The Pacific Island Committee (PIC) is made up of the United States affiliated islands in the Pacific and includes: the Republic of Palau, the four states of the Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Commonwealth of Northern Mariana, The Marshall Islands, American Samoa, Hawaii, and the United States Forest Service's Institute of Pacific Island Forestry and the Pacific Southwest Region Five.

PIC members in 2002 at the
Pohnpei, FSM airport

Sokehs Rock
Pohnpei, FSM

The first week in February each year the PIC meets in one of the member islands. Our 2006 meeting was held in Tumon, Guam.

PIC 04 - Field trip to a rare, dry land forest in Hawaii

The PIC is interested in working with a wide range of agencies and island groups, including non-US affiliated.

Some of the many issues discussed at our meetings are exotic invasive species, deforestation, erosion, coral reef protection, fire, conservation education, agroforestry, and more.

Agroforestry in American Samoa

In 2002, the PIC pooled funds to have a video made called Our Islands Ourselves. This year we are pooling funds to create an interactive web site www.islandforestry.org that will be linked with many US Federal, local, and international agencies.

Mangroves in Palau

The 2007 PIC meeting will be held in the Marshall Islands.

Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas