A joint media release issued yesterday by the EU, Sweden Sverige and the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFs), said a number of EU projects were launched yesterday to support International Ocean governance, with a special emphasis being put on the Pacific.
Lizbeth Cullity, UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative - Statement at Media Workshop, Vailima, Samoa.I am delighted to be invited to speak about the Sustainable Development Goals and the Pacific"s commitment to a Blue Economy at this Regional Media Workshop. The recent internat
A workshop which aims to enhance the capacity of Pacific nations to share and access data relating to the region's biodiversity was held at the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) campus this week.Click on the link below to read the full story.
Global biodiversity loss is a critical environmental crisis, yet the lack of spatial data on biodiversity threats has hindered conservation strategies1.
Travellers exploring Niues Huvalu Conservation Forest will have all the forest facts at their fingertips following completion of a major biodiversity project on the island.Telling Niue"s biodiversity story
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Last week I had the privilege to be a Fiji Council of Churches representative at the Climate Action Pacific Partnership (CAPP) meeting in Suva.The meeting was part of the preparation for Fiji's presidency of the 2017 UN Climate Change Conference, which will take place from November 6-17 in Bonn,
Led by University of Queensland School of Biological Sciences PhD student Jasmine Lee, the study is the first to investigate how ice-free areas in Antarctica may be affected by climate change.Click on the link below to read the full article.
Habitat destruction and infectious disease are dual threats to nature and people. The potential to simultaneously advance conservation and human health has attracted considerable scientific and popular interest.Click on the link below to read the full article.
Vanuatu is a stronghold of biodiversity in the Pacific islands region and there are many sites throughout the country that have high conservation value owing to their role as key habitats for vulnerable and endemic species...In this backdrop, a national workshop for protected area stakeholders wa
The Secretariat of the Pacific regional Environment Programme invites applications from suitably qualified individuals for the following vacant positions, to be based at SPREP headquarters in Apia, Samoa:
1) Director - Climate Change
2) Climate Change Adaptation adviser