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Pacific Tourism Organisations Tahitia Kamea selected to be part of 2023 Resilient Pacific Islands Leaders (RPIL) Fellowship

Pacific Tourism Organisation · August 3, 2023

Tahitia Kamea of Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO) has completed the inaugural Resilient Pacific Islands Leaders (RPIL) Fellowship Program in Hawaii. Hosted by the renowned East-West Center with funding from the United States government, the...

PACRES scales up adaptation in the Pacific using Ecosystem-based solutions

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) · August 3, 2023

1 August 2023, Nadi, Fiji. We live in a time where the Blue Pacific grapples with ways to respond to the mounting threats created by the changing climate. There is an urgent need for innovative and cost-effective solutions. Our Pacific people have...

Tonga launches National Invasive Species Strategy and Action Plan

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) · July 7, 2023

The Kingdom of Tonga’s fight to manage invasive species has taken a massive leap forward with the Prime Minister, Honourable Hu’akavameilikiu Siaosi Sovaleni, launching their National Invasive Species Strategy and Action Plan (NISSAP) 2021 – 2027....

PACRES Project Convenes Fourth Steering Committee Meeting in Fiji

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) · July 31, 2023

31 July 2023, Nadi, Fiji. The Pacific Adaptation to Climate and Resilience Building (PACRES) project convened its fourth and final Project Steering Committee Meeting and Intra-ACP Lessons Learned in Climate Change and Disaster Resilience Workshop...

The grim reality of Loss and Damage in Fiji

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) · July 19, 2023

18 July 2023, Apia Samoa - The negative impacts of climate change-induced Loss and Damage is already a lived reality for many Pacific countries. In Fiji, the impact is grim. In Vunidogola village on the island of Vanua Levu, more than 160...

Need for independent science during plastic treaty negotiations

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) · June 2, 2023

2 June 2023, Paris France - Poor science heard during the negotiations for a new Plastics Treaty has caused concern for the Scientists Coalition for an Effective Plastics Treaty. A group of approximately 240 scientists representing over 250...

Paris delivers mandate for zero draft as momentum builds towards plastic treaty

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) · June 15, 2023

12 June 2023, Paris France – The global community is one step closer towards a legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment, with the second session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-2) in...

The Successful Conclusion of the Inform Project: Paving the Way for Data-Driven Decision Making in the Pacific

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) · July 12, 2023

A momentous gathering took place in Fiji this week marking the culmination of the Inform Project—a remarkable initiative that has united fourteen countries in the Pacific. The event was filled with enthusiasm as participants celebrated the...

Community engagement highlighted as rat removal operation on Late Island in Tonga moves forward

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) · July 18, 2023

07 July 2023, Nukualofa Tonga - The Kingdom of Tonga is a step closer to implementing an operation to remove rats from the uninhabited Late Island following successful community and stakeholder consultations in Vavau last month. The first of the...

After procedural delays, Pacific delegates dive into nitty gritty of plastics treaty negotiations

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) · June 2, 2023

01 June 2023, Paris France - Representatives from 12 Pacific island countries are in France this week with a common goal, to advance the discussions on the formulation of a treaty to end plastic pollution. It is the latest step in a journey dating...

Pacific communities placed on El Niño Alert

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) · June 26, 2023

22 June 2023, Apia Samoa - Pacific communities are advised to prepare for the potential impacts of an El Niño, with the latest El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Outlook shifting from El Niño Watch to El Niño Alert. The Alert means there is...

Pacific countries take call for treaty to end plastic pollution to INC2 in Paris

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) · May 29, 2023

26 May 2023, Paris France - Pacific countries continue to call on world leaders to deliver a high-ambition treaty to end plastic pollution urgently, as the clock ticks closer to the second session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to...

PACRES project helps Solomon Islands restore Honiara Botanic Gardens to former glory

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) · June 19, 2023

19 June 2023, Honiara Solomon Islands - The Botanic Gardens in Honiara is an important space for Solomon Islands. Spread over an estimated 19 hectares, the gardens showcase a range of local and exotic plant species and provides a sanctuary for...

Sub-regional training kicks off to build Pacific capacity in the use of the Impacts Methodology

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) · June 15, 2023

12 June 2023, Apia Samoa. Climate change practitioners from Fiji, Kiribati, and Samoa will benefit from a training organised by the EU funded Global Climate Change Alliance Plus Scaling Up Pacific Adaptation (GCCA+ SUPA) Project in partnership...

AOSIS offers waste management options for plastics treaty

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) · June 11, 2023

04 June 2023, Paris France - The proposed legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment, discussed at the second session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-2) working to develop it, must...

Pacific voice loud and clear at plastic treaty negotiations in Paris

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) · June 6, 2023

Q and A with H.E Ambassador Ilana Seid, Permanent Representative of Palau to the UN and Chair of Pacific Small Island Developing States 2 June 2023, Paris France – Nearly 200 countries are meeting in Paris this week to negotiate one of the most...

New Zealand advocates ‘design of plastic waste out of system’ at treaty negotiations

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) · June 2, 2023

02 June 2023, Paris France - An ambitious, robust and legally binding instrument to end plastic pollution including that within our marine environment must target the top of the waste hierarchy, reduce plastic waste, or avoid generating it in the...

It’s not about money, it’s about precious lives, Nauru at plastics treaty negotiations

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) · June 2, 2023

02 June 2023, Paris France - Nauru might be a small country with a population of around 10,000 people on a single island in the Pacific Ocean but its voice is loud and clear at the second Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to...

Kiribati calls for a strong global commitment to upstream measures to solve the plastic crisis

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) · June 2, 2023

1 June 2023, Paris France – Thirty-three coral atolls and islands are dispersed among the three groups that form Kiribati, which are the Gilbert, Line, and Phoenix islands. Covering a land area of 810km2, the island groups are spread over a vast...

Tuvalu negotiator optimistic about ongoing plastic treaty negotiations

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) · June 2, 2023

02 June 2023, Paris France - Slow progress is better than no progress at all. That’s the view of the Director of Tuvalu’s Department of Waste Management, Mr Epu Falega, as negotiations at the second session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating...