News

During the PacWaste Plus Inception Meeting (27-29 May in Nadi, Fiji), a session on ‘Project Logic and Data Strategy’ identified the key regional challenges of waste management and pollution control associated with data collection and access to information.

Representatives from fifteen (15) Pacific islands have gathered in Nadi this week in the framework of the Pacific- European Union Waste Management Programme (PacWaste) to discuss how to reduce the production of, and improve the management of, hazardous wastes, solid wastes and waterways

In the next few months, the White House will complete the rollback of the most significant federal effort to curb greenhouse-gas emissions, initiated during the Obama administration. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

SPREP Is Seeking Applications From Interested And Suitably Qualified Persons For The Following Vacancy - Systems Developer & Analyst. Click on the link below for further details.

SPREP Is Seeking Applications From Interested And Suitably Qualified Persons For The Following Vacancy of Environmental Planning Adviser. Click on the link below for further details. 

Northern New Zealand seabirds are in serious decline, with scientists estimating up to 90 per cent are at risk of extinction, a new report has revealed. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

The validation workshop of the Solomon Islands State of Environment (SoE) Report and National Environment Management Strategy (NEMS) was held at the Paul Tovua complex at the National Parliament, 28 - 30 May 2019. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

A workshop attended by community leaders and fisheries experts last week poked holes in the idea that the Marae Moana Act, which prioritises conservation in the Cook Islands’ marine space, restricts the country’s earning potential. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

Lands under secure indigenous tenure often have better conservation outcomes—can stronger protections around indigenous rights also protect the environment? Click on the link belowe to read the full article.

Jacqueline Evans, a marine conservationist from the Cook Islands, has received a Goldman Environmental Prize for helping to lead a campaign to protect her island country’s waters. Click on the link below to read the full article.