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Mapping Mining to SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals)
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represent the world’s plan of action for social inclusion, environmental sustainability and...
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Bioregions of the Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands Environment Data Portal Publications
The MACBIO project classify the entire marine environment within the MACBIO participating countries to inform, in particular, their national marine spatial and marine protected area...
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Big Men Drink Beer; Drunk Big Men Do Not Hit Women
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Numerous studies show obvious links between alcohol abuse and violence in Melanesia. In Papua New Guinea, alcohol is incorporated into sociality involving gift exchange and distribution...
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Gender Challenges to Financial Inclusion in Papua New Guinea
Pacific Women Lead Publications
This paper draws on research undertaken in 2015 among coffee smallholders in Eastern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea, focusing specifically on some of the challenges faced by women...
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PRDR SE4ALL Steering committee meeting minutes 2
SPC Geoscience, Energy and Maritime Division (GEM) Publications
The second meeting of the PRDR SC (PRDR SC 2) was held on the 16th May 2014, at the ESCAP Office at the Kadavu building in Suva, Fiji. The Meeting:i). endorsed the minutes of SC 1 and...
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National Implementation Plan (NIP) for the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP)
Republic of Marshall Islands Environment Data Portal Publications
This document presents RMI's National Plan for the implementation of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants. The Republic of the Marshall Islands became a Party to the...
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MEA Negotiator's Handbook
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
The number of multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) and institutions has grown steadily over the last few decades. The work taking place under these agreements and within these...
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SOPAC newsupdate #041, 25 November 2005; Samoa hosts SOPAC session again after 21 years; programme evaluators impressed by diversity; UNDP-ESCAP enthused about three-in-one meeting format; Pacific Islands fire services association established
SPC Geoscience, Energy and Maritime Division (GEM) Publications
SOPAC, SOPAC Secretariat 2005. SOPAC newsupdate #041, 25 November 2005; Samoa hosts SOPAC session again after 21 years; programme evaluators impressed by diversity; UNDP-ESCAP enthused...
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SOPAC newsupdate #044, March 2008; training for new GTK GPS survey equipment; presenting results of EU-funded regional initiatives; sustainable land management in atolls workshop in Tokyo, Japan; technical assessment of the Solomon Island's tsunami warni
SPC Geoscience, Energy and Maritime Division (GEM) Publications
SOPAC, SOPAC Secretariat 2008. SOPAC newsupdate #044, March 2008; training for new GTK GPS survey equipment; presenting results of EU-funded regional initiatives; sustainable land...
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Snap 35, July 2005; launch of research report: the economic impact of natural disaster on development in the Pacific; disaster management trainaing for Tonga; joint EMA/SOPAC visit to Kiribati and Nauru; Samoa hosts national disaster management workshops
SPC Geoscience, Energy and Maritime Division (GEM) Publications
Duaibe K. 2005. Snap 35, July 2005; launch of research report: the economic impact of natural disaster on development in the Pacific; disaster management trainaing for Tonga; joint...
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SOPAC newsupdate #028, 28 May 2004; new website online; new professional staff appointments; new Taiwanese $$s; EU vulnerability project training on image enhancement for vegetation analysis; Navua catchment land assessment project; EU project studys Het
SPC Geoscience, Energy and Maritime Division (GEM) Publications
SOPAC, SOPAC Secretariat 2004. SOPAC newsupdate #028, 28 May 2004; new website online; new professional staff appointments; new Taiwanese $$s; EU vulnerability project training on image...
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The economic impact of natural disasters in the South Pacific with special reference to Fiji, Western Samoa, Niue and Papua New Guinea
SPC Geoscience, Energy and Maritime Division (GEM) Publications
South Pacific Programme Office, South Pacific Programme Office [of] United Nations Department of Humanitarian Affairs, Fairbairn T.I.J., United Nations Department of Humanitarian Affairs...
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Pathogen and ecological risk analysis for the introduction of giant river prawn, <i>Macrobrachium rosenbergii</i>, from Fiji to the Cook Islands
SPC Fisheries, Aquaculture and Marine Ecosystems division (FAME) Publications
Arthur, J.R., Hurwood, D., Lovell, E.R., Bondad-Reantaso, M.G., Mather, P.B. 2005. Pathogen and ecological risk analysis for the introduction of giant river prawn,Macrobrachium...
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Snapshot 59; June 2010; review of Kiribati disaster risk management arrangement; review of the Vanuatu national action plan; update on World Bank/Asian Development Bank/SOPAC initiative on risk exposure databases; extension of TAF/OFDA's pacific DRM trai
SPC Geoscience, Energy and Maritime Division (GEM) Publications
Zoll S. 2010. Snapshot 59; June 2010; review of Kiribati disaster risk management arrangement; review of the Vanuatu national action plan; update on World Bank/Asian Development...
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10th meeting of the results management council, global facility for disaster reduction and recovery, Kyoto, Japan, 16th May 2010, panel discussion - pacific catastrophe risk financing initiative, Kyoto, Japan, 19th May 2010
SPC Geoscience, Energy and Maritime Division (GEM) Publications
Sikivou M., Bonte M., Bonte-Grapentin M. 2010. 10th meeting of the results management council, global facility for disaster reduction and recovery, Kyoto, Japan, 16th May 2010, panel...
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Papuan Perspectives on Family Planning, Fertility and Birth Control
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Papuan perspectives on family planning have historically emphasised political concerns that reflect the tensions between the Indonesian state and indigenous rights – Papuans have...
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Snakes and Ladders' tool brings home women's experiences of economic empowerment
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Multiple factors can create opportunities or pitfalls on the journey towards women’s economic empowerment. This was highlighted through a panel and an interactive ‘Snakes and Ladders’...
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Pawa Blong Meri: Women Candidates in the 2015 Bougainville Election
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The 2015 Bougainville election saw a record number of women candidates, and a record number of women were elected. While one in three open constituencies had at least one woman candidate,...
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URA Preliminary Decission and Notice Request for Comments - In the matter of VUI Limited's electricity tariff decrease
SPC Geoscience, Energy and Maritime Division (GEM) Publications
URA Preliminary Decission and Notice Request for Comments. Case U-0001-15 In the matter of VUI Limited's electricity tariff decrease. May 2015. In December 2014, the operator of...
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Environmental indicators for Pacific Island countries
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
This guide introduces environmental indicators and provides an overview of SPREP’S core indicators for Pacific island countries. In 2012, the SPREP members approved the development of a...