Key regional networks
Pacific Environment Information Network (PEIN), Pacific Regional Environment Programme
Lessons learned and best practices in Environment Management in Pacific, as well as country information.
Pacific Islands Protected Area Portal (PIPAP), Pacific Regional Environment Programme
If you are working in the field of terrestrial or marine protected area management in the Pacific Islands region, this is the place for you.
SPC Geoscience Division Map and Spatial Data Repository. Secretariat of the Pacific Community
Applied GeoScience and Technology Division (AGTD) has a number of public geospatial data repositories, including PacGeo, which can be accessed here.
Key regional plans and policies
Pacific Plan, 2007, Pacific Island Forum Secretariat
The Pacific Plan is a document designed to strengthen Pacific regional integration and cooperation. Its four key pillars are designed for development progress: economic growth, sustainable development, good governance, and security.
Pacific Islands Regional Ocean Policy and Framework for Integrated Strategic Action, 2005, Marine Sector Working Group of the Council of Regional Organisations in the Pacific
The Pacific Islands Regional Ocean Policy underscores the continuing importance of ocean and coastal resources and environments to the region’s nations, communities and individuals.
Strategic Plan 2011–2015 Pacific Regional Environment Programme, 2011, Pacific Regional Environment Programme
The Plan replaces the separate planning documents that SPREP previously used, its Action Plan and its Strategic Programmes document.
SPC SOPAC Division Strategic Plan 2010-2015, 2010, Secretariat of the Pacific Community
This plan describes the strategic areas of service delivery that build upon the services that SOPAC
has delivered to its Pacific island country Members over the past decade.
Framework for a Pacific Oceanscape: a catalyst for implementation of ocean policy, 2010, Pratt & Govan
This report provides a (baseline) review of the Pacific Island Region’s ocean policy environment and the status of its institutional and operational framework.
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