East Asia and Pacific
Environmental Initiative
USAID and State working with partners
protecting the environment and
improving livelihoods

EAPEI Activities in the Pacific

EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVE (EAPEI)
FY 2002

Implementing Institution

Activity Description

Country

Amount Allocated

Match
Amount

International MarineLife Alliance East Asia-Pacific Coral Reef Conservation Initiative Vietnam, Pacific Island countries, Indonesia, Philippines, Hong Kong
700,000
1,951,680
The Nature Conservancy Protecting coral reefs from destructive fishing practices: Protecting and managing reef fish spawning aggregations in the Pacific PNG, Solomon Islands, Palau, Micronesia, Indonesia
500,000
161,308
Wildlife Conservation Society Towards a conservation strategy for the tropical forests of Fiji: Building conservation landscapes into forestry operations and certification Fiji
400,000
400,000

EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVE (EAPEI) 
FY 2001

Implementing Institution

Activity Description

Country Focus

Amount Requested

Amount
Allocated

International Marinelife Alliance (IMA)

Conserving the coral reef ecosystems of southeast Asia and the Pacific from threats posed by the reef species trade

Indonesia, Vietnam. Kiribati, Vanuatu, Hong Kong

596,197

500,000

URI Coastal Resources Center and Reef Check

Reef Check network capacity building:  Providing tools for communities to manage reefs in SE Asia

Regional,Thailand

778,443

418,000

EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVE (EAPEI)

FY 1998, 1999 and 2000

Agency

Partners

Title

Countries

Allotment

$ Match

$ Total

Improved Forestry and Land Use Management

South Pacific Regional Environmental Program (SPREP)

Peace Corps

Building Capacity of natural resource management systems in the Pacific Islands Region.

Niue, Papua, Samoa, Tonga

$188,000

$700,000
(Peace Corps)

$888,000

Improved Coastal and Marine Resources Management

South Pacific Regional
Environmental
Program (SPREP)
  South Pacific Coral Reef Conservation  Pacific
 $200,000
 
$200,000
University of Rhode Island Coastal Resources Center   Bleaching and Other Threats to Coral Reefs Regional, Fiji
$138,750 
 
$138,750 

State/Palau, NOAA

PICRC

Palau International Coral Reef Center support

Palau

$90,000

exists

 
International
MarineLife
Alliance/World
Resources Institute
  The Indo-Pacific Destructive Fishing Reform Initiative Regional, Philippines
$231,250
$231,250
The Nature Conservancy (TNC)   Destructive Fishing Reform:  Pacific Pacific
$185,000
$185,000
Marine Aquarium Council World Wildlife Fund/US Building capacity to transform the marine ornamental industry in Philippines Regional
$92,500
$92,500
NOAA/STATE   Sea Turtle Conservation Workshops  Regional
$140,000
$140,000
NOAA/NMFS   Sea Turtle Monitoring Malaysia, Philippines, Vietnam, the Solomon Islands, and Fiji.
$64,375
$64,375

Updated February 10, 2004