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Dès le début des essais nucléaires réalisés au Centre d'Expérimentation du Pacifique (CEP), l'environnement a bénéficié d'une surveillance de la radioactivité dans les milieux physiques et biologiques. Dès 1964, le Service Mixte de Contrôle Biologique (SMCB) et le Service Mixte de Sécurité Radiologique (SMSR) étaient en charge de ce suivi. Ils fusionnèrent ensuite en un service unique : le Service Mixte de Surveillance Radiologique et Biologique de l’homme et de l’environnement (SMSRB). Lors de l'arrêt des expérimentations, la volonté du ministère de la Défense de poursuivre la surveillance des sites du CEP s'est traduite par la création d'un organisme responsible de cette mission, le Département de Suivi des Centres d'Expérimentations Nucléaires (DSCEN), de la Délégation Générale pour l'Armement (DGA). Il succède au SMSRB, dissous en 1998, en même temps que la Direction des Centres d'Expérimentations Nucléaires (DIRCEN).

The Conference of the Parties A. Strategies for strengthening implementation 1. National level 1. Invites Parties to: (a) Enhance the coverage and quality, representativeness and, if appropriate, connectivity of protected areas as a contribution to the development of representative systems of protected areas and coherent ecological networks that include all relevant biomes, ecoregions, or ecosystems;

Over the past 15 years we have seen a paradigm shift in perspectives on biodiversity conservation, particularly in the interrelationship between biodiversity conservation and other land uses. This is reflected in the increasing number of programmes that aim to maintain ecosystem functions in combination with the sustainable use of the landscape.

The thesis is a comprehensive assessment of the effects of oil and dispersed oil on subtidal seagrass using a range of in situ and laboratory experiments on whole plants and seagrass leafblade sections. Apart from assessing the effects of oil and dispersed oil on seagrass between seasons, locations and morphologically different species, the study determines whether laboratory results are indicative of those obtained in situ as an initial step in developing a rapid laboratory testing protocol for seagrass assessment.

The French government created the FGEF in 1994, in the wake of the Rio Summit, in order to bring its commitment to protection of the global environment in developing countries into practice. The FGEF encourages developing countries to implement sustainable development strategies, programmes and projects that address key issues for the global environment: biodiversity, climate change, international waters, land degradation, including desertification and deforestation, persistent organic pollutants, the stratospheric ozone layer.

The Common Myna Acridotheres tristis was originally introduced to the island of Atiu, Cook Islands, in 1915 to control the Coconut stick insect Graeffea crouanii but it has since become a pest itself. The Rimatara lorikeet Vini Kuhlii or ‘Kura’ was reintroduced, after disappearing from the Southern Cook Islands almost 200 years ago, to Atiu on 24th April 2007 from Rimatara, French Polynesia to create a reserve population due to there being only approximately 1000 birds left on Rimatara. Due to observations of mynas reportedly harassing and attacking adult and juvenile Kura at the nest, an eradication programme was introduced by Gerald McCormack, Director of the Cook Island Natural Heritage Trust (CINHT), in May 2009 to reduce the population size of myna birds to give the Kura a couple of peaceful nesting seasons to help establish a stable population on Atiu. A study by J. Mitchell of the University of Leeds in May/June 2009 estimated a starting count of approximately 6000 myna birds prior to the eradication programme. That survey was followed up in May 2010 using two strategies, the transect method and roost counts. Analysis of transect method counts, using the Distance software, estimate there are approximately 3128 mynas on Atiu. Roost counts were at variance with that figure and estimated only 1280 myna birds. The roost counts estimate of 1280 may be the most accurate because all mynas would be in the winter roosts for heat conservation from May to July alleviating the concern that females and young would be nesting away from the roosts during counts, whereas transect counts may involve recounting the same birds numerous times; a problem minimized by repeating transect counts twice daily and using different transects to cover as much of the expected habitat as possible. Only a limited survey of the population of Kura was possible during this visit to Atiu since almost all available time and logistics were focused on myna surveys. An estimate of the Kura population suggests there are approximately 100 birds, which suggests that since the 2007 introduction the Kura population is thriving on Atiu. However, comparisons with the exponential growth rate model of 184 birds suggest this difference could be due to myna bird harassment despite culling. A more comprehensive survey is recommended perhaps using similar strategies to determine whether the myna has any deleterious effect on the Kura. In July 2010 a new myna bounty was introduced and is proving successful as a further 383 myna birds were culled by the end of July. The Atiu Island Council may decide on complete eradication of the myna to give the Kura full advantage of living on Atiu in the absence of the competitive myna bird.

The project aims to develop climate change adaptation policies and strategies to assist the Pacific Island tourism sector protect and grow local livelihoods.

In 1989, the Asian Development Bank provided technical assistance to the then Department of Agriculture and the Survey Department through a NZ Consulting Firm - ANZDEC under an ADB Land Resource Planning Survey Project. The Project provided training on mapping and GIS capability for the survey staff who were involved in the mapping work. Electronic GIS data and equipment were handed over to the Department of Agriculture at the end of the project which were later on damaged by Cyclone Ofa in 1990. A decade later, the Integrated Climate Change Risks in Agriculture and Health Sectors (ICCRAHSS) Project funded by the GEF through UNDP contracted the services of a consultant to provide: -improved GIS maps for soil, crops and rainfall distribution under different climatic projections; -review existing GIS systems and possible areas for collaboration; -consider a program to support capacity building on the use of the system and; -some applications that addresses options for climate change adaptation for the agriculture sector. Based on this report, a GIS system for the Ministry of Agriculture was procured to address the need for such a system to be in place with the expectation that the system will be properly utilized and maintained by relevant people.

Coral reefs, seagrass beds, mangroves, sand and mud shore and intertidal flats, barrier dunes and their associated lagoons, deltaic floodplains and estuaries, rocky shorelines, reef walls and drop-off areas, sea mounts form the complex marine habitats of PNG. Marine organisms associated with this array of habitats are important components of the rich marine biodiversity of Papua New Guinea.

In collaboration with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and members of the health technical team in the project Integrating Climate Change Risks into Agriculture and Health, the development of this Synthesis Report formulates the baseline of the linkages in climate change and health based on the local context of Samoa. The purpose of this report is to compile and consolidate efforts in addressing risks of climate change to health with scenarios outlines throughout the analysis. The development was reviewed by experts involved in the areas of climate services and health experts in the areas of communicable diseases. This report has developed a baseline to future research work into climate change and health to guide policy formulation as well as to consolidate resource prioritisations for health services to adverse impacts of climate change.