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The importance of seabirds to Samoa’s cultural heritage and unique ecosystem was given special attention during a knowledge café hosted by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) in collaboration with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE), th

The Port Moresby Nature Park today launched a five-month environment campaign to commemorate the 2024 World Environment Day.  Board Chairwoman for Nature Park Lorna MacPherson in a press conference along with other Park Managers made this announcement.

On Monday 28th of May, a group of students from Apii Te Uki Ou joined together with Muri Environmental Care, landowners, the Mitchell Family and Te Ipukarea Society to partake in the grand finale of project “Kō'iti Raukura”.

National Environment Service (NES) is proposing a new Environment Bill to improve data reporting, strengthen its role as a permitting authority and update regulations for a changing environment.

Fiji will continue to observe the moratorium on deep sea mining, says Minister for Disaster Management, and Rural and Maritime Development Sakiasi Ditoka.  The issue was brought under the spotlight by a number of Pacific countries and NGOs deeply opposed to deep sea mining.

Fifteen local trainers in Vanuatu are in a better position to build capacity of others to use the ClimateWatch (CW) App following a four-day train-the-trainers training in Port Vila, from 28-31 May 2024.

New Hope Academy School Students in Honiara had a rare opportunity in marking the International Biodiversity day this year, an annual event commemorated globally on 22nd May.

Freda Kamikera, 51 years old, dives into the mangrove-fringed lagoon in Kogulavata, in the west of the Solomon Islands to harvest sea grapes.

Macuata Province in the north of Fiji is home to the Cakaulevu – the Great Sea Reef with its thriving diversity of marine life. But faced with a variety of threats including climate change and overfishing, fish stock in this area has dwindled over the past decade. 

In a pivotal event organised by the BIOPAMA Programme, IUCN Oceania underscored the critical role of local solutions in achieving the Global Biodiversity Framework - Target 3.