Tourism is a significant economic driver in the Pacific, contributing to revenue, employment, and cultural exchange. However, responsible tourism management is vital to ensure that our pristine environment and unique cultural heritage are preserved for future generations. To this end, SPREP, in collaboration with the Pacific Tourism Organization (SPTO), is developing Environmental Auditing Guidelines specifically tailored for the tourism industry in our region.
SPREP IT official launch of the revamped sprep.org website. This is the 5th iteration of the website since its first version in 1998. 25 Years on we released another version packed with the latest
The evaluators from NIRAS International Consulting have produced a suite of products highlighting the Mid-Term Evaluation findings. This video provides a snapshot of the mid-term review findings
This assessment identifies the capacity-building needs and priorities of local and national public authorities and institutions, representatives from civil societies and communities, and NGOs from the 19 Kiwa-eligible PICTs to: 1. Better develop, implement and monitor rights-based, gender-sensitive and socially inclusive NbS projects for CCA and biodiversity conservation. 2. Mainstream these NbS approaches in CCA and other relevant sectoral policies and strategic frameworks.
The Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs) are extremely vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and other disasters, including cyclones, floods, droughts, sea level rise, coastal erosion, saltwater intrusion, coral bleaching, earthquakes, tsunamis etc. (Jentsch et al. 2007; Simpson et al. 2009; Veitayaki et al. 2021)
The inclusion of 'Non-party provisions' in a Plastics Treaty could have an important influence on plastic production within nations that do not become a party to the Treaty. This note summarises a range of precedents in multilateral treaties for Non-party provisions along with advantages and disadvantages of Non-party provisions
Multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) aim to address environmental issues of global concern by creating uniform and streamlined approaches and rules to apply to all parties. Treaties serve as agreements between two (or more) States that enter into an agreement, thus creating specific obligations and rights for those parties.
At the core there is no conflict between the WTO system and possible provisions of the future Plastic Treaty, as outlined in UNEPs option paper. However WTO rules are an important safeguard against domestic arbitrary or unjustifiable discriminatory measures.
The Global plastics treaty (GPT) mandates the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) to create binding rules based on the best available science, traditional knowledge, knowledge of indigenous peoples and local knowledge systems
Many INC-2 delegated indicated that the scope of the treaty should include plastics alternative and substitutes. However there are no internationally agreed definitions of plastics alternatives nor plastics substitutes. Sound definitions will support fully informed treaty negotiations.
