A new film provides the first independent visual investigation of the tailings waste and sediment plumes that deep sea mining operations would create, and of how they will affect marine life in Pacific Islands
Tag: ecosystem
WTO Fisheries Fund to help Pacific Island nations
WTO director intends to use the fisheries fund to help the Pacific Island countries strengthen fisheries management and data collection
Traditional knowledge must be recognised and mainstreamed into national policies, says Minister Regenvanu
For any future responses and management to our environment and climate change, traditional knowledge will continue to play a key role and there is no way we can discount it, says Minister Regenvanu
The Pacific’s future: ‘It’s either rats or reefs’
Invasive species are driving biodiversity loss in the Pacific. Island nations can fight them if the world helps increase investment in managing invasive species, writes SPREP Director General
Bringing science and communities together to protect future of Pacific coral reefs
A new project to bring together science and communities to protect the future of Pacific coral reefs
Strengthening the One Pacific voice for a new global agreement to halt biodiversity loss
Around 65 Pacific island participants, SPREP Members, and partners gather to discuss strategies to halt biodiversity loss ahead of CBD COP15
Understanding tools for Protected Area Management Effectiveness in the Pacific
PAME Evaluation Tools to help develop a strategy going forward and continue to build capacity in the Pacific region for management effectiveness of protected and conserved areas
Greenpeace urges alliance against ‘rush to open deep-sea mining’
Greenpeace urged NZ to stand in solidarity with Pacific neighbours and join the alliance calling for a moratorium on deep sea mining
The Kiwa Initiative launches new projects and additional contributions from its donors to strengthen climate resilience in the Pacific region
New projects and additional contributions from donors to strengthen the climate resilience of Pacific Islands ecosystems, communities and economies through Nature-based Solutions
Young African tulip trees inoculated with new bio-agent
African tulip trees that pose a huge threat to biodiversity across the Pacific region were inoculated with a weed-busting mite as a biological control agent