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Tuesday, August 31, 2010 11:36 PM
BY PACIFIC REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME
Press Release - The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme has published the first in a series of newsletters that chronicles the progress of solid waste management in the Pacific islands.
This newsletter is an output under the Pacific Regional Solid Waste Management Strategy 2010-2015, which is the region's guiding document for solid waste management. The Regional Strategy, whose implementation is coordinated by the Secretariat, was developed in 2009 with assistance from the Japan International Cooperation Agency. The first newsletter briefly discusses past and upcoming regional solid waste management projects, provides a matrix of regional projects by donor, examines waste management in Tokelau, and provides a summary list of the known solid waste management...
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Thursday, August 26, 2010 8:27 AM
BY PACIFIC REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME
Press Release - Tourists holidaying in Palau since November last year have helped raise over a million dollars for the protected areas of the territory. Palau now has 1.3 million USD from a Green fee tax that began on 1 November 2009, all of which will help conservation efforts in Palau.
There are 23 conservation sites to preserve the marine and land based environment of Palau under their protected areas network, which encompass the catchphrase for the Pacific territories' tourism catchphrase - "Experience the Wonders." It's a fitting slogan as the visitors and tourists to Palau now play a role in helping the preservation of the pristine environment. The Green Fee is part of the 35 USD departure tax for non-Palauan passport holders to pay when leaving the territory. Of this amount 15 USD is the Green Fee that is paid into a national account managed by the Protected...
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Thursday, April 01, 2010 9:59 AM
A cargo vessel that was heavily infested with live Giant African Snails was intercepted by authorities at Fiji's main wharf.
According to Fiji Times Online, the vessel, which arrived at the Suva Wharf on Friday, was said to have arrived at the wharf earlier last month 'where biosecurity officers intercepted a live Giant African Snail from the vessel'. According to the report, an officer from the country's Quarantine Division said that the "vessel was ordered to anchor out in the middle of the wharf to undergo fumigation." "They were ordered not to discharge any of their containers at the wharf until the whole vessel was fumigated. "Snail baits were placed outside the vessel and...
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Friday, March 19, 2010 10:04 AM
BY PACIFIC REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME
Press Release - 10 students from different universities throughout America have come a long way to learn about environmental issues in the Pacific and how they affect the lives of those who live here.
Their visit to Hawaii, Samoa, American Samoa and Fiji is part of a 15 week programme coordinated by the School for International Training. It is while in Samoa that the students spent an afternoon this week, learning about how the Pacific region is affected by climate change, marine pollution and marine species from staff of the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme(SPREP). "It was a good session," said Taito Nakalevu, the Programme Manager for the Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change Project. "There were a lot of questions asked by the...
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Monday, February 22, 2010 5:04 AM
BY PACIFIC REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME
Press Release - A four year regional waste management project funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) comes to an end in May this year, for which a terminal evaluation review was recently completed. The terminal evaluation report found that the purpose of the project has been significantly achieved.
Titled the Solid Waste Management Project in Oceania Region (SWMPOR), the project began in June 2006 and involves three partners, namely the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Government of Samoa and JICA. The purpose of the project is to strengthen the implementation of the Pacific Regional Solid Waste Management Strategy. During a meeting of the Joint Coordinating Committee (JCC) comprising representatives from the three partners this week, the findings of the terminal evaluation...
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009 3:23 PM
Environment Minister Peter Garrett today departed for Solomon Islands to plan the next phase of action on protecting marine biodiversity and the vulnerable coastal communities whose livelihoods are dependent on maintaining the health of the remarkable Coral Triangle
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Monday, September 28, 2009 10:54 AM
The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Program is working with the Solomon Islands government to research the species of dolphins targeted in the live export trade
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009 9:46 AM
A three months marine resource conservation trial at Hunda and Kena sea and mangrove swamps, on Kolombangara is yielding positive outcomes
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Friday, September 18, 2009 3:50 PM
Continuing this week's Clean Up the World activities in Honiara, the Australia High Commissioner, Frank Ingruber, visited the Red Cross Special Development Centre today to speak to the children about the importance of keeping their environment clean.
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009 9:08 AM
The Clean Up Honiara campaign was launched today, with an environmental awareness-raising program at Burnscreek High School. Students in the Form 1 - Green class learnt about the importance of keeping their school clean, for health, safety and hygiene reasons
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Friday, September 11, 2009 11:07 AM
Solomon Islands conservationist, Patrick Pikacha, has warned that without prompt action, the rainforests, lagoons and estuaries of the country's extraordinary region are in danger.
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Monday, August 31, 2009 9:21 AM
The Solomon Islands has signed the Memorandum of Understanding for the Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change Project (PACC). This brings the total number of countries who have signed the PACC MoU to 10
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Wednesday, July 01, 2009 7:00 AM
Disaster Authorities, officials from the Ministry of Health and the Solomon Islands Water Authority (SIWA) held an interagency meeting last Friday to discuss appropriate measures needed to counter the effects of the El Nino cycle
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009 9:16 AM
An article by Wallace J. Nichols that appeared in the Huffington Post about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a large area of rubbish, mostly plastic, that is posing a great threat to marine life
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009 2:17 PM
Choiseul Province Premier, Jackson Kiloe, has urged the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Meteorology to assist provinces implement the National Biodiversity Strategic Action Plan (NBSAP)
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Friday, June 05, 2009 3:05 PM
El Nino Conditions Likely to Develop
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009 10:57 AM
Managing Chemicals in Kiribati
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009 10:44 AM
Killing the Ocean
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Tuesday, May 05, 2009 10:14 AM
Tetepare's Reefs in Top Shape
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Monday, May 04, 2009 9:11 AM
1000 Critically Endangered Turtles Hatched on Tetepare Beaches
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Monday, April 27, 2009 6:52 AM
Assessing Potential Oil Spills from WWII Wrecks in the FSM
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Wednesday, March 25, 2009 9:39 AM
The Coral Reef: The Year that was our Pacific focus for 2008
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Thursday, March 12, 2009 5:25 AM
Pacific Islands Meet to Save Marine Turtles
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Wednesday, March 11, 2009 7:33 AM
Managing Your Wetland Sites
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Monday, March 09, 2009 4:20 AM
Deadly Plutonium Shipment Headed for Pacific
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Thursday, February 26, 2009 10:23 AM
Record Leatherback Hatchling Numbers in Tetepare
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Monday, February 09, 2009 6:06 AM
Sea Turtle Reseach Database for the Pacific to be Released
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Thursday, February 05, 2009 4:18 AM
An Ocean of Garbage, Quite Literally
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Friday, January 30, 2009 10:10 AM
Turtle Tag Recoveries Go Online
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Friday, December 19, 2008 11:26 AM
Pacific Tuna Commission Gives a Glimmer of Hope for the World's Favourite Fish
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Wednesday, November 12, 2008 5:27 AM
The Banana Circle Recipe
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Tuesday, October 21, 2008 9:07 AM
NAPA Draft Plan Finalizing
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Tuesday, October 14, 2008 9:06 AM
SPC To Assist Forestry Act Review: PS Kingmele
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Wednesday, September 03, 2008 3:23 PM
What is the Kurukuru?
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Friday, August 29, 2008 9:59 AM
Tornado Rips Through Muki Village, Are Are
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Thursday, August 28, 2008 11:32 AM
Dolphin Protector Abducted and Beaten
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Thursday, August 28, 2008 10:57 AM
NAPA Project Completes Workshop.
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Monday, August 11, 2008 1:48 PM
Munda Celebrates 'Conservation Day'
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008 8:03 AM
Climate Change Threatens Solomon Islanders
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Thursday, June 05, 2008 3:18 PM
First World Environment Day Celebrations in Solomons
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Thursday, June 05, 2008 3:07 PM
Calls to Help Reduce Pollution
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Wednesday, June 04, 2008 11:07 AM
Strong Earthquake Shakes Solomon Islands
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Thursday, April 24, 2008 2:08 PM
Tuna Species under Threat: Green Peace
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Thursday, April 24, 2008 12:49 PM
Darcy Calls on DFNs to Use Sustainable Methods
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Thursday, April 24, 2008 11:27 AM
Green Peace Proposes Logging Alternative
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Thursday, April 24, 2008 11:19 AM
MV Esperanza Visits Honiara
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Wednesday, April 16, 2008 10:06 AM
Betel Nut Chewing Endangers Reefs
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Wednesday, April 16, 2008 2:01 AM
U.S. EPA honors Pacific Southwest environmental hero from American Samoa
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Friday, January 04, 2008 5:35 PM
Guadalcanal Plains Communities Called on to Watch Out for Flooding
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Friday, January 04, 2008 5:30 PM
Heavy Rain Badly Affects Guadalcanal Plains
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Friday, January 04, 2008 4:35 PM
La Nina Hits the Solomons
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Thursday, January 03, 2008 5:56 PM
Bad Weather Experience in Solomons
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Thursday, November 29, 2007 4:01 PM
CTO Workshop a Success: CEO Solomon Telekom
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Thursday, November 29, 2007 3:38 PM
Report Urges World Focus on Impact of Climate Change
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Thursday, November 01, 2007 3:16 PM
Asbestos Dumping Raises Concern (Cook Islands)
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Friday, October 19, 2007 2:57 PM
No Laws Broken on Lifting of Dolphin Ban: Leni
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Wednesday, October 17, 2007 2:28 PM
Dolphins Flown Out Today
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Saturday, October 13, 2007 8:48 AM
30 Live Dolphins Bound for Dubai
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Tuesday, October 02, 2007 12:27 PM
Agriculture Funds Ready to Roll
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Monday, October 01, 2007 2:09 PM
Training for Disaster Instructors
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Thursday, September 27, 2007 8:53 AM
Minister Oti Issues AOSISA Statement at the UN
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Tuesday, September 25, 2007 1:49 PM
Vahoe Speaks on Climate Change
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Tuesday, September 04, 2007 9:22 AM
International Body Speaks Against Dolphin Export
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Thursday, June 21, 2007 11:06 AM
Chris Porter Speaks Out on Dolphin Issue
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Tuesday, June 19, 2007 9:48 AM
ECANSI Oppose Export of Dolphins
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