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Earlier this month, a number of Pacific Island protected area managers gathered in Samoa for the Inception Workshop of the BIOPAMA (Biodiversity And Protected Area Management Programme) Phase Two. Click on the link below to read the full article.

The incredible story of how four women set up to stop the force of tourism on Micronesian Island, Palau...Click on the link to read the full article.

Way back in 1890, Suwarrow was described as the “most romantic island in the world” by Robert Louis Stevenson’s wife Fanny after the Stevenson family visited the island. Click on the link to read the full article.

SPREP invites applications from interested and suitable qualified persons for the following vacancies:

ISLAND AND OCEAN ECOSYSTEMS - Biodiversity Adviser (BA)

STRATEGIC PLANNING AND PROJECT COORDINATION & INFORMATION SERVICES

A MARINE protected area is an internationally recognized area of ocean (or of land and ocean combined) where human activities such as tourism, development and fishing are managed to ensure sustainability.

Marine protected areas (MPAs) are a primary management tool for mitigating threats to marine biodiversity. MPAs and the species they protect, however, are increasingly being impacted by climate change. 

French endurance athlete Ben Lecomte just set out to become the first person to swim across the entire Pacific Ocean—a feat that will take more than six months if he logs eight hours in the water a day. More than a physical challenge, the swim is an act of conservation.

The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Enviornment Programme (SPREP) establisjed the Barana Community Nature Park purposely to promote ecosystem-based adaptation to climate change and environmental management.
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Throughout human history, people have used art to elevate our passions and inspirations. Across the Pacific there is perhaps no greater form of inspiration than the ocean, which has both connected and provided for these island and coastal communities for centuries.

The Yavusa Navakavu yester­day marked its 21st anniver­sary of the Navakavu Ma­rine Protected Area (MPA). Click on the link below to read the full article.