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

Pacific region links

Institutions

South Pacific Regional Environmental Program (SPREP)   mirror site 
SPREP : South Pacific Regional Environmental Program: on line publications
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
Island Resources Foundation
Small Island Developing States Network

The Pacific Basin Information Node (PBIN) is a gateway to natural resource data and information pertaining to the region. This NBII site is developed and maintained by the Center for Biological Informatics of the U.S. Geological Survey

The University of the South Pacific is a regional University owned and financed by twelve governments - Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu. Our mandate, council work programmes and functions are decided by these countries and we respond to the needs of the people of the region. We currently have almost 6,000 fulltime students and a very large distance education students. We have both graduate and undergraduate programmes and also have a large continuing education programme. We also have a longstanding exchange programme with a number of universities in the United States.

USAID Partners in the Pacific

EAPEI : East Asia and Pacific Environmental Initiative
World Resource Institute : Oceania
The Nature Conservancy: Asia Pacific
Worldwide Fund for Nature South Pacific

Donor Information

GTZ in South Pacific Island States
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) in South Pacific
UNEP: Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

Technical Analysis of Environmental Information

The Pacific Biodiversity and Conservation Portal
Environment and Natural Resources in Small Island Developing States, prepared for the Special Ministerial Conference On Agriculture In Small Island Developing States (Rome, 12 March 1999). Full document (152K) (Summary available in French and Spanish)
UNEP’s site on "Asia-Pacific Environmental Outlook –1997"
UNEP: Global environmental outlook : Asia and the Pacific
ARBEC : ASEAN Review of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation - Web Journal
WRI - Matrix of Abstracted Environmental Strategies, Action Plans, and Assessments - Asia
Forest conservation Archives: Asia & India Sub-Continent Forest Conservation News & Information, 1999 & 1998

Maps

The following maps were produced by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and are made available by the University of Texas Map Center
Oceania (Reference Map) 2001 (559K)
Oceania (Reference Map) 2001 (1.7MB)
Pacific Ocean (Small Map) 2001 (18K)
West Pacific Islands (Political) 1998 (323K)

Global Gazetteer:  Directory of cities and towns

General Country Information

South Pacific Organizer
Yahoo: Oceania
Country Links from "World-Wide Web Virtual Library" and the Pacific
FAO Forestry Profile (information on forest cover and timber industry)
Department of State Country Background Notes
CIA World Fact book
World Resources Institute: Matrix of Abstracted Environmental Strategies, Action Plans, and Assessments - Asia
WWF Global 200 Ecoregions: East Asia Marine Ecosystems