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Island and Ocean Ecosystems

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GEF - PAcific Alliance for Sustainability (GEF-PAS)

Pacific POPs Release Reduction Project

SPREP

The Pacific POPs Release Reduction Project, funded through the Global Environment Facility Pacific Alliance for Sustainability (GEF-PAS), aims to reduce Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in the Pacific region through the improved management of solid and hazardous waste. The project is co-funded by Agence Française de Développement (AFD). It is executed by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) and implemented by the United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). POPs are toxic chemicals that can travel long distances through air and water, and accumulate in the fatty tissues of humans and other animals. They do not degrade quickly over time, and, as a consequence, potentially expose people to serious health issues including cancer, birth defects and immune system impairments. For more information, please visit www.sprep.org/stopthepops

The PNG-METT : A method for assessing effectiveness in Papua New Guinea's protected areas

Island and Ocean Ecosystems

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Leverington, Fiona

Peterson, Ann

Peterson, Gregory

In 20152016, the Government of Papua New Guinea (PNG), through its Conservation and Environmental Protection Authority (CEPA) and with the support of United Nations Development Program (UNDP), organised an evaluation of its protected areas, as part of the process to improve management effectiveness. PNGs Policy on Protected Areas commits to regular evaluation of management effectiveness and to taking remedial action to improve effectiveness over time. Management effectiveness of Protected Areas will be regularly evaluated on a national basis, and improvements will be put into place based on assessment results. Where Protected Area effectiveness or wildlife populations and health are shown to be declining or at risk, causes will be investigated and corrective measures rapidly implemented (Independent State of Papua New Guinea, 2014, p. 50). This effort is a component of the third pillar supporting the vision for the protected area network in PNG: effective and adaptive biodiversity management

Pacific Women in Meteorology

Island and Ocean Ecosystems

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SPREP

Pacific women in meteorology - Samoa, Palau, Fiji, PNG

samoa

Effective management of hazardous materials, hazardous wastes and contaminated sites - Training Workshop Programme

Island and Ocean Ecosystems

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SPREP

Training Workshop Programme for the 2001 Effective management of hazardous materials, hazardous wastes and contaminated sites

Calls to stop dumping by fleets supported by Pacific leaders

Island and Ocean Ecosystems, Waste Management and Pollution Control

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Godfrey, Dominic

Latu, Kosi

Radio NZ

SPREP

The Pacific's environmental agency chief says he has received heartening support for his call to stop fishing fleets dumping waste. SPREP director-general Kosi Latu was speaking during the Fiji hosted UN Oceans Conference in New York. Mr Latu caught up with Dominic Godfrey about his presentation on marine pollution and the 10-thousand recorded cases of waste dumping in the Pacific by purse-seine fishing vessels over a 12-year period.

Elasmobranch captures in the Fijian pelagic longline fishery

Island and Ocean Ecosystems

Gilman, Eric

Piovano, Susanna

1. Pelagic longline fisheries for relatively fecund tuna and tuna-like species can have large adverse effects on incidentally caught species with low-fecundity, including elasmobranchs. 2. Analyses of observer programme data from the Fiji longline fishery from 2011 to 2014 were conducted to characterize the shark and ray catch composition and identify factors that significantly explained standardized catch rates. Catch data were fitted to generalized linear models to identify potentially significant explanatory variables. 3. With a nominal catch rate of 0.610 elasmobranchs per 1000 hooks, a total of 27 species of elasmobranchs were captured, 48% of which are categorized as Threatened under the IUCN Red List. Sharks and rays made up 2.4% and 1.4%, respectively, of total fish catch. Blue sharks and pelagic stingrays accounted for 51% and 99% of caught sharks and rays, respectively. 4. There was near elimination of shark lines, branchlines set at or near the sea surface via attachment directly to floats, after 2011. 5. Of caught elasmobranchs, 35% were finned, 11% had the entire carcass retained, and the remainder was released alive or discarded dead. Finning of elasmobranchs listed in CITES Appendix II was not observed in 2014. 6. There were significantly higher standardized shark and ray catch rates on narrower J-shaped hooks than on wider circle hooks. Based on findings from previous studies on single factor effects of hook width and shape, the smaller minimum width of the J-shaped hooks may have caused the higher shark and ray catch rates. For sharks, the effect of hook width may have exceeded the effect of hook shape, where small increases in shark catch rates have been observed on circle vs J-shaped hooks. 7. Shark and ray standardized catch rates were lowest in the latter half of the year. Focusing effort during the second half of the year could reduce elasmobranch catch rates.

Griffith ESRAM Team - Methodology & Results-to-date (Powerpoint presentation)

Climate Change Resilience, Island and Ocean Ecosystems

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Griffith ESRAM Team

Powerpoint presentation on Ecosystem and Socio-economic Resilience Analysis and Mapping (ESRAM) Griffith University

Pacific Islands Region: Ecosystem Approach Critical for Climate Change Adaptation

Climate Change Resilience, Island and Ocean Ecosystems

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Chape, Stuart

Presentation on Pacific Islands Region: Ecosystem Approach Critical for Climate Change Adaptation

Ecosystem-based Adaptation (Powerpoint presentation)

Island and Ocean Ecosystems

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Timmermans, Herman

Powerpoint presentation on Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EBA) in the Pacific

Sustainable livelihood strategies for conservation of biodiversity in Fiji, including potential crops and value adding opportunities in three FPAM project sites - Marketing of suitable products and recommendations; across three project sites: Greater Tomaniivi Protected Areas on Viti Levu, Greater Delaikoro Protected Areas on Vanua Levu, Taveuni Forest Reserve/Ravilevu Nature Reserve on Taveuni.

Island and Ocean Ecosystems

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Addinsall, Cherise (Dr.)

FAO

Glencross, Kevin (Dr.)

Hancock, Wayne (Dr.)

Kete, Tevita

Prasad, Vinesh

Conservation of biodiversity, improving rural livelihoods and supporting sustainable agriculture are key issues globally, but for many Pacific Island Countries (PICs) key biodiversity reserves are under considerable pressure from clearing and degradation. Rural communities are often put in a situation where clearing of forest margins is undertaken to meet demand for arable land to produce food and generate income. Forest reserves are also degraded by logging, where timber royalties are important in the absence of other sources of income for traditional landowners and communities. Therefore, agroforestry and ecologically based agriculture systems in the forest margins can help to offset reliance on forest degradation and can enhance the buffers around key reserves. Sustainable forest management and ecotourism also need to be maximised to help meet these challenges of generating income whilst maintaining or enhancing biodiversity, conserving soil and water resources.

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