News

Exciting news, my friends, especially for those of us who have been eagerly following the progress of the extinct-in-the-wild Guam kingfisher! Nine of these handsome sapphire-and-cinnamon-plumaged birds just arrived on their forever home on a remote Pacific island, Palmyra Atoll.

Surangel S. Whipps Jr., president of the tiny Pacific island nation of Palau, wants more countries to join him in calling for a moratorium on deep-sea mining.

This week marked an exciting milestone for the Ī’oi project led by Te Ipukarea Society, as researchers successfully captured and tagged the first ī’oi in the Takitumu Conservation Area.  This achievement kicks off a critical phase in understanding and protecting these elusive forest birds.

Vunidogoloa holds the unenviable title as the first community in the Pacific forced to relocate due to climate change. Situated on Vanua Levu, Fiji’s second-largest island, Vunidogoloa had been struggling with rising sea levels for years.

Mangroves are special trees that grow along coastlines, where land meets the sea. They play a big role in keeping our environment healthy and balanced. But, like many other natural resources, mangroves are under threat.

THE Natural Resource Development Foundation (NRDF), in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (MCT), has successfully conducted a five-day tour guide training program for the rangers of the Babatana Rainforest Conservation Area in Choiseul.

After being extinct in the wild for nearly 40 years, a group of Guam kingfishers have arrived in the Pacific Ocean, where they will play an important role in returning their species to the wild, thanks to the efforts of the Sihek Recovery Program.

Nature-based solutions (NbS) address societal challenges through actions to protect, sustainably manage, and restore natural and modified ecosystems, benefiting people and nature at the same time.

“Our participants had varying skills and knowledge with some who use GIS daily in their work and others who are yet to do so,” explained Anish Maharaj, the BIEM in-country coordinator with MECC.

In a true display of collaboration and partnership between the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) and a Member country to ensure the protection of our Pacific environment, SPREP through the Pacific Regional Invasive Species Management Support Service (PRISMSS)