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

Mālō ‘aupito