Secretariat of the
Pacific Regional
Environment
Programme
Pacific Environment Information
Network [PEIN]
http://www.sprep.org/publication/pub_top.asp
Coordinated by the Pacific Regional Environment
Programme [SPREP] Information Resource Centre &
Library
with Funding assistance from the European Union
Peter Murgatroyd, SPREP Information Resource Centre
Manager – peterm@sprep.org
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Pacific Regional
Environment
Programme
Objectives of the Pacific Environment
Information Network [PEIN] project
• Improve access to pacific environment
information via collection and online
dissemination
• provide technical assistance and advice to
support capacity building in-country
• Encourage the development of networks both
in-country and regionally to share environment
information
Activities include:
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Pacific Regional
Environment
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• Installation of computer hardware and
software in 14 Pacific island countries
• Development and installation of library
databases in 14 countries using
DBTextworks
• In-country training and regional
attachment programmes
• Development of an online clearinghouse
for regional environment information
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Resources available from the SPREP IRC & Library
homepage
http://www.sprep.org/publication/pub_top.asp
• An online catalogue of Pacific environment
documents – more than 20,000 documents currently more than 1500 available in full text
• Links to all major regional full text environment
related databases - incl. Moana, SPC Fisheries
Library, Reefbase Pacific
• Six unique browsable full text Pacific
environment web resources
PEIN Web resources developed so far:
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Pacific Regional
Environment
Programme
• PEIN Country Profiles Directory
• PEIN Regional Frameworks and Strategies
Directory
• PEIN Environment Databases and
Recommended Internet Resources
• PEIN Virtual Library
• PEIN Digest of Environment News and
Developments
• PEIN YouTube Environment Directory
The PEIN Country Profiles Directory
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Pacific Regional
Environment
Programme
• Embedded country links to all
environmental data , environmental
indicators and country profiles available
on the web
• Full text access to all national and
regional environment reports across all
resource sectors
PEIN Country Profiles Directory
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PEIN Digest of environment news and
developments
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Pacific Regional
Environment
Programme
(cont.) … academic literature and
research noted on the PEIN Digest
Resources currently in development
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Pacific Regional
Environment
Programme
• PEIN Virtual Library of Lessons Learned
and Best Practices in Environment
Management
• Virtual country libraries for 14 Pacific
Island countries providing full text access
to national documents and embedded
links to environmental data and
indicators
• All resources to be available via DVD as
well as online
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Environment
Programme
Proposed Solomon Islands
Environment Profile webpage
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Challenges
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Environment
Programme
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Human capacity
Technology
Connectivity
Poor national infrastructure and support
for knowledge management in-country
• Incoherent regional framework for
development of knowledge management
Opportunities
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Pacific Regional
Environment
Programme
• Enhanced collaboration and integration
of the activities of Regional
Organisations in the Pacific [CROPs]
• International partnerships and support
structures – ODIN; NOAA ; GEF-PAS;
EDF10
• The internet revolution – www1 & www2