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to addressing critical priorities over the development policy spectrum will be needed. The effectiveness of such an approach for the Pacific Islands Ocean Region will depend upon strong leadership and commitment as well as regional ownership and cooperation. It will also require sufficient levels of human and financial resources to allow ocean specific and ocean related priority initiatives to be implemented. Adoption of a regional approach toward ocean solutions for sustainability should be offered not as a choice but as a necessity given that resources such as fisheries and minerals and many of the mentioned challenges such as pollution are transboundary in nature and are not limited by the political boundaries that exist between States or with areas of High Seas. 8 Our Sea of Islands – Our Livelihoods – Our Oceania
2.0 COnTexT and sCOPe fOR a PaCIfIC OCeansCaPe fRaMewORk At the 40 th Pacific Islands Forum convened in Cairns Australia in August 2009, the Republic of Kiribati shared with its Forum siblings a vision for a secure future for Pacific Island Nations based on ocean conservation and management, under its Pacific Oceanscape concept and related Pacific Ocean Arc initiative. They suggested that the success of a Pacific Oceanscape will be predicated on strong forum leadership and regional cooperation, which would in turn focus urgent and timely attention on critical issues such as climate change impacts on Pacific peoples, their islands and their Ocean. Consequently, in their communiqué: Leaders welcomed the Pacific Oceanscape concept and its companion Pacific Ocean Arc initiative tabled by Kiribati aimed at increasing marine protected area investment, learning and networking. Leaders tasked the Secretariat, together with relevant CROP agencies and key partners, to develop a framework for the Pacific Oceanscape, drawing on the Pacific Islands Regional Ocean Policy, as a priority area for attention under the Pacific Plan4 . The three components envisaged under the Pacific Oceanscape are 5 : Pacific Ocean Arcs: The Pacific Ocean Arc component aims to foster development of terrestrial and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), based on the natural archipelagic nature of some Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs), including consideration of territorial domains associated with Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs), and opportunities for protected areas beyond these EEZs, in the surrounding high seas. For many such archipelagos, the implementation of Ocean Arcs will necessitate a trans-boundary approach and associated collaboration between PICTs. Climate Change and Ocean Security: The Climate Change and Ocean Security component recognizes the emerging issues of impact to our ocean, including ocean acidification and increasing ocean temperatures. This component also aims to investigate governance issues for our ocean including the security of EEZs and associated management and monitoring of high seas areas. Leadership and Learning: The Leadership and Learning component cuts across the first two components in that it seeks to support learning across initiatives such as protected areas and to support targeted research, learning and leadership in key areas for both the Pacific Ocean Arc, and the Climate Change and Ocean Security components. To support their response to this decision the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat together with other CROP agencies and key partners that participate in the CROP Marine Sector Working Group (CROP MSWG) commissioned a consultancy2 to develop a framework for the Pacific Oceanscape for presentation at the 41st Forum Leaders Meeting in Vanuatu in August 2010. 4 The Cairns Communiqué – refer http://www.forumsec.org.fj/.../final-communique-of-40th-pacific-islands-forum-cairns.html 5 Consultants Terms of Reference – refer Annex 1 Framework for a Pacific Oceanscape: a catalyst for implementation of ocean policy | 9
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