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Pacific Environment Information Network [PEIN] Resources
Additional Resources
About the Library

• SPREP Publications
  

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  • Latest Publications
    - 21st SPREP Meeting Report
    - Approved Work Programme and Budget for 2011
    - Tenth Conference of the Parties to the Noumea Convention, Madang, Papua New Guinea, 2 September 2010
    - Report of the Fifth Conference of the Parties to the Waigani Convention (2010)
    - Outlook Report on the State of the Marine Biodiversity in the Pacific Region
    - Review of marine turtle legislation in Samoa
    - SPREP Annual Report 2009 [En.] / [Fr.]
    - Important bird areas in the Pacific: a compendium [CD-ROM] [Birdlife Pacific]
    - Pacific waste education handbook: a guide for educators and communities
    - Pacific Regional Solid Waste Management Strategy 2010-2015
    - A practical guide to landfill management in Pacific Island countries and territories: Volume 1 - Inland-based waste disposal
    - Action Strategy for Nature Conservation in the Pacific islands: empowering local people, communities
    - Guidelines for invasive species management in the Pacific : a Pacific strategy for managing pests, weeds and other invasive species / [Fr]
    - Status and potential of locally-managed marine areas in the South Pacific : meeting nature conservation and sustainable livelihood targets through wide-spread implementation of LMMAs.
    - The application of economic instruments to solid waste management in Pacific island countries and territories
    - Review of economic and livelihood impact assessments of, and adaptation to, climate change in Melanesia
    - Pacific Islands Regional Plan of Action for Sharks: Guidance for Pacific Island Countries and Territories on the Conservation and Management of Sharks
    - PACPOL Strategy: Pacific Ocean Pollution Prevention Programme (PACPOL) Strategy 2010-2014: Strategy and workplans
    - Strategic environmental assessment and future potential shoreline impacts of the oil spill from WWII shipwreck Hoyo Maru. Chuuk Lagoon - Federated States of Micronesia
    - Institutional capacity within Melanesian countries to effectively respond to climate change impacts, with a focus on Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands
    - Climate change: our century’s challenge, our Pacific response [DVD]
    
    
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  • SPREP Technical Report Series Archive: Environmental Case Studies ; International Waters Project (IWP) - Pacific Technical Reports ; Occasional Papers ; SPREP Bibliographies ; SPREP Country Reports ; SPREP Publication series on Environmental Law and Policy ; SPREP Reports and Studies Series ; SPREP Topic Reviews ; Training Reports Series ; UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies
    
    
    
  • Shortcuts : latest: SPREP Annual Report 2009 [En.] / [Fr.] , 21st SPREP Meeting Report ; Approved Work Programme and Budget for 2011 ; SPREP Action Plan / [FR] [2005-2009]; SPREP Strategic Programmes / [FR] [2004-2013]. see also SPREP Corporate documents online archive
    
    
    

  Copies of SPREP publications can be requested from IRC@sprep.org

• SPREP Library Documents and Journal Collections
  
  

  • Search the SPREP Library and IRC collection [SLIC] - online and hardcopy
    
    
  • Online Access to Research in the Environment [OARE] - Online Journals Collection. *SPREP staff only. Contact library staff for Login password and ID
    
    
  • Search JSTOR - online multidisciplinary academic journal archive [*access from SPREP only]
    
    
  • Search the Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts [ASFA] database [CD 198 available from IRC]
    
    
  • Look what's new at the SPREP IRC & Library
    
    
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    Pacific Environment Information Network [PEIN]
    
    
  • Browse the Pacific Environment Information Network [PEIN] Country Profiles Directory
    
    
  • Browse the Pacific Environment Information Network [PEIN] Virtual Environment Libraries:
    American Samoa , Cook Islands , Federated States of Micronesia , Fiji , French Polynesia , Guam , Kiribati , Marshall Islands , Nauru , New Caledonia , Niue , Northern Mariana Islands , Palau , Papua New Guinea , Samoa , Solomon Islands , Tokelau , Tonga , Tuvalu , Vanuatu , Wallis and Futuna .
    
    
  • Browse the resources available via the Pacific Regional Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) clearinghouse mechanism NEW NEW NEW [*draft version - comments welcome]
    
    
  • Browse the Pacific Environment Information Network [PEIN] Regional Frameworks and Strategies Directory
    
    
  • Browse the Pacific Environment Information Network [PEIN] Digest: a monthly digest of pacific environment news and developments gathered from global news sources and a regional network of Pacific environment officers.
    

    

  • Browse the Pacific Environment Information Network [PEIN] Virtual Library of Lessons Learned and Best Practices in Environment Management
    
    
  • View videos about the Pacific environment on the PEIN YouTube environment directory
    
    
  • Browse Pacific Climate Change Resources available from the SPREP IRC (pdf)
    “A clearinghouse of pacific climate change web resources, documents and lessons learned”
    
    
  • Browse Tsunami 2009 clearinghouse
    "A clearinghouse of environment related documents relating to the 29 September tsunami that affected Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga"
    
    
    
  • Search the Pacific Environment Information Network [PEIN] Virtual Library - full text publications from SPREP, SOPAC, SPC and other CROP agencies, Pacific govt. environment depts. , regional institutions, and NGOs active in the area of environment conservation
    
  

   

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  Additional Resources
  

  • Search the Secretariat of the Pacific Community [SPC] Coastal and Oceanic Fisheries Digital Library [full text]
  • Search the Marine and Aquatic Sciences Virtual Library
  • Search the Reefbase Online Library
  • Search the Reefbase Pacific online library of Pacific marine documents
  • Search GreenFile (free) environment database [EBSCO]
  • Browse more Pacific environment databases and recommended Internet resources
  • Browse the resources available via the Pacific Islands Marine Portal
  • Search the Pacific Islands Climate Change Virtual Library
  • Browse the Global Island Database
    
    
    
    About the Library
    
    SPREP LIBRARY & INFORMATION RESOURCE CENTRE & PACIFIC ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION NETWORK (IRC&PEIN)

  Welcome to the SPREP Library & Information Resource Centre – IRC - homepage. The IRC is home to the Pacific Environmental Information Network – PEIN Project. The PEIN is coordinated by the SPREP IRC with funding assistance from the European Union.

  The IRC/PEIN’s aims are to:

  • collect, store and disseminate scientific and technical information on environmental and development concerns in Pacific island countries and territories;
  • liaise and co-ordinate with other national, regional and international organisations to circulate information and publications in the region;
  • assist other SPREP projects and programmes by disseminating appropriate information to specific groups in the region;
  • disseminate SPREP publications upon requests from outside the region on a fee-recovery basis;
  • provide technical assistance and advice on the establishment of National Environmental Information Centres (NEICs) through the EU/SPREP Pacific Environmental Information Network (PEIN) Project

  Search the IRC page to access over 34,000 environmental records of 20 Pacific island states and territories, available in NEICs established by the PEIN. NEICs have been established in American Samoa, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, the Marshall islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.

  Please contact the IRC by emailing IRC@sprep.org for further information or click on the link provided to learn more about the IRC/PEIN Project.