Risks and solutions for the Pacific ‘Tree of Life’ detailed in newly released manual

The coconut is invaluable symbol of the Pacific with immense value, both culturally and economically. Coconuts have huge potential to support sustainable and healthy rural livelihoods, driving employment, income generation and economic growth for…

New Pacific-wide initiative targets greater exports and trade

The European Union (EU) and the Pacific Community (SPC) have today launched the ‘Safe Agricultural trade Facilitation through Economic integration in the Pacific’ (SAFE Pacific) project to strengthen and enhance trade capacities designed to improve…

Bougainville strengthens food systems in response to COVID-19

Before the Coronavirus pandemic, food systems in Papua New Guinea were already under constant threat from both natural and human-made factors such as natural disasters, pests, and disease infestation (African Swine Fever, Fall Army Worm), climatic…

Traditional food production and food sharing practices help rural Pacific Island communities weather COVID-19 impacts, study finds

A newly published, seven-country study found that in rural Pacific Island communities that have maintained traditional practices around food production were better able to weather the initial impacts of COVID-19. “From sago farming in Papua New Guinea to…

Increasing economic activity in the most isolated atolls in the Pacific

Photo © Direction des ressources marines de Polynésie française (content available in French only) Accroitre l’activité économique des atolls les plus isolés dans le Pacifique Aux Tuamotu, un projet innovant de création d’un laboratoire de transformation…

Endangered economic treasures of the Pacific, sea cucumbers are the center of attention in New Caledonia

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Technological innovation and field training for the preservation of biodiversity

(content available in French only) L’innovation technologique et les formations terrain au service de la préservation de la biodiversité La Nouvelle-Calédonie compte plusieurs espèces envahissantes comme le cerf ou le cochon ensauvagé. La qualité de vie…

Preserve and sustainably manage sea cucumbers in New Caledonia

(content available in French only) Préserver et gérer durablement les holothuries en Nouvelle-Calédonie Les holothuries ont un rôle essentiel dans le fonctionnement du système marin. Également appelées bêches-de-mer ou concombres-de-mer, elles sont…

Green news: the first electric tiller in France is being tested in French Polynesia

To allow farmers to gain autonomy in the fa'a'apu, the Directorate of Agriculture of French Polynesia and Elatec created the first electric tiller in France!

Résilience - Invasive species, a plague for biodiversity

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