ALM UNDP

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#####PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

The Climate Change and the Southern Hemisphere Tropical Cyclones Project is funded by
Australian Department of Climate Change and implemented in all Pacific Developing Member Countries (PDMCs) during 2007 and 2008. The project is designed to conduct further analysis of the climatology of tropical cyclone variability and to develop a tropical cyclone forecasting scheme, linking with activities in the Pacific Islands Climate Predictions Project (PI-CPP).

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Project Description: The aim of this project is to strengthen climate prediction in Pacific Island countries. It aims to expand the use of climate predictions by Pacific Island countries both in National Meteorological Services and by industries/agencies which use climate information including farmers, tourism, water resource managers and health authorities. The project is scheduled to end in 2009.

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BACKGROUND:

The South Pacific Sea Level and Climate Monitoring Project (SPSLCMP) was developed in 1991 as an Australian Government response to concerns raised by member countries of the South Pacific Forum over the potential impacts of human-induced global warming on climate and sea levels in the Pacific region.

Its primary goal is to generate an accurate record of variance in long-term sea level for the South Pacific and to establish methods to make these data readily available and usable by Pacific Island countries.

The first three phases of the project established a network of 12

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Project Description: The Pacific Meteorological Services Needs Assessment Programme (PMSNAP), implemented in 2000 and 2001, was designed to identify the assistance required by the Meteorological Services of 20 PDMCs, including needs for capacity building to meet growing public demand for the provision of improved weather and climate services and products; The central goal of the PMSNAP project is to support continued strengthening of the capability of National Meteorological Services in the Pacific region to meet growing public demand for improved weather and climate

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PROJECT DESCRIPTION: With AusAID funding, Kiribati, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Fiji, Papua-New Guinea are being assisted to develop an inventory of digitized and un-digitized climate records, to recommend action for the preservation of the records, and where appropriate, to enact immediate action to secure important paper climate records at risk of loss; since then similar activities have also been undertaken in the Cook Islands, Niue, Tonga and Tuvalu to also ensure that their climate data is secure, accessible, and in a form capable of being utilized in

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This project aims to development the capacity of government officials to be able to carry out other projects that will help eradicate land-induced poverty especially in rural development agendas. It also aims to enhance the National Action Plan and complete medium-term National Investment Plan and its coordinated Mobilization Plan.

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The overall project goal is to improve the livelihoods (health, economic development and protection of ecosystem integrity and associated biodiversity) of participating Pacific Island Countries through the sustainable integrated management of their water resources. Fourteen Pacific Island Countries working with SOPAC have successfully submitted the Project Identification Form (PIF) to the Global Environment Facility for the Sustainable Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) project.

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Water resources available in small island developing states are vulnerable to climate extremes and population pressures. Pacific island countries have limited alternate options and only relatively small and finite water resources available to meet increasing water demands. Knowledge on how rivers, aquifers and rainwater harvesting respond to increased demands and climate variability is crucial to ensuring sustainable and productive water resources.

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DSAP originated from the previous Pacific Regional Agriculture Programme (PRAP) projects. PRAP projects made significant progress in addressing some of the problems in Pacific agricultural systems through the projects - Farming Systems in Lowlands of the Pacific Regional Agricultural Program (PRAP 1) and Atoll Farming Systems (PRAP 6). DSAP builds upon the foundation of PRAP projects 1 and 6 and also attempts to address problems faced during their implementation.