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Fair access and benefit sharing of Pacific resources

Biodiversity is a resource, and the global community is working to ensure that benefits from the use of that resource are also used to protect the environments and the people who rely on them.This wee... More detail

Return of Tabua to Fiji a momentous occasion

History was made in Fiji last month as 146 Tabua, (Sperm Whale Tooth) were handed to the Government of Fiji from New Zealand in recognition of the cultural significance of Tabua to the local communiti... More detail

Tokelau fortifies against climate change

By Samisoni Pareti, Senior Editor, Islands Business in New York09 June 2017, UN Oceans Conference, New York - Strengthening the coastline of Tokelau's three inhabited atolls against the impact of stor... More detail

Why are marine protected areas and sanctuaries important?

8 June 2017, UN Ocean Conference, New York -  The following statement was made by the Minister in Assistance, Hon. F. Umiich Sengebau, Minister of Natural Resources, Environment & Tourism, Re... More detail

Fiji renews call for bold global action on oceans

By Makereta Komai, PACNEWS Editor in New York8 June 2017, UN Ocean Conference, New York - Fiji's Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama renewed his global call for action on oceans – with a particular c... More detail

Our Ocean, Our People, Our Pacific

8 June 2017, UN Ocean Conference, New York - "The Pacific Voyage - Our Ocean, Our People, Our Pacific" event hosted by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) and partner... More detail

"Rights of the Ocean need to be explored" - Cook Islands Pri...

Fiji commits to conservation of all Shark and Ray species wi...

Samoa commits to revive voyaging heritage, as part of 12 com...

Large scale Marine Protected Areas: Lessons shared by the Pa...