‘Healthy reefs, healthy people - protecting our natural heritage, building our living legacy’
Every decade since 1997, SPREP has celebrated the International Year of the Reef (IYOR) in collaboration with the International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI): …
SPREP plays a lead role in assisting countries to develop capacity in environmental governance, policy development, planning, monitoring, and reporting for sustainable environmental outcomes and to keep pace with socio-economic development.
This includes…
For Pacific island Members, the economic, social, and environmental costs of climate change and disasters are high and forecast to increase. As coordinator for climate change action in the region, SPREP continues to lead the region’s response to climate impacts.…
Healthy ecosystems are foundations for sustainable development and adaptation and resilience to climate change. The Pacific islands region has one of the richest complexes of marine and terrestrial ecosystems on Earth with habitats ranging from mountain forests to…
SPREP has the lead responsibility for regional coordination and delivery of waste management and pollution control action and uses the strategic management framework, Cleaner Pacific 2025, in guiding regional cooperation and collaboration.
SPREP promotes…
The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) observed its 25th year anniversary on June 16, 2018. To mark this special milestone, SPREP opened its doors to five schools and members of the public on 19 June, hosting a SPREP Open School Day to
As the regional intergovernmental environment organisation, the role of SPREP is to facilitate and implement activities with Members and partners to achieve sub-national, national, and regional outcomes.
SPREP’s overall assistance to Members will be delivered through agreed regional environment goals and objectives that respond to Members’ environmental priorities and sustainable development goals. The key to enabling this work will be a focus on:
1. integration of gender and human rights;
2. integration of traditional knowledge with technical capacity;
3. technical knowledge and communication;
4. environmental advocacy to increase the awareness and understanding of environmental management priorities;
5. institutional capacity building; and
6. leadership at all levels committed to action.
