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The Vanuatu Government through the Department of Forestry led a successful national forestry week in Port Vila at the end of August with the theme of ‘Forest and Sustainable Cities.' Click on the link below to read the full article. 

A regional meeting being held this week at the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) reviews results  of the African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) capacity building project.

A project using former dynamite fishermen to restore and protect coral reefs has had a dramatic impact on an island in Indonesia...Click on the link to read the full article. 

This Blue Carbon Module compiles the latest scientific guidance and tools to help managers, researchers, practitioners, and governments understand how blue carbon can be measured and utilized to promote conservation and restoration of coastal ecosystems.

Scholarships for our international course on landscape governance now available! Our famous international course on landscape governance is now open for application. Scholarships are available if applied for before October 10th...Click on the link below for further details

An essential component of the Blue Solutions Initiative is to collate, document and share successful approaches, or “solutions”, addressing marine and coastal challenges. Click on the link below to access the full publication.

The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2018 presents FAO’s official world fishery and aquaculture statistics. Click on the link below for more information. 

A team from The Ocean Cleanup will remove the trash collected every 6 weeks and transport it back to The Netherlands for recycling. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

We have an opportunity to involve graduate students and scientists from the Southern Hemisphere and Pacific sector into the OceanVisions2019 - Climate Summit. The summit is centered around ocean solutions and success stories in the areas of resilience, adaptation, and s

Collecting and collating all information  on the range of protected areas across Rarotonga was the focus of a one day gathering of over 20 stakeholders in partnership with the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP).