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	South Pacific - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The South Pacific is an area in the southern Pacific Ocean.
		Solidarity South Pacific - An environmental solidarity organization that seeks to unite environmental causes across the South Pacific
		South Pacific Tourism Organisation - An intergovernmental body for the tourism sector in the South Pacific
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/South_Pacific (253 words)

	South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC) is an inter-governmental regional organisation dedicated to providing services to promote sustainable development in the countries it serves.
		SOPAC is a member of the Council of Regional Organisations in the Pacific.
		Reducing Vulnerabilities in Pacific ACP states This project based on 3 components, Water, Risks and Aggregate, is also providing assistance in Bathymetry mapping, Remote Sensing, Geographic Information System and the installation of open source web based map servers for 14 Pacific Islands Countries.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/South_Pacific_Applied_Geoscience_Commission (455 words)

	SOUTH PACIFIC FORUM
		Ten Member Governments of the South Pacific Forum took a significant step in 1977 in establishing this regional shipping venture as a means of providing adequate and reliable shipping services, thereby encouraging economic development in the region.
		The South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty (SPNFZ), also known as the Treaty of Rarotonga is the manifestation of the South Pacific Forum's persistent stand against nuclear testing and the dumping of radioactive waste at sea within the region.
		South Korea ceased its activities in l989, Japan in 1990 and Taiwan in 1991.
	www2.hawaii.edu /~ogden/piir/pacific/spf-info.html (1986 words)

	NAURU Information on Government, People, History, Economy, Environment, Development (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		ASEAN, the Association of South East Asian Nations, was established on 8 August 1967 in Bangkok, Thailand, with the signing of the Bangkok Declaration by the five original member countries, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.
		The oldest of the inter-government regional organisations, the South Pacific Commission (SPC) was founded on 6 February 1947 by an agreement known as the Canberra Agreement, by the Governments of Australia, France, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States of America.
		The Commission is a non-political organisation and exists purely to provide assistance to the countries of the region within its annual work programme, with emphasis on activities conducted in rural areas and at grassroots level.
	www.un.int /nauru/aboutnauru.html (1465 words)

	Kiribati Bibliography - K
		Kiribati Extension Centre, Tarawa, Kiribati; Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji.
		Institute of Education, University of the South Pacific, Suva.
		Institute of Pacific Studies of the University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji.
	www.trussel.com /kir/gilbibk.htm (2175 words)

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		The organisers of this meeting, the South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission, the South Pacific Environment Programme and the UNEP GPA Coordination Office, brought together representatives and experts from the countries of the South Pacific Regional Sea, covering a wide geographical area with mainly small island communities.
		The Pacific Wastewater Framework for Action comprises a list of proposed actions to be undertaken at national and regional levels to achieve the goals that are laid out in the Pacific Wastewater Policy Statement, in which reference is being made to the GPA-framework.
		Scattered throughout the Pacific are over 30,000 small islands and a number of larger islands (each over 2000 km2 in area) that emerge from the sea floor of which about 1,000 islands are inhabited.
	www.gpa.unep.org /igr/Documents/IGR1-INF3-SOUTH-PACIFIC.doc (6191 words)

	Technical Consultation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The representative of SOPAC informed the meeting of the work programme areas of the Commission which relate to the agriculture, forestry and fisheries sectors.
		At the 1995 South Pacific Forum Heads of Governments meeting, SOPAC was directed to assume responsibility for regional coordination for disaster management and is currently working with all interested parties, particularly the UNDHA South Pacific Program Office, which at present implements a UNDP regional disaster project.
		SOPAC is currently involved, together with other South Pacific Organizations Coordination Committee agencies, in the Regional Strategy exercise, being coordinated by the Forum Secretariat.
	www.fao.org /docrep/x0625e/X0625e13.htm (141 words)

	South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission - Country information - Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
		Aims: To support the development of natural resources, in particular non-living resources, investigating natural systems and the reduction of vulnerability through applied environmental geosciences, appropriate technologies, knowledge management, technical and policy advice, human resources development and advocacy of Pacific issues.
		If you have any further questions about the Pacific regional organisations, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade may be able to help you.
		Council of Regional Organisations in the Pacific
	www.dfat.gov.au /geo/spacific/regional_orgs/sopac.html (326 words)

	PacGOOS
		The Pacific Islands Global Ocean Observing System [PI-GOOS[1]] Global Regional Alliance [GRA] was established in 1998 at the Pacific Regional GOOS Capacity Building Workshop, which convened in Suva, Fiji in 1998.
		The South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission [SOPAC] was identified as the interim secretariat for PI-GOOS at the same workshop.
		The PacificGOOS ad hoc Steering Committee at its meeting in October 2002 agreed that it was prudent to change the name of the regional alliance to Pacific Islands GOOS (PI-GOOS) to dispel uncertainty in terms of the geographic coverage of the membership of the alliance.
	ioc.unesco.org /goos/Pacific/pacgoos.htm (314 words)

	PACIFIC ISLANDS MARINE RESOURCES INFORMATION SYSTEM
		It is a formal marine information networking system (of regional institutions and Pacific Island countries) devoted to the collection, storage, retrieval, and dissemination of information on fisheries and other living and non-living marine resources in the tropical Pacific.
		The Pacific Islands Marine Resources Information System (PIMRIS) was established in recognition of the fact that a marine resources information system in the South Pacific is a crucial factor in providing access to information in the Region.
		PIMRIS has three additional participants : the Forum Fisheries Agency, the South Pacific Commission and the South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission.
	www.sidsnet.org /pacific/usp/marine/PIMRIS.htm (497 words)

	ipedia.com: Foreign relations of Nauru Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Nauru was admitted to the United Nations in 1999.
		It is a member of the Pacific Islands Forum, the South Pacific Regional Environmental Programme, the South Pacific Commission, and the South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission.
		In 2001 Nauru became host to approximately 1,000 refugees, mostly Afghan, who were intercepted while attempting to enter Australia illegally.
	www.ipedia.com /foreign_relations_of_nauru.html (315 words)

	HonoluluAdvertiser.com - Wireless
		Energy officials from a host of Pacific island nations wrapped up a conference at the East-West Center on planning for natural disasters Friday.
		Utility managers from 17 nations, from tiny Niue to Papua New Guinea, attended the two-week conference to brainstorm strategies that could prevent death tolls like those caused by December's earthquake and tsunami in Southeast Asia.
		Cloin said a number of smaller Pacific island nations, many of which have few fiscal resources, do not have disaster management plans.
	the.honoluluadvertiser.com /palm/2005/Apr/24/ln/ln25p.html (321 words)

	RiskWorld 2002 News Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The conference will highlight the role that mathematical geology plays in the analysis, modeling, and simulation of geological hazards but is also proposing symposia and workshops to attract state-of-the-art contributions from across the full range of mathematical geology, such as a geoscience risk analysis and quantitative risk assessment techniques.
		The primary aim of this conference is to expand multidisciplinary and inter-sectoral partnerships to strengthen existing community safety and sustainability in Pacific Island nations.
		The European Commission hopes to help investors better assess the impact of environmental issues on a company's performance through its new guidelines for corporate financial reporting on environmental costs and liabilities.
	www.riskworld.com /NEWS/nw02me01.htm (4108 words)

	Hyperliens: Océanie: Musée de la civilisation
		The Contemporary Pacific : A Journal of Island Affairs
		Trout - A South Pacific Journal of Arts
		Pacific Naval Battles in World War II http://www.skypoint.com/members/jbp/map.htm
	www.oceanie.org /hyperliens.html (133 words)

	Water Availability through biosaline agriculture fog collectors and desalination At Community and Individual Level ...
		A solar desalination plant for domestic water needs in arid areas of South Algeria (pdf) Desalination 153 (2002) 65—69 A still which reuses vapor condensation heat through the use of a thin finely woven fabric held in contact with the glass plate which is saturated with input saline water and forms a thin capillary film.
		It is robust and can be installed in villages in developing countries with minimal technical expertise.
		Pedaling out of Poverty: Social Impact of a Manual Irrigation Technology in South Asia IWMI Publications "This paper offers an assessment of the social impact of treadle pump technology for manual irrigation..."
	www.globalcrisis.info /wateravailability.html (4057 words)

	Tautai Ltd, Development, projects, environment, social, cultural, economics, consultancy, integrated, local, ...
		Tautai Ltd and Tautai Fiji Ltd are associated companies incorporated since 1999 in Vanuatu and Fiji.
		Tautai provides short to medium term consultancy services specialising in the design and implementation of development projects in Pacific and Asian regions.
		Our group has bases and associates in Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu and access to a range of proven companies and experts with whom we form highly effective multi-disciplinary teams.
	www.tautai.com (364 words)

	Regional Consultation Workshop on Water in Small Island Countries - ADB.org
		Read Pacific Island Nations Agree on Regional Action Plan for Sustainable Water Management
		The Asian Development Bank and the South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission joined forces to organize a high-level regional consultation for the Pacific water sector in preparation for the 3rd World Water Forum.
		Representatives from Pacific DMCs, especially from the water sector
	www.adb.org /documents/events/2002/water_small_island?p=wtrevnt (177 words)

	BCPR - Disaster Reduction Unit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		DRU has provided support to the UNDP country offices in the following regions:
		Africa // Arab States // Asia and the Pacific //
		Flash Appeal 2005 for South Asia Earthquake - revised version 26/10/2005
	www.undp.org /bcpr/disred (452 words)

	SMALL ISLANDS VOICE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Coconut Oil as a Biofuel in Pacific Islands by Jan Cloin, South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC), Fiji
		For more information on liquid biofuels, go to the South Pacific Applied Geo Science Commission website: http//www.sopac.org
		Read about how an island in the Canary Islands is working towards using renewable energy sources for all its energy needs, click here.
	www.unesco.org /csi/smis/siv/Forum/keyissues15b.htm (159 words)

	SIWIN Review SOURCE BOOK OF ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR FRESHWATER AUGMENTATION IN SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES - ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Review - SOURCE BOOK OF ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR FRESHWATER AUGMENTATION IN SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES
		Author - United Nations Environment Programme,South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission
		SOURCE BOOK OF ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR FRESHWATER AUGMENTATION IN SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES
	www.siwin.org /reviews/swr0004/swr0004a1.html (133 words)

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