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This Regional Security Outlook Report draws on specialist analysis from across the region to provide stakeholders with an overview of a board range of current regional security issues and trends. By comparing the challenges and projections outlined in this report, regional decision makers can then consider which issues require most attention and prioritisation, both regionally and in their own national context.

The Cook Islands' environment is fragile and is being severely tested by pressures of development growth and a concentrated population. We are seeing impacts of climate change further eroding the state of our environment.

Bioregions are spatial units of the marine environment that host similar biota, and can serve to provide spatially explicit surrogates of biodiversity for marine conservation and management,

In all countries, economic growth comes with the loss of natural capital, our ultimate sources of wealth. Therefore, the challenge is combining growth with preserving our ecosystem to secure more prosperous Asia and the Pacific.

La troisième réunion du Conseil exécutif s’est tenue virtuellement les 8 et 9 septembre 2022 à Apia, Samoa. Étaient présents à la réunion des représentants de Nioué, de la République des Îles Marshall, des Îles Salomon, des Tokélaou, des Tonga, du Royaume-Uni et de Wallis-et-Futuna. L’Australie et le Samoa ont assisté à la réunion en tant qu’observateurs. La liste complète des participants figure en Annexe 1.

The Third Executive Board Meeting was held virtually on 8–9 September 2022 in Apia, Samoa. Present at the meeting were representatives from Niue, Republic of Marshall Islands, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, United Kingdom and Wallis and Futuna. Attending as Observers were Australia and Samoa. The full list of participants is attached as Annex 1.

Environmental impact assessment (EIA) is a process that is used to assess and mange individual development projects. It aims to maximise positive benefits and minimise negative impacts for local communities and their environment. Stakeholder engagement and local knowledge is fundamental to good EIA. When implemented correctly, EIA can help to support the achievement of green growth targets, climate change resilience and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

L’Étude d’impact environnemental (ÉIE) est un processus utilisé pour évaluer et gérer des projets de développement particuliers. Elle a pour objectif de maximiser les retombées positives et de minimiser les impacts négatifs pour les communautés locales et leur environnement. La mobilisation des parties prenantes et les connaissances locales sont essentielles à la réalisation d’une bonne ÉIE. Correctement mise en oeuvre, l’ÉIE peut contribuer à la réalisation des objectifs de croissance verte, de résilience au changement climatique, et aux objectifs de développement durable des Nations Unies (ODD)1.

Easter Chu Shing speech for the International Women's Day 2021

The third round of online regional training on enhancing knowledge and understanding of key E&S professionals and practitioners on best practices for managing risks and impacts associated with an effective EIA process as well as meeting the requirements of environmental and social safeguards in development projects across the region was successfully carried out between March and May of 2022.