The director of the Secretariat for the Pacific Regional Environment Programme, or SPREP, Asterio Takesy of the Federated States of Micronesia, has been re-appointed for a second three-year term.
Mr Takesy says he's focussed his leadership on making SPREP more community-orientated.
The environmental issues SPREP tackles includes pollution prevention, climate change, sustainable economic development, and nature conservation.
Mr Takesy says SPREP is endeavouring to take the region on a path based on assimilating scientific knowledge, that is practical and can be used by people in their daily lives.