Please find below a summary of news and related items for this week:
Job Vacancies and Tenders
Country-Specific news
Regional
Mixed News
Tools and Research
Funding and Training
Job Vacancies and Tenders
Request For Tenders: Development Of Draft Pacific Coral Reef Action Plan 2020-2030
SPREP Would Like To Call For Tenders From Qualified And Experienced Consultants Who Can Offer Their Services To…
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Manager, Pacific Climate Change Centre (Re-Advertisement)
SPREP Is Seeking Applications From Interested And Suitably Qualified Persons For The Following Re-Advertised Vacancy…
Inform Project Environmental Data Officer
SPREP Is Seeking Applications From Interested And Suitably Qualified Persons For The Following Vacancy…
Environmental Monitoring And Governance Programme Assistant
SPREP Is Seeking Applications From Interested And Suitably Qualified Persons To Provide Administrative And Secretarial Support Services To…
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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, Vanuatu
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…
Country-Specific news
American Samoa - New Ocean Acidification Monitoring Station In American Samoa
The Buoy Will Measure Carbon Dioxide And Other Important Seawater Characteristics Within The Bay’s Vibrant…
Australia - Special Wildlife Reserves Give National Park Status To Private Land
The Creation Of A New Category Of Private Land In Queensland By The State Government Has Been Condemned As Bad…
Australia - Tonnes Of Plastic Waste Pollute Cocos Island Beaches, And What You See Is Only A Fragment
A Remote Tropical Island Paradise Off The Coast Of Western Australia In The Indian Ocean Has Become…
Fiji - ‘People’s Climate Case’ Involving Fijian Family Dismissed
A Fijian Family Involved In An International Climate Case Has Been Told They Have No Right To Go To…
French Polynesia - Coral Bleaching Event Underway In French Polynesia Despite No El Nino
Widespread Coral Bleaching Has Been Reported In The French Polynesian Islands Of Tahiti And Moorea, Even Though…
Marshall Islands - Nuclear “Coffin” May Be Leaking Radioactive Material Into Pacific Ocean, U.N. Chief Says
Speaking To Students In Fiji, Guterres Described The Structure On Enewetak Atoll In The Marshall Islands As “A Kind Of Coffin”…
New Zealand - How Climate Change Could Throw Māori Culture Off-Balance
Māori Culture Is At Risk Due To Predicted Changes In The Ranges Of Two Culturally Important Native Plants…
Solomon Islands - Solomon Islanders Imprisoned For Trying To Stop The Logging Of Their Forests
A Group Of Residents Of Nende Island In The Solomon Islands Claim Corrupt Government Practices Allowed A…
Regional
Partnership To Protect Oceans At Risk From World War II Wrecks’ Oil Spills
A Remediation Programme To Protect Island Ecosystems From Damage Caused By Oil Pollution From World War II Wrecks…
Pacific Ocean World War II Shipwrecks Prompt Fears Of Environmental Devastation From Oil Leaks
This Week, The Foundation, The Secretariat Of The Pacific Regional Environment Program (SPREP) And The University Of Newcastle…
Joint Statement From The President Of The United States And The Presidents Of The Freely Associated States
The United States Of America, The Republic Of Palau, The Republic Of The Marshall Islands, And The Federated States Of…
Mixed News
Video Statement For The International Day Of Biodiversity 2019
This Year’s Celebrations Of The International Day For Biological Diversity, On 22 May 2019, Focused On Biodiversity…
The Extinction Crisis Is 'Unprecedented In Human History’
A Recent Landmark United Nations Report Delivered AnAlarming Assessment Of The Fate Of Animal Life And…
As Extinctions Loom, Biodiversity Warnings Fail To Resonate With Governments, Media
Ecological Collapse And Species Loss Threaten Humanity As Much As Climate Change…
The Media Have Missed A Crucial Message Of The UN’s Biodiversity Report
There Is No Denying, The Authors Write, That The Destructive Extinction Trends, So Visible Across The Planet, “Have…
Shipping Must Be Heard In New Ocean Regulations
While IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee Grabs The Headlines, Shipping Has Yet To Play Any Role In…
Sparking Change, One Piece Of Plastic At A Time
Microplastics Are In Our Salt, Our Food, And In Us. The Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch Is Over Twice The Size Of…
Tools and Research
Super Corals In Kāneʻohe Bay Provide Hope For World’s Reefs
Naturally Occurring Super Corals In Kāneʻohe Bay, Oʻahu, Are Surviving Under Ocean Conditions That Many Predicted Would Decimate All…
Scientist Composes Game Of Thrones-Worthy Song From Climate Change Data
Have You Ever Wondered What Human-Caused Climate Change Sounds Like? What Melodic Rhythms Could Result From…
Eels Tagged To Reveal Mystery Pacific Spawning Site
New Zealand Scientists Are Hoping Tags On 10 Longfin Eels Will Help Them Pinpoint Where…
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Funding and Training
International Biodiversity Day 2019: Darwin Initiative Funding Released
The UK Government Is Commemorating International Biodiversity Day 2019 By Releasing A New Tranche Of…
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