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Last week, we marked two key international days that are particularly close to the hearts and realities of Pacific people — World Environment Day (June 5) and World Oceans Day (June 8).

The Palau government, led by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Environment (MAFE), is proposing changes to the Palau National Marine Sanctuary (PNMS) that would significantly increase the area allowed for fishing.

The Pacific’s regional intergovernmental organisation established to protect, conserve, and promote a resilient Pacific environment, the Secretariat of the Pacific Environment Programme (SPREP), has been chosen as the Oceania Regional Centre for Technical and Scientific Cooperation for the

The Sigatoka Sand Dunes National Park recently hosted the annual Heritage in Young Hands (HIYH) EcoCamp, an event focused on environmental education.

Forty-eight representatives from the provinces of Namosi, Serua and Rewa met to improve the management of natural resources in the Navua Catchment and Beqa Lagoon.

Today, we join the rest of our Blue Planet in celebrating the vitality of our ocean on World Ocean Day. Since its inception in 1992, this day has grown in significance, and thirty-two years later, its momentum continues to increase.

Tourism Fiji has commended the tireless efforts of the tourism industry in its dedicated push towards environmental sustainability. A significant milestone in this journey was recently achieved with the launch of Fiji’s BULA Reef, an ambitious coral nursery initiative.

On June 4th, The Bureau of Fisheries (BOF) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) held a consultation with fishermen regarding the collection of reef fishery data.

The Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC) has just concluded a collaboration with Whaleology, a consultancy organization that specializes in the research and protection of whales in the Pacific.

Eve Hallock has studied acorn woodpeckers in California, masked bobwhites in Arizona, marbled murrelets in Oregon and Galápagos finches in Ecuador. But this field biologist’s favorites are seabirds.