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SPREP wishes to call for tenders from qualified and experienced consultants who can offer their services to lead the development of a concept note to be submitted to the Green Climate Fund (GCF) with all related consultations required to facilitate this body of work. 

SPREP wishes to call for tenders from qualified and experienced consultants who can offer their services for the Prioritisation, Costing and development of the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Action Plan.

For coastal Indigenous communities in American Samoa, giant clams are deeply rooted in fa‘a Sāmoa (the Samoan way of life) and local food systems.

Undertake activities pertaining to marine research, management and conservation in support of WCS’s programme of work on coastal fisheries in New Ireland (and potentially other WCS marine site in PNG) as directed by supervisor.

WHILE the sighting of green turtles may be common in Fiji waters, five other species in the region are facing a downward trend with some on the brink of extinction, says Ika Bula consultancy principal consultant Shritika Prakash.

THE lack of a common regional standard for sea turtle monitoring has prompted a major capacity-building drive to safeguard the ancient mariners of the Pacific, says Pacific BioScapes Programme project manager Etienne Delattre.

As global attention turns to the 15th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS COP15) in Brazil, a new report has warned that 49% of migratory species populations conserved by the global UN treaty are declining, and 2

Extending across nearly one-third of the Earth’s surface, the Pacific Islands region is a vast assemblage of atolls, islands, and archipelagos connected by ocean processes and human history. These islands sustain unique cultures and people whose identities are inseparable from the sea.

The Santiago Network Secretariat is issuing this call for proposals to catalyze technical assistance from organizations, bodies, networks, and experts (OBNEs) in response to a request from the Republic of Palau.

A stronger link to local livelihoods and ecosystem management is needed to scale up blue carbon ecosystems and critical coastal conservation efforts, according to a new global study.