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Tag: biodiversity

Hawaiʻi Makes History for the Birds

On March 24, Hawaiʻi’s Board of Land and Natural Resources made history by unanimously voting to approve an Environmental Assessment and issuing a “Finding of No Significant Impact” for a mosquito suppression program that is planned for East… Read More

Invasive Species, Climate Change take Center Stage at the World Summit on Island Sustainability

The dual threats of invasive species and climate change dominated the stage at the World Summit on Island Sustainability in the Galapagos Islands of Ecuador this June, where over 150 island leaders and experts gathered at the Galapagos… Read More

New Resource: SPREP’s State of the Environment and Conservation Report for the Pacific Islands

Last week the Secretariat of the Pacific Environment Programme (SPREP) went live with their new website and resources pages to accompany the 2020 State of Environment and Conservation Report for the Pacific Islands, which was featured at the… Read More

Applied Conservation in the Galapagos

What can the rest of the Pacific learn from participatory approaches to applied conservation research in the Galapagos Islands? Dr. Laura Brewington, Postdoctoral Researcher with the Center for Galapagos Studies at the University of North Carolina – Chapel… Read More

Pacific Biodiversity Targets

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Press Release: Nature Conservation (reprinted with permission) 11/11/10 18,000 people from around the world gathered recently in Nagoya, Japan at the 10th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on… Read More

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

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