
The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme, members and partners continue to collaborate to strengthen the Noumea Convention as the major multilateral umbrella agreement in the Pacific region for the protection of natural resources and the environment.
At the convening of the 18th Conference of the Parties Meeting to the Noumea Convention in Apia, the Chair of the Meeting, Mr Bryan Star, Director of Nauru’s Department of Environment, Management and Agriculture (DEMA), said the gathering in Samoa is a critical opportunity to strengthen the Noumea Convention to assist Pacific communities at the forefront of the impacts of the triple planetary crises.