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South Pacific Islands Telecoms, Mobile, Broadband Report 2019: Focus on Papua New Guinea, Fiji, The Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, French Polynesia, New Caledonia and Samoa
Dublin, June 24, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "South Pacific Islands - Telecoms, Mobile, Broadband - Statistics and Analyses" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. This annual publication provides valuable information,...
Helping the Keapara community deal with ‘lived reality’ of climate change
Gov't Institution
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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April 13, 2023
12 April 2023, Port Moresby – The ‘lived reality’ of climate change impacts on Pacific communities is hard to ignore. One of many examples in the region is the Keapara community in the Central Province of Papua New Guinea (PNG). Situated on a...
Pacific Island Countries Move Together on Sustainable Waste Management Solutions for the Region
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...
Punching above its weight, Pacific leads calls for ambitious targets to end global plastic pollution
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...
Impact of plastic pollution on Pacific highlighted as France draws global attention to “ticking time bomb”
29 May 2023, Paris France - The plight of Pacific countries, where entire communities are at risk from the scourge of the plastic crisis despite contributing less than 1.3 per cent to global plastic statistics, has been highlighted in Paris where...
Cook Islands calls for ambitious targets to reverse and end plastic pollution
Gov't Institution
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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April 26, 2023
24 April 2023, Rarotonga, Cook Islands - “Saying No to single-use plastics” is not enough, much more must be done by our global community to address the plastic crisis we now face. Recognising this, the UN Environment Assembly passed a resolution...
Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor: Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL FY18/19 International Religious Freedom Projects in Papua New Guinea
United States Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL FY18/19 IRF Papua New Guinea This is the announcement of funding opportunity number SFOP0005578 Catalog of Federal...
Owner: American Government
PICOF-12 highlights importance of communicating climate information as Pacific prepares for possible El Niño
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Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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April 21, 2023
21 April 2023, Apia – The Pacific has just come out of a triple-dip La Niña event, to an El Niño Watch being declared by four organisations under the Pacific Regional Climate Centre node for long-range forecasting. The recent Pacific Islands...
El Niño watch continues as Pacific Met Services convene 187th Ocean and Climate Online Forum
Gov't Institution
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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April 18, 2023
14 April 2023, Port Vila, Vanuatu – The current state of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) was one of the items on the agenda for discussion during the 187th session of the Online Climate and Ocean Forum (OCOF) which was convened this...
Sogavare commends PNA for sustainable management of Tuna Fisheries
Sogavare commends PNA for sustainable management of Tuna Fisheries Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has highly commended the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) group of nations for its tremendous leadership in ensuring the region’s tuna stocks...
Owner: Solomonese Government
Our Pacific People, Our Pacific Environment! Celebrating 30 years of SPREP
Gov't Institution
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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April 14, 2023
The SPREP Treaty was signed in 1992, in Apia, Samoa. Under the Treaty, the purpose of the organisation is to provide assistance to the Pacific to protect and improve the environment and to ensure sustainable development for present and future...
Update from Division – Pacific Sustainable Tourism Newsbeat (Issue 45)
Warm Greetings from the SPTO Division of Sustainable Tourism! May was bustling for the Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO) as we concluded the SPTO Board of Directors meeting and the annual South Pacific Tourism Exchange (SPTE) in Christchurch,...
Tree planting on Tagabe riverbanks increasing Vanuatu’s climate change resilience
29 March 2023, Port Vila - The Tagabe river is critical to Vanuatu’s ecosystem, supplying fresh water to a population of over 50,000 in Port Vila and its nearby suburbs. But as climate change worsens, the river continues to be severely impacted...
Work to strengthen Palau’s climate change response continues as EU-funded projects explore synergies
Gov't Institution
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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March 18, 2023
17 March 2023, Koror Palau - The ACP GCCA+ Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change and Resilience Building (PACRES) Project team is continuing the work to improve regional, national adaptation and mitigation solutions to climate change in the Pacific...
PACRES project building Tuvalu’s resilience to adapt to climate change
Gov't Institution
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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March 17, 2023
10 March 2023, Funafuti Tuvalu - A project which exists to improve regional, national adaptation and mitigation solutions to climate change in 15 Pacific countries has provided critical assistance to the tiny island of Tuvalu to battle the climate...
UNEP at the 2025 UN Ocean Conference
Representatives from UNEP will be participating in the following events during the UN Ocean Conference. Time zone: CEST 📅 5 June | 🕒 12:45–13:45 hrs | 📍Room 8, Port Lympia, Nice One Ocean Science Conference 2025: Science to support the BBNJ...
Owner: United Nations
Papua New Guinea - Telecoms, Mobile, Broadband and Digital Media –Key Statistics, In Depth Analysis and Forecast to 2022
Wiseguyreports.Com Publish Report On-“Papua New Guinea - Telecoms, Mobile, Broadband and Digital Media –Key Statistics, In Depth Analysis and Forecast to 2022”. PUNE, INDIA, June 22, 2017 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Papua New Guinea - Telecoms, Mobile...
New Revelations on Tax Evasion and Illegal Logging in Papua New Guinea
OAKLAND, CA, USA, September 4, 2018 /EINPresswire.com/ -- New Revelations on Tax Evasion and Illegal Logging in Papua New Guinea FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE • Despite public outrage and government promises, the financial records of logging companies...
Why the One Pacific Voice matters in global effort to end plastic pollution, as we look towards INC2 in Paris
Gov't Institution
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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February 10, 2023
Anthony Talouli Director of Waste Management and Pollution Control, SPREP It’s ironic. Although there is a common global understanding about the adverse impact of plastic pollution on human health, the economy, and the environment, it would be...
The Nature Conservancy and Planet Collaborate to Map Blue Carbon
Planet Labs PBC PL, a leading provider of daily data and insights about Earth, and The Nature Conservancy (TNC), a global environmental organization dedicated to conserving the lands and waters on which all life depends, today announced...
Owner: Jason Raznick