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July 2, 2007
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Commemorating SPC's 60th anniversary

SPC welcomes visitors to Open Day celebrating its 60th anniversary - A constant stream of visitors came through the gates of the SPC's headquarters at Anse Vata, Noumea, during its recent Open Week leading up to a Grand Open Day on Saturday 23 June. Read more ...

Let's get moving for equality! Make it happen now!

Reports from Pacific women's meeting just held at SPC's headquarters - Improving the status of women requires the partnership of men and boys, a commitment by governments to allocate money and staff to national gender equality programmes, and better links between the Pacific and bodies such as the United Nations. Read more ...

Pacific Ant Taxonomy Training

The Pacific Ant Prevention Program (PAPP) implemented by SPC held a training workshop of Pacific entomologists and quarantine officers to assist in the rapid identification of invasive ant species, especially the Red Imported Fire Ant (RIFA) or Solenopsis invicta and the Little fire ant (LFA) or Wasmannia auropunctata. Read more ...

New Caledonia: Level of cigarette smoke pollution among worst in world

In 2006, New Caledonia ranked ninth among 25 countries taking part in a global air-quality monitoring initiative. Several of its bars and restaurants were found to be among the most polluted in the world due to high levels of pollution from cigarette smoke.

Jeanie McKenzie, Alcohol and Tobacco Adviser at SPC noted: that ‘Recently metropolitan France went smoke-free, while Ireland and Scotland went smoke-free in 2006. They have joined a host of other countries who have already banned smoking in public places. Since the introduction of comprehensive smoking bans in these countries, air pollution has decreased by an average of 80-90 per cent.’ Read more ...