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Magnifying Pacific issues in a global declaration on waste
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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May 22, 2024
16 May 2024 - Pacific voices were given the lens to magnify their concerns when it comes to waste management on the global stage. Over a two-day period, Pacific Islands have undergone consultations for their input into the Pre-Zero Draft...
Bridge to Busan Declaration open for signing at Plastics Treaty talks
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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April 30, 2024
29 April 2024, Ottawa Canada - Today at INC4 over two dozen countries have signed on to the Bridge to Busan Declaration. Launched at the Plastics Treaty negotiations, it invigorates the call for sustainable production levels of primary plastic...
Ottawa one step closer to a plastics treaty
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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May 7, 2024
01 May 2023, Ottawa Canada - Pacific delegates are leaving Ottawa Canada exhausted but reasonably satisfied with an advanced draft text of an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment. They...
COFA Citizens Have Less Than Two Weeks to Apply for FEMA Disaster Assistance
FEMA
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May 21, 2024
HONOLULU – COFA citizens who were affected by the Aug. 8 wildfires and high winds on Maui have less than two weeks to apply for FEMA disaster assistance for their related losses. The application period for COFA citizens ends Friday, May 31....
FSM advocates for a dedicated multilateral fund for plastics to ensure the effective compliance and implementation of the future treaty
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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April 28, 2024
The Pacific is disproportionately affected by the global plastic pollution, contributing less than 1.3 percent but our ocean is inundated with bulk of the world’s transboundary washed away plastics which has serious negative environmental, health,...
3rd Singapore-Pacific High-Level Visit, 20 to 22 May 2024
Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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May 19, 2024
Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan will host the 3rd Singapore-Pacific High-Level Visit from 20 to 22 May 2024. The High-Level Visit is a platform for Singapore and Pacific Ministers to foster closer ties and exchange views in...
Global Leaders Advance 30% Ocean Protection at Our Ocean Conference Greece
EIN Presswire
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April 16, 2024
World leaders convened at the Our Ocean Conference in Athens, Greece to share progress toward the goal of 30% full protection of the world’s ocean before 2030. ATHENS, GREECE, April 16, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- World leaders convened at the...
SPREP and PRISMSS move to expand Invasive Species Management in the Solomon Islands
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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March 15, 2024
March 12, 2024 – The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Pacific Regional Invasive Species Support Management Service (PRISMSS) is collaborating with the Solomon Islands Government and in particular the Barana...
Early Action Rainfall Watch could reduce impacts of rainfall extremes in Pohnpei
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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March 29, 2023
27 March 2023, Federated States of Micronesia - Last week, the Weather Service Office Pohnpei underwent training on development of an Early Action Rainfall Watch (EAR Watch), a bulletin providing early warning of rainfall extremes for the disaster...
Call for Applications: Sea and Human Security Training – Leaders for a Free and Open Indo-Pacific
UN International Training and Research Center
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May 14, 2024
The programme is open to motivated government officials and others from the private sector and civil society organizations, who are: eager to learn and apply new knowledge to enhance sea and human security keen to succeed and make a positive...
Tourism practitioners from Island destinations deliberate on critical challenges and opportunities for a better type of tourism
Pacific Tourism Organisation
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May 13, 2024
The second convening of the Communities of Practice for Sustainable and Regenerative Tourism and Climate Data was held 23rd – 25th April in Honolulu, Hawaii. Organised by the Local2030 Islands Network and funded by the National Oceanic and...
Blue Prosperity Leaders Forum Drives Ocean Action Beyond Commitments to Implementation
EIN Presswire
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April 16, 2024
The Blue Prosperity Leaders Forum met ahead of the Our Ocean Conference in Athens, Greece, to discuss pathways for advancing sustainable ocean management. ATHENS, GREECE, April 16, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Blue Prosperity Leaders Forum...
Pacific Islands Voices magnified in the High Ambition Coalition to End Plastic Pollution
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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April 20, 2024
19 April 2024, Ottawa Canada - Of the 66 countries that are members of the High Ambition Coalition to end Plastic Pollution, four are from the Pacific Islands. A commitment was made in November last year by our Pacific Islands Forum Leaders to...
Midway INC-4 update: Contact groups work to streamline revised draft text
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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April 27, 2024
26 April 2024, Ottawa Canada - The fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (INC-4) in Ottawa Canada has reached...
Mosquito-borne Illnesses
Safetravel
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May 7, 2024
Outbreaks of mosquito-borne illnesses are common in the tropical and sub-tropical climates in many Pacific Islands, in North Queensland (Australia), Asia (including India), tropical Africa and Latin/South America. West Nile virus is commonly found...
SBS Wise LLC announces services for FSM Citizens abroad
Benzinga
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March 29, 2023
The online service will relieve people impacted by the FAA's grounding of Asia Pacific Air Cargo on Feb 1, 2023. On Feb 1, 2023, FAA grounded Asia Pacific Air Cargo (source). Because of this, almost no mail or cargo is being brought into the...
Wallis & Futuna Pledges to Support Sustainable Tourism in the Pacific Region
Pacific Tourism Organisation
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March 28, 2023
Wallis & Futuna affirmed its commitment to regional sustainable tourism through the endorsement of the Pacific Leader’s Sustainable Tourism Commitment (SOC) in Nadi late last week. As the 15th signatory, Wallis and Futuna has joined the Federated...
Progressing the Waigani Convention for the Pacific
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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March 13, 2023
The Ninth Meeting of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC9) of the Waigani Convention was convened virtually on 9 February 2023. Present at the meeting which elected the Cook Islands as Chair, Federated States of Micronesia as...
$5 Billion Asian Development Fund Replenishment Agreed to Support Most Vulnerable in Asia and Pacific
Asian Development Bank
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May 3, 2024
TBILISI, GEORGIA (3 May 2024) — Donors and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have agreed to a replenishment of $5 billion for ADB’s Asian Development Fund (ADF) 14 and Technical Assistance Special Fund (TASF) 8. The commitment was made during ADB’s...
3 May 2024: The Week in Australian Foreign Affairs
Australian Institute of International Affairs
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May 2, 2024
This week in Australian foreign affairs: Australia-ROK 2+2 talks; Marles announces $100m new military assistance for Ukraine; Marles to travel to Hawaii for trilateral talks; New Pacific Engagement Visa announced, and more. On 1 May, Deputy Prime...