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Working together for water management in Pacific urban communities

Tuesday, 22 March 2011 10:08 administrator
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SUVA/FIJI 22 MARCH 2011 - The international observance of World Water Day on 22 of March originated from the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development. More than 50 countries in the world will be taking part in the celebration of World Water Day with the main event to be held in Cape Town, South Africa on March 22.

This year the global theme for World Water Day is Water for Cities: Responding to the Urban Water Challenge.  The objective of the WWD 2011 is to focus international attention on the impact of rapid urban population growth, industrialization and uncertainties caused by climate change, conflicts and natural disasters on urban water systems.

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PNG Buys 30% Share In Seafloor Mining Venture

Monday, 21 March 2011 10:03 administrator
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The Government of Papua New Guinea has confirmed that it intends to take up a 30% stake in the Solwara 1 project in the Bismarck Sea in Papua New Guinea (PNG).

Nautilus Minerals will retain a 70% holding in a joint venture to be established with the PNG Government. In a letter to Nautilus, PNG Treasurer Peter O’Neill said the Ministerial Committee on Economic Sectors and the National Executive Council (NEC) had endorsed a recommendation that the State exercise its rights to 30% equity in the a joint venture.

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Last Updated on Monday, 21 March 2011 10:09
 

Pacific Water Newsletter, Issue 25, March 2011

Thursday, 17 March 2011 11:10 administrator
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Dear Partners, Welcome to the 25th newsletter of the Pacific Partnership Initiative on Sustainable Water Management. This Quarterly Newsletter provides Water and Sanitation information to Pacific member governments, professionals, NGOs,  CBOs, researchers, private sector and counterparts in the donor community who are interested in water sector issues and initiatives.

As alerted to you in the last newsletter the last eight years saw the development and implementation of a large number of National and regional initiatives in response to the Pacific Regional Action Plan on Sustainable Water Management with regional collaboration and harmonization of projects and programmes fostered through its associated Partnership Initiative.

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SPC and French Polynesia sign agreements to reduce natural disaster risk

Thursday, 17 March 2011 10:04 administrator
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Thursday 16 March 2011, Papeete, French Polynesia – French Polynesia will receive technical expertise and funding from the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) to mitigate the risks of natural disasters facing the country.

In a ceremony bringing together the Government of French Polynesia, the French High Commission, the European Union and SPC, President Gaston Tong Sang praised “the perfect symbiosis” between all parties. He remarked that “when we all pull in the same direction, we can achieve high results to the benefit of our people, particularly the most vulnerable.”

Last Updated on Thursday, 17 March 2011 10:46 Read more...
 

Update by the CEOs on the RIF SPC-SOPAC merger, March 2011

Monday, 14 March 2011 11:06 administrator
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Monday, 14 March 2011, SOPAC Division, Suva – Our starting point in this update is to acknowledge the support we received from the SPC and SOPAC governing bodies who both acknowledged the complexity of what was involved and sanctioned the way things were progressing. We do hope that this update will demonstrate our ongoing commitment towards ensuring that the service delivery to Members from the now much enlarged SPC is not only protected but likely to grow and strengthen even further.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 23 March 2011 19:15 Read more...
 
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Newsflash

Tuesday 22 April 2014, Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), Honiara – Staff of SPC's Solomon Islands Country Office were saddened to witness the human tragedy of the recent floods. The loss of life when the Mataniko and other rivers burst their banks and the old Mataniko bridge collapsed highlighted the plight of poor squatters with little choice but to occupy land that regularly floods.

Country Office Manager, Mia Rimon, contacted SPC Director-General Dr Colin Tukuitonga and the Director of SPC's Applied Geoscience and Technology Division (AGTD) Mike Petterson with a request for assistance. A request came also from the Solomon Islands Ministry of Lands, Housing and Survey (MLHS) to provide a geohazards assessment.

SPC responded to these appeals for help; the AGTD Director arrived in Honiara with his team and met with the permanent secretaries of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, MLHS and the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Rural Electrification (MEMRE). They presented unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV, or drone) technology to the government to obtain precise imagery of the flooded areas.