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The impact of waste and pollution is taking a toll on the health of communities, degrading natural ecosystems, threatening food security, impeding resilience to climate change, and adversely impacting social and economic development of countries in the region.

Plastics comprise sixty to eighty percent of all marine litter globally, with millions of metric tonnes originating from land-based sources every year. Timor-Leste is currently experiencing disastrous impacts to marine ecosystems, health related problems and destruction of biodiversity due to the alarming increase of land and marine based plastic pollution

Sustainable coastlines is providing in person training for communities and associations involved in the implementation of the SWAP Marine Litter Pilot Projects, to enable them to conduct statistically sound beach litter surveys and audits during clean-up activities, and to enable them to record this date using the Litter Intelligence online application for Marine Litter data sharing.

The Vanuatu Klaemet Infomesen blong Redy, Adapt mo Protekt (VanKIRAP) project supports the Government of Vanuatu to institute a paradigm shift towards the standardised and mainstreamed use of science-based climate information, at multiple timescales to support resilient development pathways in Vanuatu.

The purpose of this report is to support SWAP and the Solomon Islands government agencies with decision making on the allocation of fruits available for waste disposal site rehabilitation and climate resilience in Tulagi and Gizo.

SPREP is implementing climate information services for resilient development in Vanuatu (CISRD) or Vanuatu Klaemet infomesen blong redy, adapt mo protekt (Van KIRAP) project. T+TI has been engaged to provide technical expertise on the Van KIRAP project for the department of eater resources (DoWR) to review and update existing flood mitigation guidelines for the Srakata catchment in Espiritu Santo Island (Department of water resources, 2011) and to support the development of flood early warning systems in Sarakata

This report outlines key human-mangrove relationships in Moata'a, an urban village settlement in Apia, Samoa with the aim to provide an understanding of the relationship between the Moata'a community and their mangrove environment that will inform future development, conservation and climate adaptation activities in the area.

This report summarises the results of the pilot project that was conducted by J-PRISM in partnership with the Samoa Recycling and Waste Management Association (SRWMA) and Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Samoa (MNRE) from May 2021 to November 2022.

The frequency and intensity of natural disasters, especially tropical cyclones in the Pacific, have increased and when these natural disasters occur, large amounts of waste, known as disaster waste are generated from damage to both natural and man-made environment.

This report brings together information on the status of and threats to whales and dolphins in the Pacific Islands region. The report provides insight on the current level of knowledge on species populations and specific threats to these populations and makes recommendations for improving this knowledge and thus inform robust management and conservation measures. The review was undertaken by SPREP, through the By-catch and Integrated Ecosystem Management (BIEM) Initiative of the Pacific-European Union Marine Partnership (PEUMP) Programme funded by the European Union and the Government of Sweden.