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PRESS RELEASE – Meeting Discusses PACER Plus Benefits and Future
Government of Samoa
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May 20, 2024
SAMOA, May 20 - 21 May 2024 APIA, Samoa – The seventh Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER) Plus Joint Committee meeting concluded on Friday, 17 May in Apia, Samoa. Hosted from 16-17 May 2024, this important gathering brought...
Tonga's Late Island shows promising results with surge in seabird populations after rat eradication initiative
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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May 29, 2024
29 May 2024, Nukualofa Tonga - It's been nearly a year since the Kingdom of Tonga carried out a ground-breaking mission to restore and re-wild Late Island by eradicating invasive rats, potentially marking it as the largest rat-free island in the...
3.3% GROWTH EXPECTED IN THE PACIFIC REGION IN 2024, 4% IN 2025 — ADB
Solomon Islands Government
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April 12, 2024
3.3% GROWTH EXPECTED IN THE PACIFIC REGION IN 2024, 4% IN 2025 — ADB MANILA, PHILIPPINES (11 April 2023) — Economic growth in the Pacific is projected to moderate in 2024 before picking up in 2025, according to the Asian Development Outlook (ADO)...
Pacific SIDS calls for global solidarity in addressing the plastics crisis, asks for high ambition
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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April 24, 2024
Vanuatu, speaking on behalf of the 14 Pacific Small Island Developing States (PSIDS), has made a call for the international community to work together in fulfilling its mandate to have an international legally binding instrument on plastic...
Fiji calls on the plastics treaty to comprehensively address the full lifecycle of ghost fishing gear
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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April 23, 2024
21 April 2024, Ottawa Canada -Fiji contributes a fraction of one per cent of the global macroplastic leakages from abandoned, lost, discarded fishing gear (ALDFG) but bears a disproportionate burden on its devastating impact on marine life and...
Tonga on the path to phasing out single-use plastics, recognises the importance of national actions in meeting future plastics treaty obligations
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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April 19, 2024
19 April 2024, Ottawa Canada - Despite the challenges associated with being a small island developing state, the Kingdom of Tonga is making significant strides towards addressing the very visible problem of plastics. Tonga will soon finalise a...
Members of the Alliance of Small Island States comb through revised draft text of plastics treaty on eve of INC-4
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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April 19, 2024
18 April 2024, Ottawa Canada - Pacific members of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) have joined the group’s member states in Ottawa, Canada, to comb through the revised draft text of the international legally binding instrument on...
17 November 2023: The Week in Australian Foreign Affairs
Australian Institute of International Affairs
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November 15, 2023
This week in Australian foreign affairs: Albanese at PIF, Falepili Union with Tuvalu announced, Albanese attends APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting, Marles in Indonesia, diplomatic announcements, Judge Charlesworth re-elected to ICJ, and more. Prime...
Palau, as PSIDS Chair, calls for a revolution to end plastic pollution
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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November 14, 2023
14 November 2023, Nairobi Kenya - Twenty three million tonnes of plastic are released to the environment every year and half of it ends up in the Pacific Ocean every time. This number is expected to double by 2030 under a business-as-usual...
PRESS RELEASE: Presentation of Credentials of the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Thailand to the Independent State of Samoa
Government of Samoa
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December 1, 2023
Wednesday 29 November 2023 The new Ambassador of the Kingdom of Thailand to the Independent State of Samoa, His, Excellency Mr. Waravuth Pouapinya, officially presented his credentials to the Head of State of Samoa, Afioga, Tuimalealiifano...
Let’s just get on with it, Fiji urges plastics treaty negotiators in Nairobi
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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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,...
Is American Samoa part of The United States of America?
EIN Presswire
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April 14, 2022
PAGO PAGO, AMERICAN SAMOA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, April 14, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- American Samoa is an unincorporated territory of the United States. Geographically, America Samoa is halfway between New Zealand and Hawaii. It is also...
Solomon Islands Implements Landmark Ban on Single-Use Plastics
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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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...
Leveraging digital technologies for a resilient Pacific environment
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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September 6, 2023
06 September 2023, Apia – The application and leveraging of digital technologies to address environmental issues was highlighted during a side event at the 31st SPREP Meeting of Officials in Apia, Samoa, on Wednesday. The Vanuatu Klaemet Infomesen...
Dawn of New Era: Kingdom of Tonga Undertakes Historic Conservation Milestone
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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September 4, 2023
Late Island, Tonga — In a groundbreaking conservation initiative, Late Island in the Kingdom of Tonga stands as potentially the largest island in the Pacific to have been cleared of invasive rats, setting a remarkable benchmark for similar...
Nation-wide consultations continue as Solomon Islands moves closer to banning single-use plastics
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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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)
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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...
PACRES project helps Solomon Islands restore Honiara Botanic Gardens to former glory
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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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...
Punching above its weight, Pacific leads calls for ambitious targets to end global plastic pollution
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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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)
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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...