Pacific strives to ensure their biodiversity concerns and needs are heard in the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
Tag: environment
A Vanuatu community group is taking ‘ownership’ of responses to natural disasters
Santo Sunset Environment Network is building a community disaster and climate change committee to take local ownership of the disaster response in Vanuatu
Training Partnership for Environmental and Social Sustainability in the Pacific reaches new heights
Training series to help address capacity gaps when effectively applying Environmental and Social Safeguards and Impact Assessment tools in the Pacific Islands region
UN rights body appoints Tuvalu negotiator as climate change expert
Tuvalu negotiator as a climate change expert to study and identify adverse effects of climate change and make recommendations to address and prevent these effects
‘Freesoul removed 8000 mangroves in Malolo Island’
Close to 8000 mangroves were removed during unauthorised development activities at Malolo Island by the Chinese developer Freesoul
The world commits to strengthen efforts in the fight against toxic mercury at Minamata COP-4
Pacific commits to strengthening efforts in the fight against toxic mercury to protect human health and the environment
More plastics to be added to ban list, says Samoa Environment Chief
Samoa to add more plastic items to the ban list upon the availability of appropriate alternatives in the fight against plastic pollution
Rethinking human security in the Pacific
Pacific states, their partners, and scholars of the region must continue to evolve their understanding of the region’s security landscape as new threats emerge, authors write
ISLANDS take steps to free Pacific countries from chemicals and hazardous waste
The ISLANDS Pacific project to safeguard the Pacific environment and people from hazardous chemicals and harmful waste
Development of Samoa National Used Oil Management Plan underway
A project is underway in Samoa to maintain a clean and resilient environment by improving the management of waste oil