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The sea occupies three quarters of the area on the earth and provides various kinds of resources to mankind in the form of minerals, food, medicines and even energy. Seabed exploitation specifically with recovery of the resources that are found on the seabed, in the form of solids, liquids and gases. The resources are abundant, nevertheless the recovery process from the seabed, poses various challenges to mankind.

The freshwater resources of the Pacific Islands are diverse, from islands where large rivers abound to countries where no surface water resources exist and whose people rely solely on rainwater for their potable and economic needs.

These guidelines have been developed taking into account the regulations set forth in Annex V, as amended of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL).

Future climate poses a set of fundamental challenges to livelihoods in the Pacific Island region. People have to developed an understanding of their natural environments, their production potential and their vulnerabilities and the variations in these through time as forced by climate change.

It is not difficult to be a cynic in this new century.

Between 1960 and 1990, Australia, Britain, New Zealand and the USA decided to leave most of the islands they'd ruled for a hundred years. As they prepared to go, a handful of brave Pacific people - teachers, doctors, priests, chiefs, trade unionists - had to overcome exploitation, division and neglect, and then lead their people forward into nationhood. Recorded and edited by Ian Johnstone and Michael Powles, here are the stories of the leaders who set new flags flying across our Pacific Ocean.

Proceedings from the joint workshop co-organized by: the World Bank, the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, and the World Meteorological Organization - March 12, 2012

This report was predicated by GEF programmatic mandate on the promotion of sound chemicals management, as well as observations on the global chemicals landscape that alert us to the enormity of the challenge of sounds chemical management. The Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) states that there are 60 million registered organic and inorganic substances in the world. Of that, only a fraction have been tested and inventoried by chemicals oversight bodies. For example, the USEPA maintains an inventory of approximately 84,000 commercially important chemicals; and of those, a smaller fraction still have been tested for their toxicity, including the vast majority of those categorized as "high volume".

Invasive plants species (French) in New Caledonia and where to find them.

Lonely Planet Guidebook for Rarotonga (Cook Islands), Samoa & Tonga