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Pacific Biodiversity and Climate Change

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Press Release (reprinted with permission) Opening remarks from David Sheppard Director of SPREP at the Pacific Biodiversity and Climate Change workshop at SPREP in Samoa, 6 and 7 May. “This… Read More

Pacific countries prepare to report on 2010 Biodiversity targets

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Press Release (reprinted with permission) 11 Pacific island countries are to meet in Samoa next week for a workshop to assist them in completing their fourth National Reports to the… Read More

Tonga forms a PACC Technical Team

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Press Release (reprinted with permission) The first meeting of the Tonga PACC Technical Team was carried on the 3rd of March at the Office of Environment and Climate Change (OECC)…. Read More

Perception of Environmental Risks among Pacific Islanders

EarthSky interviewed Melissa Finucane about perceptions of environmental risks among Pacific Islanders. Finucane described the importance of a partnership approach to risk management. Click here to listen to the interview.

How we perceive climate changes, focus of new study

Written by Melissa Finucane – March 1, 2010 Click here for an article in Samoa News about Dr. Supin Wongbusarakum’s work on climate-related socioeconomic assessment in American Samoa.

Statement from David Sheppard, Director of SPREP

Written by Melissa Finucane – February 1, 2010 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Press Release (reprinted with permission) World Wetlands Day, on the second day of February each year, marks the day the Ramsar Convention… Read More

Tuvalu prepares to adapt to climate change through PACC Project

Written by Melissa Finucane – January 25, 2010 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Press Release (reprinted with permission) In upraising the profile of the PACC Project in Tuvalu, a one day inception meeting was held… Read More