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Getting In: College Choice for Pacific Islander High School Football Players. In SSGM Discussion Paper 2017/7

Kukahiko, Keali'i

Pacific Islander (PI) communities are underrepresented in US higher education, and hold bachelor's degrees at rates lower than the national rate (US Census 2012). Empowering Pacific Island Communities (EPIC and Asian Americans Advancing Justice 2014) reported that Guamanians (13%), Samoans (11%), Tongas (11%), Fijians (10%), and Micronesians (4%) all hold bachelor's degrees at less than half the rate of the national population of the United States (285).

Papua New Guinea under the O'Neill Government: Has There Been a Shift in Political Style? In SSGM Discussion Paper 2017/6

May, R. J.

Papua New Guinea under the O'Neill Government: Has There Been a Shift in Political Style? In SSGM Discussion Paper 2017/6

papua new guinea

New Pathways Across Old Terrain? SSGM Research on Resources, Conflict and Justice. In SSGM Discussion Paper 2017/5

Allen, Bryant

Allen, Matthew

Dinnen, Sinclair

Keen, Meg

Melanesia is characterised by complex interactions among land and natural resource uses, legal and political institutions, and interest groups. These interactions play out at the national level, where institutions have been profoundly shaped by an interplay of 'local' and 'global' orders and by the political and economic systems which affect natural resource exploitation.

An invasive ant distribution database to support biosecurity risk analysis in the Pacific

Biodiversity Conservation, BRB

Burne, Allan R.

Cooling, Meghan

Gruber, Monica A.

Invasive species are one of the most serious threats to biodiversity. Up-to-date and accurate information on the distribution of invasive species is an important biosecurity risk analysis tool. Several databases are available to determine the distributions of invasive species and native species. However, keeping this information current is a real challenge. Ants are among the most widespread invasive species. Five species of ants are listed in the IUCN list of damaging invasive species, and many other species are also invasive in the Pacific. We sought to determine and update the distribution information for the 18 most problematic invasive ant species in the Pacific to assist in Small Island Developing States with risk analysis. We compared the information on six public databases, conducted a literature review, and contacted experts on invasive ants in the Pacific region to resolve conflicting information. While most public records were accurate we found some new records had not yet been incorporated into the public databases, and some information was inaccurate. The maintenance of public databases faces an enormous challenge in balancing completeness (~15 000 ant species in this case) with accuracy (the impossibility of constantly surveying) and utility.

Biodiversity Conservation

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GEF - PAcific Alliance for Sustainability (GEF-PAS)

Pacific POPs Release Reduction Project

SPREP

The Pacific POPs Release Reduction Project, funded through the Global Environment Facility Pacific Alliance for Sustainability (GEF-PAS), aims to reduce Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in the Pacific region through the improved management of solid and hazardous waste. The project is co-funded by Agence Française de Développement (AFD). It is executed by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) and implemented by the United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). POPs are toxic chemicals that can travel long distances through air and water, and accumulate in the fatty tissues of humans and other animals. They do not degrade quickly over time, and, as a consequence, potentially expose people to serious health issues including cancer, birth defects and immune system impairments. For more information, please visit www.sprep.org/stopthepops

The PNG-METT : A method for assessing effectiveness in Papua New Guinea's protected areas

Biodiversity Conservation

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Leverington, Fiona

Peterson, Ann

Peterson, Gregory

In 20152016, the Government of Papua New Guinea (PNG), through its Conservation and Environmental Protection Authority (CEPA) and with the support of United Nations Development Program (UNDP), organised an evaluation of its protected areas, as part of the process to improve management effectiveness. PNGs Policy on Protected Areas commits to regular evaluation of management effectiveness and to taking remedial action to improve effectiveness over time. Management effectiveness of Protected Areas will be regularly evaluated on a national basis, and improvements will be put into place based on assessment results. Where Protected Area effectiveness or wildlife populations and health are shown to be declining or at risk, causes will be investigated and corrective measures rapidly implemented (Independent State of Papua New Guinea, 2014, p. 50). This effort is a component of the third pillar supporting the vision for the protected area network in PNG: effective and adaptive biodiversity management

papua new guinea

Pacific Women in Meteorology

Biodiversity Conservation

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SPREP

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

Calls to stop dumping by fleets supported by Pacific leaders

Biodiversity Conservation, Waste Management and Pollution Control

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Godfrey, Dominic

Latu, Kosi

Radio NZ

SPREP

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.

Sustainable livelihood strategies for conservation of biodiversity in Fiji, including potential crops and value adding opportunities in three FPAM project sites - Marketing of suitable products and recommendations; across three project sites: Greater Tomaniivi Protected Areas on Viti Levu, Greater Delaikoro Protected Areas on Vanua Levu, Taveuni Forest Reserve/Ravilevu Nature Reserve on Taveuni.

Biodiversity Conservation

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Addinsall, Cherise (Dr.)

FAO

Glencross, Kevin (Dr.)

Hancock, Wayne (Dr.)

Kete, Tevita

Prasad, Vinesh

Conservation of biodiversity, improving rural livelihoods and supporting sustainable agriculture are key issues globally, but for many Pacific Island Countries (PICs) key biodiversity reserves are under considerable pressure from clearing and degradation. Rural communities are often put in a situation where clearing of forest margins is undertaken to meet demand for arable land to produce food and generate income. Forest reserves are also degraded by logging, where timber royalties are important in the absence of other sources of income for traditional landowners and communities. Therefore, agroforestry and ecologically based agriculture systems in the forest margins can help to offset reliance on forest degradation and can enhance the buffers around key reserves. Sustainable forest management and ecotourism also need to be maximised to help meet these challenges of generating income whilst maintaining or enhancing biodiversity, conserving soil and water resources.

fiji

Ms. Tarusila Veibi-Ratu, speaking at "Healers of Our Ocean" (Oceans Conference, New York 2017)

Biodiversity Conservation

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SPREP

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

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