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Pacific Year of the Coral Reef 2018-2019

‘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…

Environmental Governance

Environmental Monitoring and Governance Programme

The Environmental Monitoring and Governance (EMG…

Climate Change Resilience

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.…

Island and Ocean Ecosystem Services

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…

Waste Management and Pollution Control

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…

Combating climate change by increasing Pacific access to climate finance

March 22, 2019

by angelicas

Climate Change Resilience

Climate change is an increasingly pressing issue around the world, and Pacific island countries are at the frontlines experiencing impacts and challenges affecting

What we do

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.

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Our Projects

GEF Project ID: 5634 Regional ABS project
- Development of practical guidelines for the coordinated implementation of the Nagoya Protocol in the Pacific region.
- Development of regulatory frameworks for ABS within the Pacific region.
- The 14 participating countries al
iCLIM 2
1. Increase participation in the Pacific regional climate change IKM system.
2. Establish and implement a regional guideline for addressing FRDP’s IKM priority actions.
3. Improve national level policy, procedures and capa
COSPPac
COSPPac works with Pacific Island stakeholders to analyse and interpret climate, oceans and tidal data to produce valuable services for island communities.
GEF Pacific POPs Release Reduction Project
The project aims to address the principal source of uPOPs emissions in the Pacific region, caused by poor waste management practices, and therefore help address the obligation of Stockholm Convention Parties to “reduce”, “minimize” and “where feas
GEFPAS Integrated Island Biodiversity (IIB) project
Contribute to the implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity's Island Biodiversity Programme of Work by supporting an integrated ecosystem approach to biodiversity conservation management at local level in four Pacific countries.
PacWaste
Improve hazardous waste management in the Pacific in the areas of Asbestos, Healthcare Waste and E-waste
ACPMEA Phase II
The overall objective is to promote environmental sustainability in ACP countries, by strengthening and enhancing the capacity of acific ACP countries to effectively mainstream and implement MEAs and related commitments in the chemicals and waste
BIOPAMA Phase II
The overall objective of this project is to contribute to improving the long-term conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and natural resources in the Pacific ACP region in protected areas and surrounding communities through better use an
PEBACC
EbA is fully integrated into development, climate change adaptation and natural resource management policy and planning processes in three Pacific island countries, providing replicable models for other countries in the region, and is successfully
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The project objectives are to: