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Turning the tide - Caritas State of the Environment for Oceania 2017 Report
Biodiversity Conservation

Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand

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Caritas Australia

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Caritas Tonga

2017
This year's State of the Environment for Oceania report focuses on people's changing relationship with the seas that surround us, and how Oceania communities and governments are responding to today's environmental challenges.
State of Environment Report Guidelines
SPREP Publications, Environmental Governance, Climate Change Resilience, Biodiversity Conservation, Waste Management and Pollution Control
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SPREP

2017
National SoE Reports give information about environmental and social conditions, trends and pressures for the country, and the surrounding seas. The SoE reporting process forms the basis for effective environmental and sustainable development planning by examining the current condition of environmental indicators influenced by national, regional, and global pressures. The report uses state and trend indicators to evaluate how these “state” conditions impact not only the environment, but also the economy and the livelihoods of a country’s citizens. The term “environment” is used holistically to include biophysical, social, and economic indicators. An SoE Report should be completed every five years.
Status as at July 2017 of the Apia, Noumea (or SPREP) and Waigani Convention for which SPREP is the Secretariat
Biodiversity Conservation
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SPREP

2017
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 MEAs relevant for SPREP activities - Updated July 2017
Biodiversity Conservation
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SPREP

2017
Parties to international and regional Multilateral Environment Agreements (MEAs) relevant for SPREP activities - Updated July 2017
Plant Life : Common plants at Samoa Trust Estate Corporation plantation, Mulifanua, Upolu
Climate Change Resilience
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Government of Samoa

2017
Samoa is home to abundant plant life including indigenous species and some foreign introduced plant species. A majority of the foreign plants were introduced to Samoa in the pre-independence era through arrival of the early missionaries, Germans and Japanese, for various purposes from medicinal use to construction. These plants can be found across all the four islands; Upolu, Savai’i, Manono and Apolima. As part of the EU-GIZ Adapting to Climate Change and Sustainable Energy (ACSE) programme, a component of the Energy Bill and Sustainable Bioenergy, Samoa project focuses on biomass resource assessments at the Samoa Trust Estates Corporation (STEC) Plantation at Mulifanua, Upolu. Through fieldwork for biomass resource assessments at the non-leased land areas within the STEC Mulifanua plantation, eight common plants were identified and further scientific analysis on each was conducted by the Scientific Research Organisation of Samoa (SROS). SROS laboratory tests took place over a period of 14 days using the Quality Management System implemented by SROS and which also meets the requirements of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) standards, ISO/IEC 17025 (2005). Thus, this publication provides a brief description of these plants as well as some data on moisture content and energy content under different conditions.
Pacific Ecosystem-based Adaptation to Climate Change (PEBACC) Newsletter - Issue 2 (March 2017)
Biodiversity Conservation
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PEBACC

2017
This quarterly newsletter is an initiative to share information on Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA), a pragmatic and sustainable option for securing resilience in social and ecological systems impacted by climate change.
Sea Turtle Restoration Project of Turtle Island Restoration Network and Mas Kagin Tapani in partnership with Karkum villagers - Lessons learned in community-managed marine area in Karkum, Madang, Papua New Guinea
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Magun, Wenceslaus

2017
This paper was informed by literature review, review of project activities and interviews with key leaders from Karkum, and other local communities the Sea Turtle Restoration Project (STRP) team has worked with in Madang, Papua New Guinea. Local communities and other stakeholders were informed about the critical status of the Pacific leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) which is being pushed to the verge of extinction. The paper further showed the seven resource management planning steps used that enabled Karkums to establish their Community-managed Marine Area using Conservation Deed (CMMA-CD) on 17th November 2008. The Karkum STRP experience points out that some of the root causes of environmental destruction, often begins with lack of community control over resources and the inequitable distribution of money and power. These conflicts are further inflamed by misconceived “cargo cult” demands. To overcome some of these challenges, the paper indicated that Mas Kagin Tapani (MAKATA) needs long-term funding to carry out further turtle awareness, and conduct problem tree analysis workshop(s) to review the Karkum-Mirap conservation Map, and the Karkum CMMA-CD. Funds will also be used to carry out sea turtles tagging and beach monitoring exercises, conduct a training needs analysis study, and meet the recommendations identified in the training needs analysis study. If funded MAKATA will continue to develop and distribute educational awareness materials to local communities and other stakeholders. The paper revealed further that additional funds are needed by MAKATA to build its infrastructure, recruit staff, and meet its management and governance issues.
O Tafaoga a le Malie o Sitú ma ana Uó

Goldfarb, Ben

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Meth, Leah

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Yagmin Jr., Dan (illustrator)

2017
O Tafaoga a le Malie o Sitú ma ana Uó - a children's book in Samoan on Stanley the Shark and Friends
The PNG-METT : A method for assessing effectiveness in Papua New Guinea's protected areas
Biodiversity Conservation
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Leverington, Fiona

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Peterson, Ann

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Peterson, Gregory

2017
In 2015–2016, 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. PNG’s 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
Pacific Women in Meteorology
Biodiversity Conservation
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SPREP

2017
Pacific women in meteorology - Samoa, Palau, Fiji, PNG

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