Search the SPREP Catalogue

Apia Statement: Progress on a Proposal for a South Pacific Whale Sanctuary for consideration by Pacific Island Forum Leaders from the Regional Forum and SPREP Member Regional Workshop for a South Pacific Whale Sanctuary

Status as at July 2017 of the Apia, Noumea (or SPREP) and Waigani Convention for which SPREP is the Secretariat

Parties to international and regional Multilateral Environment Agreements (MEAs) relevant for SPREP activities - Updated July 2017

The special SPREP Meeting: ÿ Noted the ICR progress report and agreed to provide feedback on the two discussion papers relating to proposed Secretariat actions on ICR recommendations 59, 60, 61 and 79 before the 20th SPREP Meeting; and ÿ Endorsed the establishment of a task force, representative of and open to all Members, to progress the issue of core functions and related ICR recommendations and agreed that the Secretariat would also establish an electronic bulletin board to enable greater participation of all Members.

Pacific women in meteorology - Samoa, Palau, Fiji, PNG

The Pacific's environmental agency chief says he has received heartening support for his call to stop fishing fleets dumping waste. SPREP director-general Kosi Latu was speaking during the Fiji hosted UN Oceans Conference in New York. Mr Latu caught up with Dominic Godfrey about his presentation on marine pollution and the 10-thousand recorded cases of waste dumping in the Pacific by purse-seine fishing vessels over a 12-year period.

Reduced emissions of unintentionally produced POPs (uPOPs) is hoped to be achieved under the GEFPAS project through a range of funded initiatives including the provision of quality vocational training of semi-skilled waste employees. It was envisioned that this would involve the development and delivery of a waste management vocational training course at a regional institution. The overall project objectives related to the training were to create a program that would: · Develop a solid waste management vocational training program in conjunction with regional institutions; · Routinely train course participants to become waste management trainers using the ‘trainthe-trainer’ concept; and · Ensure long-term sustainability and continuity of the training program with regional institutions.

Side-event at Oceans Conference 2017 - Healers of Our Ocean

Side-event at Oceans Conference 2017 - Healers of Our Ocean

Side-event at Oceans Conference 2017 - Healers of Our Ocean