The workshop, taking place in Apia, Samoa, from 11-15 June 2018, relaunches the BIOPAMA programme in the Pacific Islands region. It aims to help the Pacific islands improve the effectiveness of their protected areas through enhanced capacity, information and data. It will also be showcasing the achievements and lessons learnt from protected areas in the Cook Islands, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Kiribati.

The workshop materials, documents and links are available on this page.

Workshop materials:

• WORKSHOP REPORT – BIOPAMA Pacific inception 2018

• Wokshop Programme 11-15 June 2018

• BIOPAMA Info Fiche

• Pictures album

• News article 11 June: Pacific convenes protected area workshop

• News article 14 June: Celebrating conservation milestones

• News article 19 June: Protecting our oceans: now and for future generations

• Feature: The Journey of Cook Islands Marae Moana

• Samoa Observer, 18 June: Celebrating conservation milestones

• Samoa Observer, 25 June: Pacific plan for protected areas discussed in Apia

• Cook Islands News, 27 June: Protected areas vital for our future

• PACNEWS June 2018

Presentations Day 1, 11 June 2018:

• Session 1, BIOPAMA presentation

• Session 2, Workshop overview

• Session 3, Protected Areas in the Pacific

• Session 4, Conversation by the regional implementing partners

• Session 5, Country case study: the Cook Islands

• Session 7, International support: CBD Secretariat

• Session 7, International support: IUCN WCPA

• Session 7, International support: UN Environment WCMC

Presentations Day 2, 12 June 2018:

• Session 1, Palau’s Protected Area Network

• Session 3, PIPAP Introduction

• Session 3, PIPAP Walkthrough

• Session 4, BIOPAMA Action Component

Presentation Day 3, 13 June 2018

• Session 1, Samoan protected areas case study

Presentations Day 4, 14 June 2018

• Session 1, Field trip observations: Interactive session

• Session 2, Country case study: Solomon Islands

• Session 4, Regional Conservation Planning Tools

• Session 4, Information Systems for Protected and Conserved Areas

• Session 5, WDPA Working Session

• Session 6, Protected Area Management Effectiveness (PAME) Introduction

• Session 6, Country case study: PNG – PAME Overview

• Session 6, Country case study: PNG – Protected Areas Status

• Session 6, Country case study: PNG – Tree Kangaroos of the Torricelli’s

Presentations Day 5, 15 June 2018:

• Side-event Session, Country case study: Fiji

• Session 1, Country case study: Kiribati

• Concluding Session