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Niue raises special circumstances of SIDS in Nairobi

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) · November 17, 2023

17 November 2023, Nairobi, Kenya - The Pacific nation of Niue has taken to the centre stage of the ongoing global plastics treaty negotiations to remind them about the special circumstances of Small Islands Developing States (SIDS) as they discuss...

Let’s just get on with it, Fiji urges plastics treaty negotiators in Nairobi

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) · November 14, 2023

13 November 2023, Nairobi Kenya - As negotiators from all over the world gather in Nairobi, Kenya, for the third session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution,...

SPREP and Pacific Countries forge new partnerships at the EIANZ Conference 2023

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) · November 13, 2023

Auckland, New Zealand – The voices and presence of Pacific Island Countries were highly visible and amplified at the recent 2023 Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand (EIANZ) Conference, held 17 -19 October, in Auckland, New Zealand....

Solomon Islands Implements Landmark Ban on Single-Use Plastics

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) · September 22, 2023

11 September 2023, Honiara - It’s the dawn of a new era in Solomon Islands as the country officially gazetted a regulation to ban certain types of single-use plastics. Starting from 1 September, the import, manufacture, distribution, supply and...

Reef management takes centre stage in inaugural Pacific Coral Reef Collective

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) · August 14, 2023

10 August 2023, Cairns Australia - Thirty-five coral reef managers from 14 Pacific countries have returned home inspired to continue their work to protect reefs across the region having been in Australia learning from and sharing their knowledge...

Nation-wide consultations continue as Solomon Islands moves closer to banning single-use plastics

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) · September 1, 2023

Solomon Islands will soon become the latest Pacific Island country to enforce a ban on single-use plastics in its efforts to address the plastic pollution crisis. A series of national consultations have been ongoing to inform, engage and receive...

Greening the 2023 International Va’a Federation World Distance Championship

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) · August 9, 2023

04 August 2023, Apia Samoa - A partnership between the Government of Samoa, the Samoa Outrigger Canoe Association (SOCA) and the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) to make the International Va’a Federation World...

PNA Meeting concludes with significant decisions

Solomon Islands Government · June 19, 2023

PNA Meeting concludes with significant decisions Honiara, 16 June 2023: The week-long 18th Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) Ministerial Meeting held in Honiara, Solomon Islands from June 12th – 16th concluded with significant decisions that...

SPREP Open Day promotes virtual engagement in the Pacific region

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) · July 4, 2023

On 15 June 2023, the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) opened its doors to more than a hundred students from across Samoa for its 2023 Open Day marking the 30th anniversary of the signing of the SPREP Treaty. The...

For the sake of our future generations, Niue issues challenge at global plastics treaty negotiations

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) · May 29, 2023

29 May 2023, Paris France – “We are challenging the global forum on behalf of our future generations. The impacts are being felt today but it will be worse in the future if we don't do anything now.” The challenge comes from Niue, one of the...

PACRES project helps Solomon Islands restore Honiara Botanic Gardens to former glory

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) · June 19, 2023

19 June 2023, Honiara Solomon Islands - The Botanic Gardens in Honiara is an important space for Solomon Islands. Spread over an estimated 19 hectares, the gardens showcase a range of local and exotic plant species and provides a sanctuary for...

HONIARA ON TRACK TO HOST PNA 18 MINISTERIAL MEETING

Solomon Islands Government · June 6, 2023

HONIARA ON TRACK TO HOST PNA 18 MINISTERIAL MEETING Honiara, 4 June 2023: The Solomon Islands Government through the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR) is on track to host the upcoming Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) 18th...

La Niña impacts felt throughout the Pacific

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) · April 24, 2023

Flooding. Droughts. Landslides. Storm surges. Coastal Inundation These were some of the impacts of a triple-dip La Niña event, which was declared for the Pacific last year. A triple-dip La Niña means that the system developed three years in a row....

Punching above its weight, Pacific leads calls for ambitious targets to end global plastic pollution

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) · June 2, 2023

Q and A with Mr Sefanaia Nawadra, Director-General of SPREP. 1 June 2023, Paris France - The first scientific findings of marine plastic debris were published in 1972 and reported on small plastic particles found in the Sargasso Sea. Ten years...

Fiji committed to global cooperation for an ambitious and robust plastics treaty

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) · June 1, 2023

31 May 2023, Paris France - The voice of Fiji was heard during a meeting of 193 governments tasked with the responsibility of developing a legally binding agreement to address the plastic pollution crisis. The second Intergovernmental Negotiating...

Dealing with chemicals in plastics must be part of the global action on plastic pollution

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) · May 31, 2023

30 May 2023, Paris, France – Overwhelming evidence globally shows that the toxic chemical, additives and pollutants found in plastics have serious risks to human and planetary health. Findings from a recent United Nations Environment Programme...

Pacific Island Countries Move Together on Sustainable Waste Management Solutions for the Region

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) · May 18, 2023

Pacific Island countries converged in Rarotonga, Cook Islands and reaffirmed their commitments, in a collective voice, echoing the region’s aspirations to implement appropriate and sustainable solutions for their waste management challenges at the...

Ambitious targets needed to eliminate problematic single-use plastic waste

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) · May 8, 2023

25 April 2023, Rarotonga, Cook Islands - Plastics are found in all the world’s oceans - on remote shorelines, in coastal waters, in the seabeds of the deep oceans and even in uninhabited atolls and islands of the Pacific. Without new and effective...

MFAET Minister hands over new Taro Pack-house on Malaita to MAL

Solomon Islands Government · April 5, 2023

MFAET Minister hands over new Taro Pack-house on Malaita to MAL Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Hon. Jeremiah Manele has handed over a new Taro pack house building to the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock at Adeliua, Fiu on...

Saint Lucia joins Commission of Small Island States in legal efforts to seek climate justice

GlobeNewswire, Inc. · December 14, 2022

Castries, Dec. 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In a bid to seek climate justice for Small Island Developing States, with the utilization of the international legal system, Saint Lucia has joined the Commission of Small Island States on Climate Change...