Pasifika Environews supports and aggregates environmental related stories and data from throughout the Pacific Islands
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About us
The project
Pasifika Environews is a Geojournalism website supported by Internews’ Earth Journalism Network and managed by the Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) with content contributions from Pacific journalists and PINA’s regional news service, PACNEWS.
Pasifika is a geographic and ethnic term that describes inhabitants and diaspora of any of the three major sub-regions of Oceania. These are the Melanesians which comprise Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and the Kanaks of New Caledonia. The Micronesians cover the islands in the north Pacific, namely, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Kiribati, Nauru, Palau and the Republic of Marshall Islands. The Polynesian group of islands is made up of American Samoa, Cook Islands, French Polynesia, Niue, Samoa, Tokelau and Tuvalu.
Pasifika Environews hopes to capture compelling stories, told by Pacific Islanders and writers about their environment – covering the once pristine terrestrial, coastal and marine ecosystems of the Pacific
Our team
Donna Hoerder
Pacific Partnership Coordinator
Hoerder works with the media and other organizations on building relationships and trust, and ensure sustainability and growth of projects in the Pacific.
Imelda Abano
Overall Coordinator -Philippines & Pacific Region
An award-winning environmental journalist for over 20 years, she oversees all the EJN media project implementation in the Philippines and the Pacific Islands.
Sanjeshni Kumar
Multimedia Journalist
A journalist working with the Pacific Islands News Association (PINA), Kumar reports on environmental-related issues in the Pacific for the Pasifika Environews website and its social media platforms.
Makereta Komai
Editorial Team Member
Komai has covered the Pacific for over two decades. She is currently the Editor of PACNEWS and Manager of the Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) in Fiji.
Nanette Woonton
Editorial Team Member
Woonton is a media and communications expert with strengths in environmental issues. She works for the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP).
Rita Narayan
Editorial Team Member
Rita is a Media and Communications Specialist, and Media Trainer with 29 years of experience in Fiji. She is currently the Head of Content for four news websites in Samoa, Nauru, Tonga and Vanuatu.