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Pacific islands, ready for UN Climate Change Negotiations in Morocco after a three day ‘power’ s...
Just weeks away from the next UN Climate Change negotiations, the Pacific islands are completing a final round of strategising and preparation for the event with a special meeting in Samoa for Pacific island ministers, high-level political representatives and their senior officials.Known as the High Level Support Mechanism, the three-day meeting helped Pacific island delegation... More detail
Just weeks away from the next UN Climate Change negotiations, the Pacific islands are completing a final round of strategising and preparation for the event with a special meeting in Samoa for Pacific island ministers, high-level political representatives and their senior officials.Known as the High Level Support Mechanism, the three-day meeting helped Pacific island delegation... More detail
Winners of Protect Pacific Whales Facebook competition stress importance of protecting our Pacific w...
Thirteen year old Ella Carvan has taken the top prize in the Protect Pacific Whales social media competition.The competition, launched in May in celebration of World Biodiversity Day by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPPREP), was made possible through a partnership with Digicel Samoa. It was one of the communications and awareness activities empl... More detail
Thirteen year old Ella Carvan has taken the top prize in the Protect Pacific Whales social media competition.The competition, launched in May in celebration of World Biodiversity Day by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPPREP), was made possible through a partnership with Digicel Samoa. It was one of the communications and awareness activities empl... More detail
27SM Niue News: Niue hosts presentation of pioneering, innovative online climate change tools for t...
New innovative online tools to help Pacific islands with Climate Finance and Adaptation Planning that will be made available on the Pacific Climate Change Portal, were presented at the Twenty-seventh SPREP Meeting in Niue.These were developed by Griffith University for the Pacific Climate Change Portal under a partnership between Griffith University and the Secretariat of the P... More detail
New innovative online tools to help Pacific islands with Climate Finance and Adaptation Planning that will be made available on the Pacific Climate Change Portal, were presented at the Twenty-seventh SPREP Meeting in Niue.These were developed by Griffith University for the Pacific Climate Change Portal under a partnership between Griffith University and the Secretariat of the P... More detail
SPREP Suva supports students with environmental learning
27 September 2016 - Environmental Science students of the Fiji National University (FNU) visited the office of the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) in Suva this week to learn about the organisation's conservation and biodiversity protection work in the region.The second year students are enrolled in a course on Biodiversity and Conservation in F... More detail
27 September 2016 - Environmental Science students of the Fiji National University (FNU) visited the office of the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) in Suva this week to learn about the organisation's conservation and biodiversity protection work in the region.The second year students are enrolled in a course on Biodiversity and Conservation in F... More detail
Regional Experts meet to discuss establishment of Melanesian Biosecurity and Invasive Species Group
Discussions on the development of the Melanesian Biosecurity and Invasive Species Group for the long-term management of invasive alien species and biosecurity took place at a two-day workshop held in Port Vila, Vanuatu this month.The workshop was hosted by the Government of Vanuatu through the Department of Environmental Protection and Conservation in collaboration with the Sec... More detail
Discussions on the development of the Melanesian Biosecurity and Invasive Species Group for the long-term management of invasive alien species and biosecurity took place at a two-day workshop held in Port Vila, Vanuatu this month.The workshop was hosted by the Government of Vanuatu through the Department of Environmental Protection and Conservation in collaboration with the Sec... More detail
27 SM Niue News: SPREP launches new guidelines for environmental impact assessment
New guidelines for environmental impact assessment (EIA) were launched at the twenty-seventh annual SPREP meeting in Niue this week. In the wake of increasing development in sectors such as tourism, land mining, energy and transport, and with novel forms of development on the horizon, like deep sea mining, Pacific island countries have called for stronger EIA systems and furthe... More detail
New guidelines for environmental impact assessment (EIA) were launched at the twenty-seventh annual SPREP meeting in Niue this week. In the wake of increasing development in sectors such as tourism, land mining, energy and transport, and with novel forms of development on the horizon, like deep sea mining, Pacific island countries have called for stronger EIA systems and furthe... More detail
27SM Niue News: Signing of the regional cooperative framework for J-PRISM II
The second phase of a Pacific regional project funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to improve solid waste management was launched in Niue during the 27th Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPPREP) Meeting.The regional cooperation framework for the Japanese Technical Cooperation Project for Promotion of Regional Initiative on Solid... More detail
The second phase of a Pacific regional project funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to improve solid waste management was launched in Niue during the 27th Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPPREP) Meeting.The regional cooperation framework for the Japanese Technical Cooperation Project for Promotion of Regional Initiative on Solid... More detail
27SM Niue News: 2015 SPREP Annual Report is now launched
The SPREP Annual Report for 2015 is now available online having been presented at the 27th SPREP Meeting in Niue on Day one. The Report, available in both English and French outlines the activities and project implemented with members and partners in 2015 as the region strives to achieve the SPREP vision - a Pacific environment that sustains our livelihoods and natural heritage... More detail
The SPREP Annual Report for 2015 is now available online having been presented at the 27th SPREP Meeting in Niue on Day one. The Report, available in both English and French outlines the activities and project implemented with members and partners in 2015 as the region strives to achieve the SPREP vision - a Pacific environment that sustains our livelihoods and natural heritage... More detail
27SM Niue News: Pacific Environment Forum calls for a balanced approach to whale watching in Pacific...
Balancing economic and conservation benefits was the focus of the panel discussion coordinated by the Pacific islands round table for Nature Conservation (PIRT) at the Pacific Environment Forum held in Niue on Saturday 17 September, 2016.Panellists shared diverse views on the issue of balancing economic and nature conservation and the significance of whales in Pacific island cu... More detail
Balancing economic and conservation benefits was the focus of the panel discussion coordinated by the Pacific islands round table for Nature Conservation (PIRT) at the Pacific Environment Forum held in Niue on Saturday 17 September, 2016.Panellists shared diverse views on the issue of balancing economic and nature conservation and the significance of whales in Pacific island cu... More detail
