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Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
- Organization type:Regional Intergovernmental Organization
General contact information
- URL: http://www.sprep.org/
- Address: PO Box 240
- City: Apia
- Country: Samoa
- Telephone: +685 21929
- Fax: +685 20231
- Email: sprep@sprep.org
Mission & Disaster Reduction Profile
The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) has been charged by the governments and administrations of the Pacific region with the protection and sustainable development of the region's environment.
Our Vision: The Pacific environment, sustaining our livelihoods and natural heritage in harmony with our cultures.
SPREP's activities are guided by its Strategic Action Plan 2011-2015. Develop through extensive consultation with Members, Secretariat programme staff and partner organizations, the plan establishes four strategic priorities: climate change; biodiversity and ecosystem management; waste Management and Pollution Control; and environmental monitoring and governance.
Our Vision: The Pacific environment, sustaining our livelihoods and natural heritage in harmony with our cultures.
SPREP's activities are guided by its Strategic Action Plan 2011-2015. Develop through extensive consultation with Members, Secretariat programme staff and partner organizations, the plan establishes four strategic priorities: climate change; biodiversity and ecosystem management; waste Management and Pollution Control; and environmental monitoring and governance.
- Solomon Islands: Better coastal management in Kosrae with tidal predictions
10 Apr 2013 - Tuvalu embarks on a mission for a national climate change policy
15 May 2011 - Niue to host Pacific climate change conference
10 Mar 2011 - Tuvalu urges capacity building from Adaptation Fund Board
7 Dec 2010 - Tuvalu prepares to adapt to climate change through PACC Project
18 Jan 2010 - Pacific adaptation to climate change
29 Jun 2009
- Choiseul province climate change vulnerability and adaptation assessment report: securing the future of Lauru now
2013 - Strategies and on the ground options for climate change adaptation and disaster risk management in the Pacific
2012 - Pacific Regional Environment Programme strategic plan 2011-2015
2011 - Review of economic and livelihood impact assessments of, and adaptation to, climate change in Melanesia
2009 - Climate change and food security in the Pacific
2009 - Review of economic and livelihood impact assessments of, and adaptation to, climate change in Melanesia
2009 - Institutional capacity within Melanesian countries to effectively respond to climate change impacts, with a focus on Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands
2009 - Pacific Island countries national report prepared for the IDNDR mid-term review and the 1994 World Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction, Yokohama, Japan, 23-27 May 1994
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- Joint meeting of the pacific platform for disaster risk management and the pacific climate change round table
08-11 Jul 2013 - Post-HFA national consultation in Samoa
20-31 Aug 2012 - Acting today for tomorrow: High level dialogue on climate and disaster resilient development
04-05 Jun 2012 - Writeshop on climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction
24-28 Oct 2011 - Writeshop on climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction
10-14 Oct 2011 - Lessons for future action conference - lessons learned from climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction in small island developing states
23-26 May 2011 - Pacific climate change roundtable 2011
14-18 Mar 2011 - Pacific climate change roundtable 2009
19-21 Oct 2009 - Joint Pacific regional meeting of regional meteorological service directors and regional disaster managers
10-11 May 2009
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Last updated on 7 Mar 2013
Working Areas
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- Environment
- Economics of DRR
- Food Security & Agriculture
- Education & School Safety
- GIS & Mapping
- Vulnerable Populations
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- Governance
- Social Impacts & Resilience
- Climate Change
- Risk Identification & Assessment
- Disaster Risk Management
- Capacity Development
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- Water
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