News

Much of Papua New Guinea remains inaccessible by road and the existing roads are often in poor condition.While lack of road access has historically helped to keep ecosystems intact, it comes with both social and environmental downsides. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

Marine resources play a vital role in food security for coastal communities across Papua New Guinea, which, after Australia, is the largest and most populated country in Oceania.

World Oceans Day today highlights the Government’s failure to make any progress on the Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary in the past 18 months, Nelson MP Dr Nick Smith says. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

In Hawai‘i, reefs provide more than $836 million in flood protection benefits to people, property and jobs every year—more than every other state and territory in the nation, according to a new report released by the U.S.

The authorities in New Caledonia have begun culling protected sharks in a central Noumea bay after a boy lost a leg in a shark attack last month. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

Palau's fisheries minister says the country is still figuring out the balance of fishing in its waters. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

The reefs that ring the French Polynesian islands of Mo'orea and Tahiti are in the grip of a massive coral bleaching event, described by both locals and scientists as one of the most devastating they've encountered. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

On 8 June this year, World Oceans Day, five new factsheets are launched as part of the Oceans Toolkit for Pacific Media which was launched during World Oceans Day in 2018.  These new factsheets span information on ocean acidification, tides, Pacific Ocean.

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This is the 53rd issue of the SPREP-tok newsletter, covering the month of April 2019 . Click on the link below to read the full newsletter.