Please find below a summary of news and related items for this week:
Country-Specific news
Regional
Mixed News
Tools and Research
Funding and Training
Job Vacancies and Tenders
Country-Specific news
Cook Islands - Ra’ui Lifts For Fishing Contest On Mangaia
The Island Of Mangaia Was Blessed With A Warm And Sunny Day For The Start Of Its First Official Fishing Competition…
Cook Islands - Urgent Call To Stop Tourists Disturbing Turtles
Rarotonga Is “Lost” As A Turtle Nesting Site – But The Battle Is On To Save Their Habitats In Other Islands…
Fiji - Fijian Family Takes On Europe Over Climate Crisis
A Fijian Family May Yet Have Their Day In A European Court In What’s Being Seen As A Landmark Case In The Fight Against Climate Change. Click On The…
New Zealand - Explainer: Marine Guardians And The 50-Year-Old Marine Reserves Act
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern Has Met With A Group Of Teenagers Calling For Marine Guardians In The Marlborough Sounds, Who Could…
New Zealand - Traditional Māori Medicine Could Be A Cure For Kauri Dieback
A Northland Woman Says A Recent Experiment She Conducted To Treat Kauri Dieback Has Had Remarkable Results. Lynn Butterworth, A Student Of Māori…
Papua New Guinea - Initiative Launched To Plant 1 Million Trees In Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea’s Capital Has Launched An Initiative To Plant A Million Trees Each Year. To Mark World Environment Day On Wednesday, The Port…
Regional
SPREP-Tok Issue 53, April 2019
This Is The 53rd Issue Of The SPREP-Tok Newsletter, Covering The Month Of April 2019…
Growing The Oceans Toolkit For Pacific Media To Mark World Oceans Day!
On 8 June This Year, World Oceans Day, Five New Factsheets Are Launched As Part Of The Oceans Toolkit For Pacific Media Which Was…
Within Sight: An End To Illegal Fishing In The Pacific By 2020
Illegal Fishing Is A Security Threat, Ecological Emergency And Human Rights Crisis, But It Can Be Stopped By 2020…
Regional Conference To Tackle Zero-Waste Strategy
About 42,000 Tons Of Recyclables Are Collected Every Year On Guam Alone, And China’s New Policy Against Taking Other Countries’ Rubbish…
Mixed News
How Marine Protected Areas Help Fisheries And Ocean Ecosystems
The 123 Million People Who Live Near The U.S. Coasts And The 3 Million Americans Who Depend On The Ocean For Their Livelihood Are Front-Row Witnesses…
Can Blue Finance Save The Oceans?
There Is Increasing Scientific Conviction That Blue Carbon Is One Of The Cheapest Options For Carbon Capture. And That Capturing Carbon In Coastal…
A Remote Pacific Island Is Covered In Plastic; Scientists Are Determined To Clean It Up
No-One Has Lived On Henderson Island Since The 15th Century, But It Has The Highest Density Of Plastic Debris Recorded Anywhere In The World. Every…
San Diego Zoo Conservationists Receive Award For Hawaiian Bird Conservation Efforts
The San Diego Zoo Announced Wednesday That A Group Of Its Conservationists Received An Award From The U.S. Fish And…
Bermuda Commits To Protect 20% Of Its Waters In New Marine Protected Areas.
The Government Of Bermuda Commits To Protect At Least 20% Of Their Total EEZ In Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) While Vowing To…
How Protecting Sharks Helped Countries Reap Benefits
The Pew Charitable Trusts Caught Up With A.A. Yaptinchay, Director Of Marine Wildlife Watch Of The Philippines, And Aisake Batibasaga, Former…
Large Expansion To ‘Blue Belt’ Of UK’s Protected Marine Areas Announced
An Area Nearly Twice The Size Of England Will Become A “Blue Belt” Of Protected Waters After The Government Created 41 New…
Celebrate World Environment Day By Being A More Sustainable Hotel Guest
With A Growing Concern Over Climate Change, The Environment Is High On Everyone’s Agendas. But How Can Hotel Guests Be Encouraged To Be More…
Your Fish Is Your Future
It Is Estimated That The Philippines Loses Nearly P68.5 Billion A Year To Illegal, Unreported, And Unregulated Fishing, A Trend That Affects The…
Tools and Research
Analysis: World’s Protected Areas Safeguard Only A Fraction Of Wildlife
A New Analysis Published In The Journal Frontiers In Ecology And The Environment Shows That The World’s Protected Areas (PAs) Are…
Conservationists Find Protected Areas Worldwide Are Shrinking
A Large International Team Of Researchers Reports That The Amount Of Land Designated As Protected Around The Globe Is Shrinking. In Their Paper…
Funding and Training
UNIA Master’s Course In Management And Conservation Of Species In Trade: The International Framework (13th Edition)
The Master’s Course Is Aimed At All Those Who Are Currently Involved –Or Intend To Become Involved– In Policy-Making, The Implementation Of…
Job Vacancies and Tenders
Request For Tenders: GIS Specialist Consultant - Pacific Islands Protected Area Portal (PIPAP) READVERTISED
SPREP Would Like To Call For Tenders From Qualified And Experienced GIS/Spatial Experts/Practitioners Of Firms, Who Can…
Inform Project Environmental Data Officer
SPREP Is Seeking Applications From Interested And Suitably Qualified Persons For The Following Vacancy…
PacWaste Plus Regional Project Officer, Republic Of Marshall Islands
SPREP Is Seeking Applications From Interested And Suitably Qualified Persons For The Following Vacancy…
PacWaste Plus Regional Project Officer, Fiji
SPREP Is Seeking Applications From Interested And Suitably Qualified Persons For The Following Vacancy…
PacWaste Plus Regional Project Officer, Vanuatu
SPREP Is Seeking Applications From Interested And Suitably Qualified Persons For The Following Vacancy…
Systems Developer & Analyst
SPREP Is Seeking Applications From Interested And Suitably Qualified Persons For The Following Vacancy…
Environmental Planning Adviser
SPREP Is Seeking Applications From Interested And Suitably Qualified Persons For The Following Vacancy…
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Vai