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Pacific Resource and Environmental Economics Network - Issue 10 June 2014

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Welcome to the June 2014 edition of the PREEN Newsletter. This edition includes details of current projects in the field including an economic valuation of the Vatu-i-Ra Seascape of Fiji, and results from the first pilot study in the Alternative Indicators for Melanesia Initiative.

You will find information on the recently released ADB report on the economic costs of the water and sanitation situation in Tarawa, Kiribati, as well as recent training events on economics for sustainable resource use and conservation.

We welcome new articles as they emerge so please do share your new findings, projects and events with us to keep the network informed of developments in the Pacific.

Best wishes,
Anna Rios Wilks
PREEN coordinator

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Newsflash

A World Bank mission comprising Iain Shuker (Mission Leader), Michael Bonte-Grapentin (Disaster Risk Specialist), Abigail Baca (Disaster Risk Engineer), David Winslow (Software Specialist, Consultant - Open Geo) Ivan Gomez (Risk Data Specialist Consultant AIR Worldwide) visited Suva, Fiji from December 4 to December 14, 2011 to work with SOPAC.  

The purpose of the mission is to work with SOPAC to finalize the set-up of data and software developed under Phase 2 of the Pacific Catastrophe Risk Assessment and Financing Initiative and to provide training to SOPAC staff on this data and software.  The mission will also work on the concept note for Phase 3 of the (PCRAFI) with SOPAC management.

The data and software will be set up on on SOPACs Pacific Island Risk Information System (PICRIS) Platform. There are two items that will be installed.  The first item is a large geographic Information system (GIS) database that has been prepared by AIR Worldwide over the last three years that will be installed on SOPAC's servers.