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Drafting Services
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Drafting services are provided for all SOPAC programs and publications. Drafting support was also provided for production of maps and diagrams for SOPAC technical reports.
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Uncategorised (UC)
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Activity/Task
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1995
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CSD 14 & 15- Energy for sustainable development, industrial development, air pollution/ atmosphere and climate change
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(1) Provide a coordination role for the preparation of a regional position paper that will contribute towards a
regional submission to the CSD Secretariat.
(2) Provide support to the New York based PIC missions at the CSD14 & 15.
(3) Provide support as required to National initiatives in regard to the CSD processes
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Energy (E)
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Policy and Governance
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2006
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39th Session of the Governing Council of SOPAC and the 39th Session of its Technical Advisory Group (TAG)
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The Thirty-ninth Annual Session of the
Pacific Islands Applied Geoscience Commission
(SOPAC ) was held in Nadi, Fiji Islands, from
19th October to 22nd October 2010. It’s Council
Sessions including the joint session with
its Technical Advisory Group (TAG) and the
preceding two-day scientific meeting of its Science
Technology and Resource Network (STAR) were
all held at the Tanoa International Hotel, Nadi.
The STAR Meeting was its 27th with the theme
“Pacific Geoscience – Towards 2020 in the Face
of Dwindling Global Natural Resources”.
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General (G)
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Meeting
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2010
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Pacific Water Association (PWA) Steering Committee meeting (continued)
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The second meeting of the PWA was held on 21 November 1997 in the multipurpose room of the SOPAC Secretariat, Suva, Fiji. The Fiji Cabinet approved the establishment of PWA in Fiji in October 1997. The second meeting of the Steering Committee was to develop the PWA as a legal entity and to plan the next Annual General Meeting. The concept of a PWA, to promote the interest of water utilities in the region.
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Water and Sanitation (WS)
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Meeting
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1997
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Regional Coordination of Law of the Sea Related Issues in the SOPAC Region
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To advise member countries on legal and policy issues relating to delimitation and the continental shelf,
marine scientific research, offshore minerals exploration and mining. Further, to monitor law of the sea issues of
relevance to SOPACs work programme.
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Maritime Boundaries (MB)
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Activity/Task
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2000
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Publications of SOPAC Reports
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The Publications Sub-program is involved in the output and distribution of most of the technical material that the Secretariat produces, as well as public awareness and promotional material. The key activity is the scientific review, editing, publication and distribution of the results of the Work Program. This information is presented in a range of reports for member countries, which are effectively of restricted circulation. A total of eighty-three reports had passed through the SOPAC publishing system as of 1st August 1995.
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Uncategorised (UC)
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Programme
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1995
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STAR Meeting
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A meeting of STAR, chaired by Dr Keith Crook will be held during the 1997 SOPAC Annual Session.
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Human Resources Development (HRD)
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Meeting
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1997
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Bathymetric Survey of Atolls in the Tuamotu archipelago, French Polynesia for Pearl Aquaculture
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Bathymetric maps and reports for development of pearl farming, 3D
hydrodynamic modelling of atolls.
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Uncategorised (UC)
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Activity/Task
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2007
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SOPAC Secretariat - Energy Audit
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At the June (1999) all-staff meeting of SOPAC, the Director requested that the Energy Unit carry out an Energy Audit of the SOPAC office complex. This is to demonstrate to member countries that SOPAC does
carry out at home what it preaches. The objective was to identify potential energy saving opportunities within the SOPAC Secretariat and to produce a report
detailing the methodology used so that member countries can use it as a reference in their own energy conservation program.
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General (G)
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Assessment
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1999
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Search for Manganese Nodules in the neighbourhood of the Marquesas Fracture Zone
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Geological Survey of Japan GH cruises are planned for 1982 and 1983 in the southern central Pacific.
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Minerals and Hydrocarbons (MHC)
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Project
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1981
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Compendium