What is SPC? - Presentation of the SPC's Fisheries, Aquaculture and Marine Ecosystems Division
With almost 90% of households eating fish or seafood weekly, fisheries are now more important than ever for food security and livelihoods in the region.
What is SPC? - Presentation of the SPC's Geoscience, Energy and Maritime Division
The SPC's Geoscience, Energy and Maritime (GEM) Division uses scientific and technical innovations to help our Pacific region collectively overcome some of our greatest challenges.
This includes:
What is SPC? - Presentation of the SPC's Public Health Division
Do you know that SPC works extensively in the region to improve the #health and wellbeing of the Pacific Islanders? The SPC’s Public Health Division advocates a holistic approach to health, supports sustainable capacity development and facilitates and…
What is SPC? - Presentation of the SPC's Land Resources Division
Surrounded by a vast expanse of ocean, Pacific countries’ land resources are at the heart of the region’s resilience. In this video from the “What is SPC?” series, get an overview of what SPC is doing in agriculture, such as:
What is SPC? - The establishment of the Pacific Community (SPC) as an intergovernmental organisation
Do you know how and when the Pacific Community was created?
In 1947 the world was still recovering from the second world war that had brought turbulence and uncertainty to the Pacific.
SPC Talks: The role of Statistics in Pacific development programmes
In this conversation from the "SPC Talks" series, Alison Carrington, Australia's Consul-General in Noumea, Dr Stuart Minchin, SPC Director-General and Epeli Waqavonovono, Director of the SPC's Statistics for Development Division discuss the role of…
SPC Deputy Director General discusses climate change impacts on food security and Pacific economies
A New York Climate Week virtual panel, SPC Deputy Director-General Cameron Diver discusses the impacts of Climate Change on Food Security, Pacific economies and how the Pacific Community acts to address these issues.
Sustainable workforce promoting equal opportunities for Pacific women in Maritime
More than 50% of Pacific people live in outer islands. Maritime transport is the backbone of their island economies and communities. The importance of maritime transport in the Pacific has become increasingly critical during this time of COVID-19.
This…
PROTEGE: A network of agroecology demonstration farms in the Pacific OCTs
The EDF-11-funded PROTEGE project has not escaped the health crisis. Regional activities have been particularly hard hit by border closings and the implementation of PROTEGE activities has been significantly delayed by COVID-19.
We need to slow down and reconnect with our Ocean for the future of the planet
By Stuart Minchin, Director-General Pacific Community (SPC)
COVID19 has brought the world to a halt. The devastating impact of the global pandemic on people’s lives and the world’s economy is a jarring and historic turning point for all of us but it is…