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• Clean and healthy island environments and seas that nurture and protect biodiversity, human life and supports economic growth and sustainable development.

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SPREP launches Clean Pacific 2012 Campaign

The Clean Pacific 2012 campaign will be launched in partnership with the World Wetlands Day celebrations in Apia, Samoa on 2 February. The relationship between proper waste disposal practices, management and pollution prevention and healthy wetlands is a critical one. The Clean Pacific campaign will aim to promote a clean and healthy environment for our Pacific peoples through improved waste management practices. The World Wetlands Day theme for 2012 is “Wetlands and Tourism” and with tourism being a major income earner for the Pacific Islands, this industry is set to grow over the coming years. While there are many examples of environmentally sustainable tourism, there are also a number of unsustainable examples of tourism, which generate waste and pollution and cause damage to our ...(to be continued) Read More

SPREP launches campaign to tackle pollution from garbage

SPREP’s Director General, Mr. David Sheppard, speaks to Jemima Garrett of Radio Australia about the 2012 Clean Pacific Campaign. Listen: SPREP on Pacific Beat->

Manono Island Waste Awareness & Clean Up Initiative

3 November 2011 - As part of Environment Week, Samoan partners have come together for an environment project on Manono Island to help local residents cope with added waste pressures they have faced after the 2010 tsunami. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Government of Samoa (MNRE), the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), Rotary Club of Apia, and the Samoan recycling company – Pacific Recycles, have joined forces for this project on Manono Island. “SPREP is pleased to be assisting the Manono community with this project and we are glad that this approach has been taken by the partners, it is a good way to raise awareness and help bring about something positive for the environment,” said David Sheppar ...(to be continued) Read More

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