A first of its kind planning tool for the Pacific region, Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA), is now officially published and available online for free download.
The Global Environmental Facility Pacific Ridge to Reef (R2R) Programme stakeholders from 14 Pacific Island countries convened online for 2 days for the 5th Regional Steering Committee (RSC) meeting to discuss guidelines and decision-support tools that prioritizes areas for sustainable governance
While the Pacific has pulled off a miracle by remaining largely Covid-19–free, the economic devastation in the pandemic’s wake is wreaking havoc across the region.
Nuclear weapons will soon be illegal.
Coastal fisheries in the Pacific Islands have become a food and livelihood lifeline to many people who have lost jobs, especially in urban centres and tourism, following COVID-19 lockdowns and border closures.
A new book, Poisoning the Pacific, to be released Monday, chronicles the US military’s decades-long contamination of indigenous lands across the Pacific as well as the ocean itself, endangering lives and ecosystems across the vast Pacific Ocean.
La Niña is officially underway in the Pacific, as confirmed by the Pacific Meteorological Desk Partnership at the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP).
Marking International Day Against Nuclear Explosions last weekend, the island nations agreed they had all suffered the effects of nuclear testing in the region.
Participants in the 10th Pacific Islands Conference on Nature Conservation and Protected Areas can now access important conference information and resources at the touch of a button with the launch of the new conference website and platform to support the now fully virtual event. Officially
The Pacific has presented a united front to world leaders at the UN General Assembly this year.