Food Safety initiative aimed to improve capacity and increase the number of food safety inspectors in the Pacific region
Category: Our region
Sustainable Waste Actions to make a difference in our Pacific
SWAP project to improve sanitation, environmental, social and economic conditions in Pacific Island Countries and Territories through proper waste management
Our oceans are haunted – How “ghost fishing” is devastating our marine environments- FAO
FAO and the UNEP estimate that one-tenth of all waste in the oceans is made up of ghost gear
From a forest in Papua New Guinea to a floor in Sydney: how China is getting rich off Pacific timber
China is the major buyer of wood from PNG and Solomon Islands, that are implicated in illegal or unsustainable logging
Black sand mining pushes Fiji’s boundaries
Climate change and mining has been affecting communities and environment in Fiji
Lush forests laid to waste: how Pacific Islands got hooked on logging
The timber industry in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands despite creating jobs has also resulted in pollution, environmental devastation and food insecurity
Offer fishing discounts: PNG Fishing Industry Association
Discounts on fishing days to companies under the VDS could generate US$134 million for PNG in a year, PNG Fishing Industry Association says
Outgoing Pacific Islands Forum SG says Australia’s climate change stance is affecting its standing in the region
Climate change identified as the most important issue for the Pacific region
Navigating through the ocean safely
Managing Marine Aids to Navigation ensures navigation in Pacific waters is safe for any person or vessel at sea
Will deep sea mining destroy what the ocean already provides humanity? -says the writer of Natural Heritage Trust
Cook Islands deep sea is still an immense reservoir of dissolved carbon as 80 per cent of the dissolved carbon in the ocean is held in the deep sea