Tonga has seen an increase in plastic waste after huge quantities of supplies were brought in for relief efforts post “unprecedented” disasters in January
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One truckload of plastic in our ocean every minute
The Consumer Council of Fiji stressed there are many practical ways to recycle plastics as statistics showed up to 12.7 million tonnes of plastic enter the ocean every year
UN General Assembly President at Palau conference outlines key ocean health measures
UN General Assembly President urged the global community to commit to concrete and significant actions to protect the ocean
Pacific Elders’ Voice statement on Oceans
Pacific Elders’ stressed their concern on the unprecedented threat that are facing the Pacific Ocean saying “much more must and can be done to address oceans threats”
No Fukushima Nuclear Discharge: Pacific Elders Voice statement
Pacific Elders oppose the discharge of Fukushima wastewater into the Pacific Ocean saying it is unacceptable and contravenes international and regional agreements
Pacific countries push back against frightening marine litter statistics
A virtual workshop to raise awareness and overcome marine litter and marine pollution after a report warned plastics will outweigh fish in the oceans by 2050
SPREP applauds endorsement of resolution to end Plastic Pollution
SPREP call on the international community to help the Pacific from further pollution impacts by taking urgent and immediate action to agree on endorsement to end Plastic Pollution
WWF commends UN Environment Assembly’s watershed decision to start negotiations for a global plastics treaty
WWF urges the world’s governments to seize the most ambitious environmental actions to develop a legally binding treaty to end plastic pollution
Fiji gets to tell its own climate story in new books for children
Publishers hope the new series will inspire the children of the Pacific to protect an ocean deeply connected to their culture. “We want Pacific children not to fear the ocean; rather they must be empowered to become respectful protectors…”
Pacific islands prepare for UNEA 5.2, marine and plastic pollution targeted
Pacific Islands to advance the fight against marine and plastic pollution at the Resumed Fifth Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly.