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Cook Islands Millennium Development Goals National Report 2005 : strengthening the development of the Cook Islands

Island and Ocean Ecosystems

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Government of Cook Islands

The Cook Islands has already achieved the targeted two third reduction of under 5 year olds mortality rate from 26 per 1000 live births in 1991 to 7.7 in 2001. The infant mortality rate dropped from 31.3 infants per 1000 live births in 1991 to 9.8 in 2001.Whilst the maternal health indicators for Cook Islands women were rated amongst the best in the region, there remain some worrying statistics. Teenage pregnancies had been on the increase in the past with a quarter of childbearing women reportedly having children during their teenage years. In general, key health issues affecting mothers and women include the relatively high incidences of cervical and breast cancers, and increasing prevalence of non-communicable disease (NCDs) such as diabetes, obesity, hypertension, circulatory illnesses and their complications resulting from changing lifestyles of the Cook Islands population. NCD’s are now the major cause of morbidity and mortality in the adult Cook Islands population.There are no officially recorded cases of HIV/AIDS in the Cook Islands although there are 2 resident HIV/AIDS cases (one male, one female) in the Cook Islands. Prevention and awareness raising programmes on the modes of transmission and risks of HIV/AIDS in the Cook Islands need to be maintained and further strengthened.

The Pacific Islands International Waters Project : strengthening community-based environmental management in the Pacific islands

Island and Ocean Ecosystems, Waste Management and Pollution Control

Community engagement and participation in the Eastern Marovo Lagoon, Western Province, Solomon Islands / by Jeff Kinch ... [et al].

Island and Ocean Ecosystems

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Kinch, Jeff

The International Waters Project (IWP)1 is a 7-year, USD 12 million initiative concerned with management and conservation of marine, coastal and freshwater resources in the Pacific islands region, and is specifically intended to address the root causes of environmental degradation related to trans-boundary issues in the Pacific. The project includes two components: an integrated coastal and watershed management component, and an oceanic fisheries management component (the latter has been managed as a separate project). It is financed by the Global Environment Facility under its International Waters Programme. The coastal component is implemented by the United Nations Development Programme and executed by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), in the conjunction with the governments of the 14 independent Pacific Island countries: Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Nine, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. The coastal component supports national and community-level actions2 that address priority environmental concerns relating to marine and fresh water quality, habitat modification and degradation and unsustainable use of living marine resources through a 7-year phase of pilot activities, which Started in 2000 and will conclude at the end of 2006.

Socioeconomic baseline study : Eastern Marovo lagoon, Solomon Islands / by Jeff Kinch

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Kinch, Jeff

Before making a commitment to a given area, programs such as IWP must collect information on local institutions, community history, social and political structures, livelihood strategies and opportunities for. and constraints to achieving program activities. This information provides insights that can help in dealing with specific local issues and in identifying key issues, as well as factors for improved management of marine resources.

Natural resources and the environment in Fiji : a review of existing and proposed legislation / by Nathan Evans

SPREP Publications, Island and Ocean Ecosystems

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Evans, Nathan

Most legislation governing natural resources in Fiji is very old and outdated, and very little attention is given to environmental issues in these statutes. The absence of a legislative environmental policy results in an absence of statutes with an express or implied environmental mandate, while laws governing resource development fail to recognise the environmental basis of natural resources. As a result, legislation provides little in the way of capacity to protect the environment from the impacts of development activities. There is certainly no mandate or legislative capacity to pursue the goal of sustainable development.

Reef and mangrove survey reports, Barakau village, Central Province, Papua New Guinea / by Mick Naimegi Raga

Climate Change Resilience, Island and Ocean Ecosystems

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Raga, Mick Naimegi

International Waters is one of four focal areas of the Global Environment Facility (GEF), which was created in 1994 to fund programmes aimed at achieving global environment benefits in four focal areas: biodiversity, climate change, international waters and ozone layer depletion. International Waters include oceans, large marine ecosystems, enclosed or semi-enclosed seas and estuaries as well as rivers, lakes, groundwater systems, and wetlands with trans-boundary drainage basins or common borders involving two or more countries. The ecosystems and habitats associated with these waters are essential parts of the system.

Solid waste management strategy for the PAcific region

Island and Ocean Ecosystems, Waste Management and Pollution Control

Action Plan for the implementation of the Pacific Region Solid Waste Management Strategy

Island and Ocean Ecosystems, Waste Management and Pollution Control

Charting multidisciplinary research and action priorities towards the conservation and sustainable management of sea turtles in the Pacific Ocean : a focus on Malaysia, 16-17 August, 2004, Terengganu, Malaysia : workshop proceedings 74.

Island and Ocean Ecosystems

Ahmed, M...[et.al.].

Rainforest to reef : linking scientists and communities for conservation success

Island and Ocean Ecosystems

Earthwatch

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