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Cook Islands is hosting a regional meeting this week to address the significant threat of invasive species to the country’s ecosystems, food security and biodiversity, while sharing knowledge and seeking solutions with other Pacific nations.

Over 70 invasive species professionals and practitioners from across the Pacific region have converged in Rarotonga as part of the Pacific Invasive Learning Network (PILN) sixth meeting hosted by the Government of Cook Islands 12-16 August.

The effective use of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) helps drive informed decision making for sound environmental management through data analysis, mapping and enhanced research skills and innovation.

The Tu’anga Taporoporo National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP) that was endorsed in 2002 has many gaps, is out of date and has not been reviewed or updated for 22 years.

In Kiribati, the official endorsement of community-based fisheries management (CBFM) plans has faced significant challenges during the programme’s inception in 2014.

Japan’s Minister of Environment, Shintaro Ito, yesterday visited the Ministry of Climate Change and Adaptation (MOCCA), and Mangaliliu Maricultural Hatchery, as part of his three days’ visit to Vanuatu after arriving on the 8th of this month.

After six years of no reported mynas on Ātiu, the Natural Heritage Trust is declaring its Eradication Project a success. The removal of a population of about 6000 mynas made it the world’s largest myna eradication on an island.

A new study by the Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC) in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and the Environment (MAFE) has found a significant decline in the number of trochus, known locally as Semum, in Palau.

A winged creature with “enlarged” earlobes flew across the landscape of Papua New Guinea — or tried to at least. But the hairy animal collided with a net and fell to the ground. When scientists looked closely at their “opportunistic” catch, it turned out to be a new species.

An endorsement meeting finalising the micro-qualification (MQ) in Nature-Based Solutions (NbS), brought together participants and NbS experts from around the Pacific.