Submitted by
daveyk
on Thu, 01/25/2018 - 01:19
General Information
Resolution
46448
IUCN Constituent
Oceania Regional Office
IUCN Constituent type
IUCN Secretariat
Period covered
Geographic scope
Pacific Ocean
Actors involved in implementing this Resolution:
IUCN Members
Fiji Department of Environment ( Fiji )
Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology ( Solomon Islands )
Ministry of Meteorology, Energy, Information, Disaster Management, Environment, Climate Change & Communications (MEIDECC) ( Tonga )
Ministry of Climate Change, Meteorology, Natural Disaster, Environment and Energy ( Vanuatu )
IUCN Commissions
FB17E09E-5094-E611-97F4-005056BA6623
IUCN Secretariat
Yes
II. Implementation
Activities carried out to implement this Resolution
Activity
Policy influencing/advocacy
Description and results/achievements of activities:
Working closely with the Governments of Fiji, Vanuatu, Tonga and Solomon Islands to build institutional arrangements for integrated oceans management through marine spatial planning and marine protected area networks.
Status
On-going
Activity
Scientific/technical activities
Description and results/achievements of activities:
Preparing key scientific reports to assist partner countries (Tonga, Fiji, Vanuatu and Solomon Islands) to better select candidate marine protected areas.
Status
On-going
Describe any challenges encountered in implementing this Resolution and the measures taken
Challenges including political stability, access to resources and capabilities.
Please report on the result /achievement of the actions taken
Partner countries committed to delivering various aspects of marine spatial planning, marine protected areas at the United National Oceans Conference in New York. Thereby mainstreaming protected areas as natural solutions to global challenges such as climate, loss of life underwater.
Identify and briefly describe what future actions/activities are planned for the implementation of this Resolution
Future action / activity
Policy influencing/advocacy
Description
Ongoing work with partner countries (Tonga, Fiji, Vanuatu and Solomon Islands)(Tonga, Fiji, Vanuatu and Solomon Islands) to implement marine spatial planning throughout their marine environment and networks of MPAs.
Future action / activity
Scientific/technical activities
Description
Assist countries (Tonga, Fiji, Vanuatu and Solomon Islands) to use science to guide management decisions including the identification and selection of marine protected areas.
Report status
Published
Constituent type
IUCN Secretariat