US Fish and Wildlife Service

1. US Fish and Wildlife Service

2. US Fish and Wildlife: Authorities • Compacts of Free Association • Republic of Palau • Republic of the Marshall Islands • Federated States of Micronesia • Executive Order 12114 (Environmental Effects Abroad of Major Federal Actions) • CEQ Regulations for Implementing NEPA • MOAs between USFWS and FAS • Agreement with US Army in RMI

3. US Fish and Wildlife: Pacific • US Affiliated Pacific Islands • Programs: • National Wildlife Refuges • Ecological Services • Contaminants • Coastal Program • Law Enforcement • Pacific Islands Climate Change Cooperative • International Affairs

4. US Fish and Wildlife: Pacific • FAS and Federal Agencies • Technical Assistance: • Marine/freshwater surveys/planning • Terrestrial surveys/planning • Contamination: wildlife impacts • Invasive species/biosecurity • Coastal resources • Climate change adaptation • Law enforcement

5. PIRCA • NOAA and DOI agencies • Hawaii, US Affiliated Pacific Islands • State of knowledge, impacts, and adaptive capacity • Supports climate change decision-making • Products: • “Climate Change and Pacific Islands: Indicators and Impacts” 2012. • “National Climate Assessment Pacific Islands” 2013. • PIRCA Impacts and Adaptation Fora in Honolulu, HI and Suva, Fiji.

6. Sea Level Rise

7. Photo: Ocean warming

8. Climate Change and Responses • Sea level change • Ocean acidification • Temperature and precipitation changes • Storm frequency changes

9. Responses • Extensive infrastructure projects • Hardening of coastal facilities • Relocation efforts

10. Responses • Extensive infrastructure projects • Hardening of coastal facilities • Relocation efforts • Need for better environmental coordination • NEPA or NEPA-like; e.g., if US Agency adopts local assessments: • US Trust Resources (direct/indirect) • US policies