatest migrations across the Pacific". It has taken them from New Zealand to French Polynesia, Cook Islands, Samoa, Tonga and Fiji. The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) is a proud supporter of crew from the Samoa Voyaging Society that has united with members from Vanuatu and Tonga to sail the Hine Moana captained by Marc Gondard. The Hine Moana sailed alongside the Uto Ni Yalo...
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Sponsored Links
Monday, June 28, 2010 9:37 AM
Over the weekend, a 7.1 magnitude earthquake that struck Kira Kira in the Makira Province caused no Tsunami threats but could be felt throughout parts of the Solomon Islands.
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Thursday, May 27, 2010 9:41 AM
Press Release - 5,000 barrels estimated at over 800,000 litres (at the time of this article) of oil are being discharged daily into the Gulf of Mexico, washing ashore along the Gulf Coast in the United States lapping at the Louisiana shoreline.
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Tuesday, May 25, 2010 6:46 AM
Press Release - Ten representatives from Member countries and territories of the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) met in Tumon Bay, Guam, on 17-18 May, to discuss Pacific environmental priorities for the next five years
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Tuesday, April 20, 2010 10:25 AM
Press Release - 4/16/2010 - 11 Pacific island countries are to meet in Samoa next week for a workshop to assist them in completing their fourth National Reports to the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD)
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Tuesday, March 23, 2010 1:07 PM
Press Release - Crew members of the Va'a Gaualofa from the Samoa Voyaging Society are Environment Ambassadors to celebrate the Year of Biodiversity
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Tuesday, February 02, 2010 9:42 AM
Press Release - World Wetlands Day, on the second day of February each year, marks the day the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands was signed in the Iranian city of Ramsar in 1971.
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Thursday, November 19, 2009 6:43 AM
Press Relese - The 20th Annual meeting of the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) opened in Samoa amidst a tribute to the Pacific nations struck by the tsunami, spiritual inspiration and an embracing of Samoan culture
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009 4:34 AM
MANILA, PHILIPPINES - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) are seeking to strengthen their partnership toward the sustainable management of natural resources in the Asia and Pacific region
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Tuesday, July 21, 2009 6:00 AM
MANILA, PHILIPPINES - The Asian Development Bank's (ADB) Board of Directors today approved a Safeguard Policy Statement that will strengthen protections already in place to avoid or minimize the adverse impacts of ADB-supported projects on the environment and affected people
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Friday, May 29, 2009 10:21 AM
Press Release - Bringing the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) closer to the homes of Pacific islanders is one of the key happenings at a gathering in Fiji this week
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Monday, May 18, 2009 9:22 AM
Climate Change Threatens Coral Reefs and Livelihoods
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Thursday, May 14, 2009 5:40 AM
SPREP Honoured for Protecting the Ozone Layer
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Monday, January 26, 2009 9:12 AM
Connectivity Theme of Pacific Wetlands Celebrations
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Thursday, December 04, 2008 10:56 AM
Kobito Settlement Need Proper Water Supply.
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Friday, November 28, 2008 5:58 AM
Virtual Pacific Environmental Libraries
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Wednesday, November 26, 2008 9:53 AM
More Youths Graduate in Horticulture
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