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Fiji renews call for bold global action on oceans

By Makereta Komai, PACNEWS Editor in New York8 June 2017, UN Ocean Conference, New York - Fiji's Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama renewed his global call for action on oceans – with a particular c... More detail

Our Ocean, Our People, Our Pacific

8 June 2017, UN Ocean Conference, New York - "The Pacific Voyage - Our Ocean, Our People, Our Pacific" event hosted by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) and partner... More detail

"Rights of the Ocean need to be explored" - Cook Islands Pri...

Fiji commits to conservation of all Shark and Ray species wi...

Samoa commits to revive voyaging heritage, as part of 12 com...

Large scale Marine Protected Areas: Lessons shared by the Pa...

Kiribati reiterates equitable return on tuna resources

By Makereta Komai, PACNEWS Editor in New York6 June 2017, UN Ocean Conference, New York - Pacific countries continue to raise their voices on their struggles to obtain suitable and equitable return fr... More detail

SPREP hopes for more action on war wrecks and nuclear contam...

Pushing the gender boundary in Samoa

By Samisoni Pareti, Senior Editor, Islands Business, in New York"The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the oceans domain, and over generations, our people have created an intimate relationship and a uni... More detail

Environmental chief calls for curb on ghost gear

By Samisoni Pareti, Senior Editor, Islands Business, in New York5 June, 2017, UN Ocean Conference, New York – Papua New Guinea leads the islands of the Pacific with the highest incidence of ghost ge... More detail