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15-02-2010 |
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Les ressources halieutiques océaniennes face au changement climatique
 Le Secrétariat général de la Communauté du Pacifique en appelle à votre sens de l’observation et à votre talent pour sensibiliser les populations et veiller à ce que la région du Pacifique continue de tirer profit de ses richesses halieutiques.
Il est à prévoir que nos vies, tout comme la vie sous-marine, subiront les effets du changement climatique. Les meilleurs de vos clichés serviront à illustrer un ouvrage rassemblant les travaux menés par soixante-dix chercheurs sur cette thématique au cours des deux dernières années. Le gagnant remportera 1 000 dollars des États-Unis ! Cliquer ici pour plus de détails.
Nombreux sont les Océaniens à tirer leurs revenus des ressources halieutiques dont regorge l’Océan Pacifique, sans oublier les visiteurs qui viennent des quatre coins du monde pour admirer les splendeurs de nos fonds marins tropicaux. Il convient également de rappeler que le poisson constitue la pierre angulaire de la sécurité alimentaire en Océanie, et que la pêche et l’aquaculture représentent une part importante du produit intérieur brut (PIB) des États et Territoires de la région.
Or, dans le monde entier, les émissions de dioxyde de carbone sont lourdes de conséquences pour le climat et les océans. Il est à prévoir en effet que l’augmentation de la température de l’eau modifiera les courants, accroîtra la virulence des tempêtes, entraînera une détérioration des récifs coralliens dont dépendent les poissons, et augmentera les risques de toxicité des poissons, des coquillages et des crustacés. Certaines espèces de poissons migreront probablement vers d’autres eaux, tandis que d’autres s’adapteront peut-être et que d’autres encore risquent de disparaître.
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18-03-2010 |
 Friday 19th March 2010, Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), Suva, Fiji Islands - Inadequate information on pests of tree species has been one of the major hindrances on safe movement and sharing of the genetic materials amongst Pacific Island countries and territories (PICTs).
This was revealed during a regional workshop being held in Nadi (Fiji), on improving the governance and building capacity for the safe movement of tree germplasm between PICTs.
Roy Masamdu, Biosecurity and Trade Facilitation Officer with the Secretariat of the Pacific Community’s (SPC) Land Resources Division believes that more collaboration is needed between the various stakeholders to share information pertaining to the import risk analysis of genetic material, especially for tree species.
‘Exporting countries should provide adequate information on pests associated with the genetic material being transferred.
‘Pacific Island countries should also assist each other to conduct the risk analysis to identify the quarantine pest and application of import conditions that are effective, safe and appropriate.’ Masamdu said.
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16-03-2010 |
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 Wednesday 17th March 2010, Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), Suva, Fiji Islands - Biodiversity is a precondition for sustained food security and livelihoods of people.
Indeed, according to the Director of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) Land Resource Division Mr Aleki Sisifa, it is essential for the very existence of humankind.
Sisifa made these comments during the official opening of the regional workshop on improving the governance and building capacities for the safe movement of tree germplasm between Pacific Island countries and territories (PICTS) in Nadi, Fiji.
‘The loss of agricultural and forestry biodiversity contributes to a deterioration of human health and nutrition, the spread of unsustainable agricultural and forestry practices and an inexorable narrowing of future options.
‘No country in the world is self-sufficient in genetic resources – it is not possible for a country to sustain its crops, livestock and forests solely on the genetic resources found within its borders,’ Mr Sisifa said.
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15-03-2010 |
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 Tuesday 16th March 2010, Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), Suva, Fiji Islands - Through its Land Resources Division, the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) will continue to support the initiatives of farmers, entrepreneurs and the governments of Pacific Island countries and territories to add value to agriculture and forestry products.
These comments were made by the Director of SPC’s Land Resource Division Mr Aleki Sisifa while delivering his keynote address at the official opening of Kaiming Agro Processing Limited’s factory in Navua, Fiji Islands.
‘It is a pleasure to be part of this great initiative whereby we were able to work together with a private entrepreneur and with the Fiji Government to achieve this milestone in terms of improved processing and marketing of root crops and ginger.’
In addition to congratulating Mr Calvin Qiu, the general manager of Kaiming Agro Processing Limited , Mr Sisifa also said that this development had resulted from the support of the Fiji Government and the timely and targeted assistance of SPC through its European Union-funded FACT (Facilitating Agricultural Commodity Trade) pilot project.
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14-03-2010 |
 Friday 12 March 2010, Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) – Twenty scientists gathered recently at an International Tuna Tagging Workshop held at the Secretariat of the Pacific Community’s (SPC) headquarters in New Caledonia.
The world’s largest ever tuna tagging project has released over 250,000 tagged tuna into the equatorial Western and Central Pacific Ocean and 35,000 tags have already been recovered. The data being collected will help in sustaining and protecting the world’s largest resource of tuna.
The joint SPC/PNG National Fisheries Pacific Tuna Tagging Programme started in August 2006 in Papua New Guinean waters, where 15% of the world’s tuna is caught. In 2007, funding from the New Zealand government (NZD 5 million) and European Union (EUR 1.56 million) enabled the operational area of the project to be extended to cover the whole of the equatorial Western and Central Pacific Ocean. The last tagging cruise ended in October 2009. For around 90 days at a time, a 30-strong team of experienced Solomon Islands fishermen and SPC biologists roamed the seas on a pole-and-line fishing vessel, gently easing the fish on board to measure, tag and return them to sea within 15 seconds (further details on www.spc.int/oceanfish ).
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