SPREP: Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme

The history of SPREP dates to the 1970s, rooted in an environmental programme within the South Pacific Commission (now the Pacific Community or SPC). SPREP became an independent intergovernmental organisation in 1993, and is based in Apia, Samoa. The acronym SPREP originally stood for "South Pacific Environment Programme", but this changed to "Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme"in 2004. Today, SPREP functions as the Secretariat of the Noumea Convention and its Protocols, the Apia Convention, and the Waigani Convention. As of 2026, SPREP has 26 Members, 12 of which are Parties to the Noumea Convention.