A partnership that was formed between the Small Grants Programme (SGP), a corporate programme of the Global Environment Facility (GEF), and the New Zealand Agency for International Development (NZAID), resulted in the signing of a cost-sharing agreement between the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the launch of the 3-year Small Grants Programme-Pacific Environment Fund...

Vijay Naidu of the University of the South Pacific argues that the Australian Defence White Paper 2009 “does not successfully incorporate Australia's foreign and economic policies in its immediate neighbourhood as a possible source of instability and security risk." It "proposes the use of ADF with other partners to stabilize countries with fragile states." But...

This new Defence White Paper explains how the Government plans to strengthen the foundations of Australia's defence. It sets out the Government's plans for Defence for the next few years, and how it will achieve those plans. It provides an indication of the level of resources that the Government is planning to invest in Defence...

This discussion paper highlights the considerable health, social and economic consequences of climate change in the developing countries of the Pacific Ocean, where fragile environments, failing economies, poor population health, and a shortage of needed workforce skills mean there are fewer resources to prevent and manage them. The paper does not aim to present policies...

Progress towards the achievement of the unfulfilled Millennium Development Goals appears to be losing momentum in a number of Pacific Island countries, and the impact of the global financial crisis will further slow this progress.