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Practioners representing national, regional and international agencies, tertiary institutions and non-government organizations involved in coastal management met at the offices of the South Pacific Applied Geosciences Commission (SOPAC) 10-12 December 2003. The meeting was convened by the Secretariat for the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) to discuss current initiatives and emerging issues relating to coastal management in the Pacific Islands region.

Energy auditing made easy - an energy audit guide for students in the Pacific Islands

There is ongoing and increasing vulnerability of Pacifi c Island nations and communities to the impacts of disasters. This has led to increased national and regional commitments to disaster risk reduction and disaster management on an ‘all hazards’ basis in support of sustainable development. These commitments derive from the Pacifi c Forum Leaders decision in Madang 1995, the Auckland Declaration in 2004 and Forum Communique 2006. This Framework for Action 2005 – 2015 has been developed to respond in part to these commitments

The economic and cultural patterns of Pacific countries have evolved in a manner that places a strong dependence upon the health of their natural environments. Most Pacific countries are characterized by small island masses dispersed over the world's largest ocean. Many of their diverse landscapes and seascapes are unique, but due to geographic isolation and often extremely limited land and freshwater resources they are naturally fragile and vulnerable to change. This is further complicated by the fact that the region is prone to a wide range of natural disasters such as volcanic activities and cyclones, and must face the potentially devastating consequences of an increased of frequency of extreme climatic events coupled with sea-level rise resulting from global climate change.