Please find below a summary of news and related items for this week, under the following categories:
Job Vacancies
Country-Specific news
Regional
Mixed News
Tools and Research
Funding opportunities
Job Vacancies
SPREP Job Vacancies
SPREP Is Currently Seeking Interest From Suitable Qualified Individuals For The Following Vacancies…
Country-Specific news
Fiji - Fiji Villagers In Dispute Over Malolo Development
The Development Has Been The Centre Of Controversy After Locals Complained Construction Work Already Underway Was…
Solomon Islands - Concern At Lack Of Urgency On Solomons Oil Spill Response
Environmentalists And Villagers Are Concerned At The Lack Of Urgency To Clean Up An Oil Spill In A World…
Solomon Islands - NZ Sends Experts To Help With Solomons’ Oil Spill
New Zealand’s Government Is Sending Two Salvage Experts From Maritime New Zealand To Help With The Australian-Led…
Palau - Conserving Protected Areas In Palau Through Improving Information
The Technical Workshop Brought Together Key Stakeholders: State-Based Protected Area Managers, The Palau Conservation Society…
Palau - Keeping Environmentally Informed In Palau With The Inform Project
Working With Pacific Island Countries To Report To The Various Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) Such As The Convention On…
Vanuatu - Wan Smolbag Theatre - 30 Years On
2019 Is Wan Smolbag Theatre’s 30thAnniversary. Several Of The Current Actors Were Not Even Born When The Group Started…
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Regional
Australia And New Caledonia Coral Sea Newsletter: Third Edition, February 2019
Here Is The Third Edition Of The Australia And New Caledonia Coral Sea Newsletter, February 2019. Click On The Link Below To Access The Full Newsletter.
Mixed News
Robinson Crusoe Island Sets Example For The World In Conservation
For Almost A Century, The Inhabitants Of Robinson Crusoe—Named For Literature’s Most Famous Castaway—Have Known That Their Island’s Fragile Ecosystem…
Tools and Research
Study: Protecting The World’s Inland Waterways Requires More Participation
There’s A Big Caveat To Go Along With This News, Though. These Protected Spaces Are Not Distributed Evenly Across The Globe, Still Falling Well Below…
Funding Opportunities
Ramsar Convention’s Small Grants Fund: Call For Proposals
The Total Amount Available For Projects Funded Under This Last Call For Proposals Is CHF 134,000. The SGF Offers A Maximum Of CHF 35,000 Per Project…
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Vai