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This plan has been developed to reflect the essential steps to initiate, conduct and terminate an emergency marine spill response in Niue NATPLAN provides a concise and easy to follow guide to the management of spill response and associated linkages to supporting documentation. This plan consists of two main parts, Part A: The core plan text designed to provide key supporting information to assist with spill response operations and planning. Part B: Appendixes which contain Operational information for Oil Spill Planning, Preparedness & Response.

This plan has been developed to reflect the essential steps to initiate, conduct and terminate an emergency marine spill response in Samoa NATPLAN provides a concise and easy to follow guide to the management of spill response and associated linkages to supporting documentation. This plan consists of two main parts, Part A: The core plan text designed to provide key supporting information to assist with spill response operations and planning. Part B: Appendixes which contain Operational information for Oil Spill Planning, Preparedness & Response.

This plan has been developed to reflect the essential steps to initiate, conduct and terminate an emergency marine spill response in Solomon Islands NATPLAN provides a concise and easy to follow guide to the management of spill response and associated linkages to supporting documentation. This plan consists of two main parts, Part A: The core plan text designed to provide key supporting information to assist with spill response operations and planning. Part B: Appendixes which contain Operational information for Oil Spill Planning, Preparedness & Response.

The Cook Islands comprises 15 islands with a total land area of 237 sq km and a maximum height above sea-level of 652 m. The islands are scattered over an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of 1.8 million sq km; one of the largest EEZ’s in the South Pacific.

This proposal has been prepared by the Ocean and Islands Programme (OIP) within the Pacific Islands Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC) in collaboration with the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA). It has been prepared in response to an invitation1 from the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) to assist the Cook Islands in deriving coastal related information to underpin and inform climate change adaptation decisions for coastal areas of Mangaia Island.

Effective solid waste management has been a major concern for Solomon Islands for a very long time and a number of attempts have been made to develop a National Solid Waste Management Strategy for the country. The concerns about waste have been raised by various stakeholders and community members in the city and the wider provinces. The generation and disposal of wastes has direct and indirect linkages to human welfare and economic development. For instance, potential for contamination of food supplies can have impacts on local markets or revenue from export crops. Moreover, there are numerous health and environmental hazards that arise when wastes are poorly managed and disposed.

Flooding imposes significant costs on households and businesses located in the lower Vaisigano catchment area. SOPAC, under the European Development Fund (EDF) project Reducing Vulnerability of Pacific ACP States, has worked with the Government of Samoa to develop the Samoa Flood Management and Action Plan, which identifies actions for government agencies, the private sector, NGOs and communities responsible for flood and floodplain management that can assist in reducing flood risks in Samoa, particularly in the lower Vaisigano catchment area located in Apia, which is subject to frequent flooding.

The Pacific Islands Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC) is currently executing the project Reducing Vulnerability in Pacific ACP States with funding from the European Development Fund (EDF). The project has the objective to reduce Pacific ACP States' vulnerability to natural disasters affecting their coasts through the development of an integrated planning and management system which targets: hazard mitigation and risk assessment; alternative sources of aggregates for construction; and water resources and sanitation. Major activities undertaken through this project with participating countries are: -assessment of aggregate resource supplies to mitigate the impact of unsustainable aggregate mining from the coastline; -development of bathymetric maps, 3D bathymetric and hydrodynamic models spatial databases relating to resource use, exploration and survey, and vulnerability to disasters; and -investigating and raising awareness about coastal processes.