IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature

The Pacific Centre for Environmental Governance (PCEG) is a virtual centre of excellence in environmental governance focusing on environmental law, environmental policy, environmental economics and leadership and learning.

The mission of the centre is to work with countries and partner organisations to strengthen the capacity of individuals and institutions at all levels - actors and decision-makers - to make informed decisions about the use and management of natural resources and environment (assets and capital) and human and financial capital for improved livelihoods, increased biodiversity conservation and increased resilience to external shocks.

PCEG aims to strengthen enabling environments of laws, policies, formal and traditional institutions and decision-making processes for effective, efficient, equitable, transparent and accountable decisions within local and national political, socio-economic, and environmental context.

Communication and Awareness

IUCN Oceania has started a series of initiatives to increase community awareness and knowledge about key resource and environmental issues in the Pacific.

 1) IUCN-USP Public Lecture Series

This IUCN-USP Public Lecture Series "The Pacific of the Future: Getting Development Right"  was launched by the Director General of IUCN to help provide a forum to raise issues of interest to the region, as well as challenge our leaders, professionals and other stakeholders to look outside the box of their traditional comfort zones when tackling economic development, environmental and social challenges facing us in the Pacific in a globalised world.

 2) Pacific Information Briefs

The purpose of the series of Pacific Information Briefs is to provide objective information to the Pacific leaders, government and non-government agencies on key technical issues of global and local interest. The Briefs will be produced in partnership with regional Government Organisations, International, and regional Non-Government Organisations and IUCN Commission Members.

In 2010, IUCN-Oceania office intents to focus on key thematic areas such as biodiversity conservation to coincide with the Year of the Biodiversity, energy and biodiversity, and mangroves for climate change and livelihoods.

3) Technical Reports