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COSPPac Monthly Bulletin, March 2024

SPREP Publications, Climate Change Resilience, PCCP

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For April to June 2024, the models agree on below normal rainfall being likely or very likely for Palau's main Islands, Guam, CNMI, northern FSM, northern RMI, New Caledonia, southern Va-nuatu, Niue, southern Cook Islands, and northeast French Polynesia. In addition, there's model agreement on above normal rainfall being likely or very likely in near-equatorial regions from PNG eastward across the northern Solomon Islands, Kiribati (mainly southern Phoenix), Tuva-lu, Tokelau, Wallis and Futuna, Samoa, American Samoa, northern Cook Islands, central French Polynesia and Pitcairn Islands.

Pacific Climate Change Centre (PCCC) Nafa Newsletter, Issue 01

SPREP Publications, Climate Change Resilience, PCCP

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Mālō e lelei, and warm Pacific Greetings from the Pacific Climate Change Centre (PCCC), hosted at SPREP. the Secretariat is please to introduce and welcome you to the first edition of the “Nafa”, the PCCC bi-annual newsletter.

Global Waste Management Outlook 2024 : Beyond and Age of Waste - Turning Rubbish Into a Resource

Waste Management and Pollution Control

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The word waste means different things to different people. Different local conditions and data collection methods confuse attempts to arrive at clear definitions. This report focuses on

SPREP-Tok : Issue 93. April, 2024.

SPREP Publications

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A monthly e-bulletin of activities and assistance from the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme to its member countries.

Feasibility assessment of the eradication of ship rats (R.rattus) and kiore (R.exulans) from Palmerston Atoll, Cook Islands

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Oyston, E. (Department of conservation)

This report assesses the feasibility of eradicating rats from Palmerston Atoll – a small inhabited Atoll located in the Southern Cook Island group. The project was originally requested by the community so has social acceptance and political support. The project is being funded by the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade through the Managing Invasive Species for Climate Change Adaptation in the Pacific project. The Department of Conservation are leading the operational planning and delivery of the project, in collaboration with multiple Cook Island partner agencies and the Palmerston Island community. The feasibility study reviews why the eradication is being done; whether it is achievable; sustainable and acceptable; and identifies what the key issues and dependencies are; and proposes the next steps if the project is to proceed. Rats are present on two islands within the Atoll, over a total operational area of 71 hectares. Ship rats and kiore and present on the inhabited island (Palmerston/Home Island), while only kiore are present on Cooks motu. Rats have a significant impact of the livelihoods of the residents on the Atoll, and the elimination of these impacts, in addition to the biodiversity gains eradicating rats will bring, is the driver for the proposed project.

R.rattus and R.exulans eradication Operational Plan Palmerston Atoll, 2023

SPREP Publications, Island and Ocean Ecosystems, BRB

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Oyston, E. (Department of Conservation)

This document covers the operational planning for the eradication of ship rats and kiore from Palmerston Atoll. Kiore are present on two motu (islands) on Palmerston Atoll – Home Island, and Cooks motu; while ship rats are present on Home Island only; thus, the scope of the eradication includes only these two islands for the hand broadcast application of toxic baits. Ensuring rats do not establish on other motus in the Atoll is also critical to the project’s success. Planning and logistical preparations for the project will take place in New Zealand, Rarotonga, and Palmerston Atoll between February and June 2023. The delivery phase of the eradication expected to take place over a 6-8 week field-period on Palmerston Atoll between August and September 2023.

Operation report on the field delivery period: Palmerston Atoll rat eradication project, August - September 2023

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Oyston, E. ) Department of Conservation

This document reports on the operational ac􀆟vi􀆟es carried out over the field work delivery period of the Palmerston Atoll rat eradication. The purpose of doing this is to retain and build institutional knowledge and learnings for future operations; as well as report on the operational proceedings in the event they need to be referred to in the future. The operational delivery of the eradication was carried out in August and September 2023, with eradication validation monitoring anticipated to occur in March 2024. The project was funded by the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade through the Managing Invasive Species for Climate Change Adaptation in the Pacific (MISCCAP) programme. The planning and operational delivery of the eradication project was led by the New Zealand Department of Conservation (DOC), with collaboration and support for fieldwork provided by the Cook Islands’ National Environment Service, Te Ipukarea Society (a Cook Island non-governmental organisation), and the Palmerston Island community. The 6 months’ worth of operational planning for the project is detailed in the Palmerston Atoll Operational Plan (Oyston, 2023), and a feasibility study (Oyston, 2023a) was carried out prior to this in November 2022. The operational plan should be used for reference in conjunction with this document if the reader is unfamiliar with the site and project context.

Marine Turtle Status report for Solomon Islands 2022

SPREP Publications, Island and Ocean Ecosystems

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Howard, Robert.

The marine turtle states review for Solomon Islands 2022 was commissioned to inform the development of the country's 5-year National plan of Action (NPOA) - Marine Turtles 2022-2026. It provides an assessment of the literature on marine turtle conservation in Solomon Islands, collated quantitative information on nesting beaches and foraging grounds, and reviews current and future threats and legislation on turtles and enforcement of these legal instruments, The study was conducted by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) supported by SPREP, through the by-catch and Integrated Ecosystem Management (BIEM) initiative of the Pacific-European Union Marine Partnership (PEUMP) Programme funded by the European Union and the Government of Sweden.

Adapter les villes et territoires côtiers à l’élévation du niveau de la mer dans le Pacifique : défis et bonnes pratiques.

SPREP Publications, Climate Change Resilience, Island and Ocean Ecosystems

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Devignol, Lisa ... et al.

Ce rapport est l'un des principaux résultats de l'atelier régional Sea'ties Pacifique qui s'est tenu du 10 au 12 juillet 2023 à Nadi (Fidji). L'atelier a été organisé par la Plateforme Océan & Climat, le Programme régional océanien de l'environnement (PROE), et le Pacific Climate Change Pacifique (PCCC), avec le soutien financier du Fonds de coopération économique, sociale et culturelle pour le Pacifique (« Fonds Pacifique », Ministère de l’Europe et des Affaires Etrangères), du PCCC, et du PROE par le biais du programme d’assistance technique de l’Initiative Kiwa. Le rapport fournit une vue d'ensemble des défis actuels en matière d'adaptation dans la région du Pacifique, ainsi que des initiatives inspirantes pour les relever. Les conclusions de ce rapport s'appuient sur les points de vue exprimés lors d’entretiens et sur les discussions de l'atelier lui-même. Il souligne et démontre à quel point, dans une région où de nombreuses îles sont de faible altitude, où la grande majorité de la population vit au bord de l'océan et où la côte s'urbanise rapidement, l'élévation du niveau de la mer reste une question existentielle et qu'il est primordial d'accélérer les mesures d'atténuation et d'adaptation.

Adapting coastal cities and territories to sea level rise in the Pacific: challenges and leading practices

SPREP Publications, Climate Change Resilience, Island and Ocean Ecosystems

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Devignol, Lisa

This report was produced as a key output from the Sea'ties Pacific Regional Workshop that was held between 10 - 12 July 2023 in Nadi, Fiji. The workshop was organised by the Ocean & Climate Platform, the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), and the Pacific Climate Change Centre (PCCC), with funding support from the Fonds Pacifique (French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs), the PCCC, and SPREP through the technical assistance programme of the Kiwa Initiative. The report provides an overview of current adaptation challenges faced across the Pacific region, along with inspiring initiatives to address them. Findings in this report draw on insights gained from individuals as well as the workshop itself, and highlights that in a region where many islands are low-lying, the vast majority of the population lives by the ocean where the coast is rapidly urbanising, sea level rise remains an existential issue and is paramount to fast-track both mitigation and adaptation action.

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