Towards a decade for Oceans: Protecting the Pacific’s most valuable resource
In literature, there are countless stories of adventures across the ‘7 seas’, each body of water with its own history, character and culture. For most of history each of our oceans were seen as a different world, similar but disconnected, in the same way…
Green News: Forests and trees keep the soil healthy, the water clean and provide shelter
Forests and trees keep the soil healthy, the water clean and provide shelter, food and breeding grounds for many animals. They are also critical to fight climate change by storing carbon and removing it from the atmosphere.
Wallis and Futuna: When fisher communities pool their knowledge and skills to sustainably manage their resources
The Wallis et Futuna Fisheries Department has launched an awareness campaign to foster the emergence of sustainable coastal resource management.
How to continue fishing in the future without causing the resources to decrease – that is the main theme of…
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Green News: Nature can provide cost-effective long-term solutions
Nature can provide cost-effective long-term solutions, like vetiver grass, to adapt to #climaterisks. With its net of deep roots, which grow up to a length of 2 meters in the first year, vetiver grass helps address erosion in places where soil can easily…
Improving water services planning for climate resilience in Nauru
Policymakers worldwide consistently rank water scarcity among the greatest risks faced by humanity. In Pacific island countries and territories, where water resources are limited, it has become essential to reassess and adapt water planning and decision-…
Green News: Taro, cassava and sweet potato leaves can help prevent nutrition-related diseases
Did you know that taro, cassava and sweet potato leaves can help prevent nutrition-related diseases, preserve the environment in Pacific islands, and empower local farmers. In the Pacific, including a variety of nutritious edible leaves grown locally in…
Green News: Ocean-based climate solutions can provide 20% of the emissions reductions needed to avoid catastrophic Climate Change
Ocean-based climate solutions can provide 20% of the emissions reductions needed to avoid catastrophic Climate Change. The Pacific region, host of the largest of the world's five oceans, can be a game changer for Ocean Climate Action.
Why we must fight climate change to restore Pacific ecosystems
Photo: East Coast, New Caledonia - credit: F. Véquaud
This year, World Environment Day focuses on ecosystem restoration and marks the launch of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration.
The PROTEGE project supports the sustainable management of pearl farming in Mangareva, French Polynesia
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Dans le cadre du projet PROTEGE, une délégation composée de deux agents de la Direction des Ressources Marines de Polynésie française et de deux agents de la Communauté du Pacifique, se sont déplacés à Mangareva du 25…