We the leaders of Pacific Islands Forum: , Declare that once having, in accordance with convention, established and notified our maritime zones to the Secretary-General of the United-Nations, we intend to maintain these zones without reduction, not with standing climate change-related sea-level rise
La région a besoin d’un plan d’actions pour prendre des décisions concertées en vue d’améliorer la
santé et la résilience des récifs coralliens. Cela doit permettre aux dirigeants des îles du Pacifique,
aux gestionnaires des récifs coralliens et aux communautés locales de coordonner leurs efforts de
protection de ces précieux écosystèmes. La coopération régionale peut optimiser les synergies
entre différents programmes pour parvenir à de meilleurs résultats, par exemple en partageant les
connaissances et en tirant parti des économies d’échelle. Un Plan régional peut également servir
de base à la mobilisation des ressources financières nécessaires pour la protection et la gestion
des récifs coralliens.
The region needs an action plan to make cohesive decisions that will benefit coral reefs. This
will enable leaders of Pacific Island countries, coral-reef managers and community members to
coordinate their efforts to protect these valuable ecosystems. Regional cooperation can optimise
synergies between programmes and actions to achieve better outcomes, by sharing knowledge
and using economies of scale. A regional plan can also provide the basis for securing the funds
needed to protect and manage coral reefs.
This guiding document aims to assist the development and implementation of meaningful actions to support project engagement though focused education, awareness, cost effectiveness, sharing of ideas and make the most effective use of the resources available.
The purpose of this document provides an overarching approach, that can be referenced in PacWastePlus country project National Education and Awareness Plans (NEAP) to support the implementation of the PacWasteplus programme throughout the region.
To determine the baseline threat of microplastics and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in an important seafood fish from Vueti Navakavu locally managed marine area, a multibiomarker risk assessment was conducted on the thumbprint emperor fish.
We, representatives of the people of the Pacific region and stewards of the world’s largest ocean, meeting at the Environment Ministers’ High-Level Talanoa, 10th September 2021, are deeply concerned about the impacts of plastics and microplastics pollution on our region and that the current patchwork of international legal instruments is not sufficient to prevent the acceleration of these impacts
Plastic pollution is widespread globally Plastic is inexpensive and widely available, meaning that is commonly used and often carelessly discarded. However, the characteristics of plastics, strong and durable, means that plastics discarded into the environment have the capacity to persist for decades or hundreds of years.
This paper investigates the vulnerability of households to climatic disasters
in the low-lying atoll nation of Tuvalu. Small Island Developing States, particularly
the atoll nations, are the most vulnerable to climatic change, and in particular
to sea-level rise and its associated risks. Using the most recent household surveys
available, we construct poverty and hardship profiles for households on the different
islands of Tuvalu, and combine these with geographic and topographic information
to assess the exposure differentials among different groups using spatial
econometric models. Besides the observation that poor households are more vulnerable
to negative shocks because they lack the resources to respond, we also find that
they are also more likely to reside in areas highly exposed to disasters (closer to the
coasts and at lower elevation) and have less ability to migrate (between and within
the islands).
