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The preparation of the Work Progrannne and Budget reflects the requirements of SPREP's Financial Regulations, the programme focus and priorities set out in the 2001-2004 Action Plan and the organisation structure set out in the 2001-2005 Corporate Plan approved by the SPREP Meeting last year.

Global Climate Change and Coral Bleaching. The ultimate long-term environmental threat to coral reef ecosystems is global climate change that many believe is linked to the dramatic increase of coral bleaching in the past decade. Bleaching varies regionally, locally within a reef, and among species. It also coincides with elevated water temperatures associated with El Nifio and La Nifia events.

The intention of the consultancy was to help SPREP advance the Pacific Islands Conservation Trust Initiative mainly through the organization and facilitation of a decision by the Trust Fund Steering Committee on the future of the regional trust fund initiative following discussions and findings of the Green and Hunnam report "Pacific Islands Conservation Trust: Long term support for community-based conservation in the Pacific island countries". The consultant was tasked with the organization of the meeting of the Steering Committee to decide on the future of the trust fund initiative based on the findings and recommendations from the Green and Hunnam report. The general feeling was that after seven years, five comprehensive reports and several meetings and workshops on the issue, it was now time to decide, one way or the other, on the future of this initiative. The Third Meeting of the Steering Committee that was organized under this consultancy had that as its main key output.