Anama Solofa Pacific Islands Regional Representative
Presentation to the UN-Nippon Foundation Global Alumni Meeting 1 December, 2014
Tokyo, Japan
Food Security and sustainable livelihoods ˒ subsistence vs. artisanal vs. commercial
Marine resource management
˒ Overfishing/over-exploitation
˒ IUU fishing
Enforcement of national fisheries & maritime laws
˒ Monitoring, Control & Surveillance
Marine Biodiversity management
˒ Habitat degradation
Seabed Mining/Mineral exploration ˒ Technical capacity to guide development
˒ Current information/knowledge/access current to MSR data
˒ Development of national legislation (that conform to the LOSC but are also appropriate to the State’s legal system and national policies)
Climate Change impacts SLR/Inundation
Rising SSTs
Regional coordination Pacific Ocean governance
Maritime boundary delimitation
Regional Coordination ˒ The Pacific Oceanscape Framework
˒ PIFs as seat of Pacific Ocean Commission
˒ NGO/CSO collaborating with national/regional agencies
Marine Resource Management ˒ Secretariat to the Pacific Community, Secretariat of the
Pacific Regional Environment Programme
˒ Various int’l/regional/national management instruments
˒ MPA networks and large MPAs
Fisheries Management
˒ Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA), Secretariat to the Pacific Community (SPC), Western & Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC)
˒ Sub-regional: Parties to the Nauru Agreement , Te Vaka Moana, Melanesian Spearhead Group
Enforcement
˒ NZ & Australia MCS assistance
˒ Regional cooperation
9 alumni to date
6 Pacific Island States represented ˒ Solomon Islands ˒ Tonga ˒ Samoa ˒ Papua New Guinea ˒ Kiribati ˒ Fiji
Challenges & Needs – Voices from the Pacific
For the Pacific Alumni Group:
Communication
Amongst ourselves
Advocacy/Mentoring
Potential projects in the region
Identification
Prioritisation
Fa’afetai lava Tenkiu tumas
Thank you Vinaka vaka levu Ko rabwa
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