SPC supports Fiji agriculture flood rehabilitation

Wednesday 23 May 2012, Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), Suva

The Secretariat of the Pacific Community’s Land Resources Division (LRD) has joined Fiji’s Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) to support flood rehabilitation work in Fiji’s Western division, the area that was badly affected by the recent floods.

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Pacific commemorates the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All

Tuesday 22 May 2012, Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), Suva, Fiji

The Pacific now joins other regions of the world that have commemorated the United Nations (UN) declared International Year of Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) through a regional roll-out event.

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Accessing China’s markets for food and timber

Monday 21 May 2012, Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), Suva, Fiji

SPC trade project looks at challenges and opportunities

 

How can the Pacific region’s agriculture and forestry industries access the booming Chinese economy and its growing need for food and timber? This is something that the European Union-funded Facilitating Agricultural Commodity Trade (FACT) project is taking a serious look at. Dr Lex Thomson, FACT team leader, visited Beijing in March to explore opportunities for Pacific Island enterprises in consultation with Pacific Islands Trade and Invest’s Office in Beijing, China.

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Changing the way we talk about tuberculosis

17 May 2012, Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), Noumea

The words ‘defaulter’ ‘suspect’ and ‘control’ have long been used by national tuberculosis (TB) programme staff and those involved in TB management. They continue to be used to this day, and are used in international policy documents about TB.

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