26 Member countries and territories

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Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment
Programme

• 26 Member countries and territories
• Four Divisions- Biodiversity and Ecosystem
  Management- Climate Change- Waste Management
  and Pollution - Environmental Monitoring and
  Governance
• Currently 90 staff, based in Apia, Samoa

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SUSTAINABLE OCEANS - A PACIFIC VOYAGE
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COASTAL FISHERIES - THE FORGOTTEN HEART OF
PACIFIC LIVELIHOODS

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- 50 Pacific Islands households rely on
fish as primary or secondary source of income-
Many in remote islands with unreliable or no
internet connection and little contact with
government agencies- Data on coastal fishing is
extremely patchy-
IMPORTANCE OF COASTAL FISHERIES TO PACIFIC
HOUSEHOLDS
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PRODUCTIVE FISHERIES NEED A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT

• In which fish, iconic species, and all the other
  elements of the marine ecosystem can exist
  together.
• Coastal environments degraded by inappropriate
  coastal developments, over-fishing and run-off
  from poorly-managed catchments plus climate
  change.

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Ecosystem-based Management

• Pacific Integrated Island Management - Case
  Studies, Lessons Learned Guidelines
• Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) - regional and
  national scale
• Ecosystem-based Management and Adaptation
  projects eg, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Samoa,
  Vanuatu and Kiribati
• Global Ocean Acidification developing a
  regional response for coastal and marine
  ecosystems
• Regional and National Biodiversity Strategic
  Action Plans and targets

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• WASTE MANAGEMENT AND POLLUTION CONTROL - A MAJOR
  PROBLEM FOR PACIFIC ISLANDS
• Space needed for landfills
• Pathogens
• Hazardous wastes
• Leachate

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CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON RESOURCES,
INFRASTRUCTURE AND LIVELIHOODS
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.AND LIVELIHOODS, HOMES AND CROPS
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AS WELL AS ON FISHERIES, ESPECIALLY ON CORAL
REEFS

• Sea temperature increase of 1.5 degrees, small
  islands will encounter severe climatic stresses
  coral reefs will bleach and eventually die at 2
  degrees
• Global mean temperature will increase in a
  variable manner, so localised impacts may be more
  intense than just 2 degrees increase

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FUTURE-PROOFING through Ecosystem, Social And
Economic RESILIENCE
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THANK YOU