October 5, 2018
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The government is likely to introduce a ban on single-use plastic bags in the Cook Islands. Click on the link below to read the full article.
September 28, 2018
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An unlikely group—including a National Geographic explorer and a former shark smuggler—team up to protect the Cook Islands' sharks. Click on the link below to read the full article.
September 14, 2018
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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). Click on the link below to read the full article.
August 31, 2018
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The Mei Te Vai Ki Te Vai project will release full results of its environmental investigations in September, the latest project management news update says. Click on the link below to read the full article.
August 24, 2018
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Cook Islands environmental service group Friends of the Environment has been cleaning up the beach at Matavera for more than 10 years. Click on the link below to read the full article.
The Reimplementation of the Ra’ui: Coral Reef Management in Rarotonga, Cook Islands
This research focuses on coral reef health in the South Pacific region, an area of high global coral diversity. Coral reef health surrounding two study sites in Rarotonga, Cook Islands, has been assessed in areas that have not been previously surveyed. Each study site has distinct differences based upon marine management practices. Marine management practices are identified and described and some historical rea- sons as why they exist are discussed.
Ra’ui in the Cook Islands – today’s context in Rarotonga
Though I had heard the word ra’ui, until I started working in the environment field I was not sure of its meaning. As a consequence of my work, I started to learn more about ra’ui through reading and talking to other conservationists and elderly people. Only then did I begin to understand more about this traditional practice.
July 11, 2018
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Way back in 1890, Suwarrow was described as the “most romantic island in the world” by Robert Louis Stevenson’s wife Fanny after the Stevenson family visited the island. Click on the link to read the full article.
April 12, 2018
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To better manage environmental information, Cook Islands National Environment Service (NES) introduced a new portal that can store and share datasets, reports, images and other files that examine current environmental conditions.Click on the link below to read the full story.
July 14, 2017
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The Cook Islands is now the largest multi-use marine park in the world. Marae Moana " spanning a total ocean area of nearly two million square kilometres " became a reality on Tuesday this week.Click on the link below to read the full story.