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PREEN Newsletter - Issue 04 June 2011

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It is with great pleasure that we present to you the June 2011 edition of the PREEN (Pacific Resource and Environmental Economics Network) Newsletter. New REE activity in the Pacific during the past six months includes the launch of a new blog at the SPC Land Resource Division, numerous new publications and several snippets concerning events and research news. We hope you will enjoy our selection of Pacific REE updates and we thank you for your Newsletter contributions.

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In This Edition -

Recent Publications

 

  • Process, Practice and Priorities in Investigating Post Disaster Economic Resilience: Lessons Learnt from the 2009 Samoa Tsunami
  • Study of destructive fisheries in Kiribati
  • Economic Assessment of Water Safety Planning: Niue
  • The Design of a Global Revenue Neutral Carbon Tax and Majority Voting
  • Economics Research for New South Wales Marine Parks
  • Desalination in the Pacific Island Countries: A Preliminary Overview
  • Establishment of a DRM Fund in the Cook Islands


Federica Gerber

Last Updated on Sunday, 24 July 2011 15:56  

Newsflash

EVERY effort will be made to ensure that Geographic Information System (GIS) and Remote Sensing are adequately resourced to serve the needs of the Pacific region, says SOPAC director Doctor Russell Howorth. He made the comment while opening the 2011 Pacific Islands Geographic Information System and Remote Sensing Conference on Monday.

"The goal of SOPAC is to apply geoscience and technology to realise new opportunities for improving the livelihoods of Pacific communities. GIS and remote sensing is clearly a technology which can contribute to realising improving livelihoods," said Howorth.

GIS is a computer-based tool used to collect, combine and overlay information in the form of easily understood maps constructed from up-to-date satellite images and field data, while remote sensing is the collection of information about the earth from a distance.