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PRISMSS Triannual Newsletter - April 2023

SPREP Publications, Biodiversity Conservation, BRB

Available Online

Pacific Regional Invasive Species Management Support Service (PRISMSS)

The PRISMSS team and partners have had a very busy start to 2023, with borders now open and allowing the delivery of in-country operational and technical support in the region. A one-week meeting was held at the PRISMSS headquarters at SPREP, Apia, which brought together the PRISMSS partners and affiliates to discuss key risks, issues, and opportunities for PRISMSS, and share an understanding of partners roles and responsibilities moving forward. With those matters being scrutinized, 2023 is already looking very exciting and we are looking forward to connecting again with the Battlers on the ground to address their priority needs in the invasive species management space.

Samoa revives Natural Enemies - Natural Solutions (NENS) to control priority weeds

SPREP Publications, Biodiversity Conservation, BRB

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Pacific Region Invasive Species Management Support Services (PRISMSS)

Samoa officially rekindles its fight against invasive species by incorporating the NENS programme into its management efforts to control widespread invasive weeds in the country. Samoa joins the likes of Cook Islands, Tonga and Niue focusing initially on two invasive weeds, African tulip tree (Spathodea campanulata) and Koster’s curse (Clidemia hirta), with more target weeds forthcoming such as the tamaligi.

Managing Invasive Species to Create a Great Green Line of Defence for the Pacific

SPREP Publications, Biodiversity Conservation, BRB

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Menzies, Steve

Pacific Regional Invasive Species Managment Support Service

Managing Invasive Species to Create a Great Green Line of Defense for the Pacific. Controlling invasive species is one of the most effective tool for restoring island resilience.

CBD COP15 : Managing invasive species for a resilient Pacific panel event

SPREP Publications, Climate Change Resilience, Biodiversity Conservation, BRB

Available Online

Global Environment Facility

Restoring island resilience: managing invasive species for a resilient Pacific Wednesday, December 7, 16:00 - 17:00 ET Addressing invasive species can increase the climate resilience of Pacific Island ecosystems and communities. The GEF supported the development of the Pacific Regional Invasive Species Management Support Service as a regional mechanism to scale up support and help countries to mainstream invasive species management. This event will discuss the wide-ranging impacts of invasive species management for biodiversity, SDGs, and beyond. Atelaite Lupe Matoto - Director of Environment, Tonga Stuart Chape - Director, Island and Ocean Ecosystems, Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme Richard Griffiths - Island Conservation Sarah Wyatt - Biodiversity Specialist, SIDS regional team, GEF

Introduction to the Marine Biosecurity Toolkit - Webinar Event

SPREP Publications, BRB

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Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

The launch of the Pacific Marine Biosecurity Toolkit on 1st March 2022 also introduced the new Pacific battler series called "Manage marine biosecurity in the Pacific", a guide that provides an introduction on how to manage invasive marine species in the Pacific.

Manage Marine Biosecurity in the Pacific

SPREP Publications, Biodiversity Conservation, BRB

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Invasive marine species are organisms that are introduced to parts of the world where they do not naturally occur and which have negative impacts on people, the environment, or resources. Negative impacts from invasive marine species include outcompeting native species and driving economic impacts, such as through the loss of commercial fisheries or aquaculture harvest. Not all non-native species are ‘invasive’. Non-native marine species can come from many taxonomic groups, such as fish, crabs, oysters, mussels, seaweeds, barnacles, or sponges.

Marine Biosecurity Toolkit: Guidance on the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ship's Ballast Water and Sediments

Biodiversity Conservation, BRB

Available Online

The International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments (Ballast Water Management Convention or BWM Convention) is an international maritime treaty that requires international vessels that fly flags of signatory countries, and carry ballast water, to conform to certain standards approved by the International Maritime Organization (IMO). The BWM Convention entered into force on 8 September 20171. By 8 September 2024 all vessels must comply with the D2 discharge standard, which means that they will have to have a system for treating ballast prior to discharge. The introduction of this requirement is phased and depends upon when the vessel last underwent a renewal survey. By September 2020, 79 countries had signed the convention.

Regional Invasive Species Mainstreaming Strategy (2021 -2024)

SPREP Publications, Biodiversity Conservation, BRB

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Menzies, Steve

In this video, Steve Menzies of Flinch Marketing introduces the invasive species Mainstreaming Strategies and invited feedbacks from the audience through the use of Mentimeter.

Creature feature | Introduced Rats

SPREP Publications, Biodiversity Conservation, BRB

Available Online

Richard Griffiths

This video dives into what rats are found in the Pacific, their characteristics, their historical distribution and their impacts.

Rats or reefs - Invasive species and climate change in the Pacific

SPREP Publications, Climate Change Resilience, Biodiversity Conservation, BRB

Available Online

Menzie, Steve

Pacific Regional Invasive Species Management Support Service (PRISMSS)

Highlight stories from around the region about the significant linkages between rats management, seabirds, ecosystems, and reef resilience. *

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