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VISION

• Clean and healthy island environments and seas that nurture and protect biodiversity, human life and supports economic growth and sustainable development.

Highlights

Managing chemicals in Kiribati

A chemicals management monitoring and evaluation project in Kiribati has been completed by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP Kiribati received funding in 2008 to review and update their chemical profile and determine their national chemical management priorities. The Quick Start Programme (QSP) of the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) approved funding of the project, which also included undertaking an assessment of their national SAICM capacity and the staging of a chemicals priority-setting workshop A national chemical profile outlines their current status when it comes to chemical management in Kiribati. Inventory of chemicals, along with assessing the institutional arrangements for chemicals was carried ou ...(to be continued) Read More

Assessing potential oil spills from WWII wrecks in the FSM

Oil, chemicals and unexploded ordinance from an estimated 800 World War II Wrecks throughout the exclusive economic zones of Pacific Island countries and territories pose imminent danger to people, environment and fisheries of the region. Of this total, more than 50 World War II shipwrecks can be found in Chuuk lagoon alone. Chuuk, formerly Truk, is one of the four states of the Federated States of Micronesia requesting assistance from the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) to assess the environmental risk posed by these wrecks. Read More

Oceania Regional Response Team and SPREP strengthen ties

Joint Coordinators of the Oceania Regional Response Team (ORRT) paid a courtesy visit to the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme in April. They were Mr Lance Richman, the ORRT Coordinator from the United States of Americas Environmental Protection Agency Office in San Francisco and Lieutenant Commander (Mr) Joseph Zwack, the ORRT Coordinator from the United States Coast Guard based in Honolulu, Hawaii. The visit saw a discussion take place to discuss how the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme and the Oceania Regional Response Team can work together moreenhance their cooperation. It is planned that synergising and sharing the resources available to each organisation will work for the better of their to better serve SPREP member countries and territories. American Samoa, Guam, Commonwealth of Northern Marianas Islands and the USA are members of both organisations. Read More

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