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The number of reported small Marine Managed Areas (MMAs) driven by local communities has strongly increased in the Pacific region in the last 10 years. They are now presented as on of the main fishery and coastal management tool adapted to the context of many Pacific countries where intervention of the official agency is minimum and where the participation of community is still important.

This report deals with food security and climate change in 15 Pacific Island economies.

Considering the concerns of climate change and its impacts on coastal fisheries resources, SPC is implementing the ‘Monitoring the Vulnerability and Adaptation of Coastal Fisheries to Climate Change project with funding assistance from the Australian Government’s International Climate Change Adaptation Initiative (IRCA).

In addition to the extensive coral reef habitats described in Chapter 5, the shallow subtidal and intertidal zones around the coasts of Pacific Island countries and territories (PICTs) often support large areas of mangroves and seagrasses.

The inaugural regional workshop for the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC)-European Union (EU) EDF10 Deep Sea Minerals (DSM) Project was held at the the Tanoa International Hotel in Nadi, Fiji Islands, during 6-8 June 2011. The workshop was titled: High-Level Briefing on the Status of Deep Sea Minerals in the Pacific Islands Region and Planning for a Regionally Integrated Way Forward. The meeting noted that this summary was determined on the 8th of June 2011, the United Nations World Oceans Day.

The Regional Training Workshop on the Geological, Biological, Technological and Environmental Aspects of Deep Sea Minerals, is about bringing regional participants together to an appreciation and understanding of the extent of knowledge of the deep sea and the minerals contained therein. The workshop continues the SPC-EU EDF10 Deep Sea Minerals (DSM) Project objective for area-specific assistance provided for Pacific States in order to better position them to determine policies for deep sea minerals activities that occur within the region, and properly manage these activities within internationally acceptable levels of sustainable resource management.