Guardians of the Pacific: Meet Matuavao from Samoa
“We keep our ocean clean as we keep our house clean. [...] Because this is our whole future to worry about. For the next generations.” Anzac Day Aliielua, Matai of Salamumu Village, Samoa Across the region, governments and communities are working…
Grant award to provide jobs for youths in culture and creative industries
photo credit: VOU Fiji
The Pacific Community (SPC) has announced the first recipient of the Enhancing the Capacity of Cultural and Creative Industries in the Pacific Grant Scheme.
Training for shipping of infectious substances is key to identifying health security risks
A series of trainings on shipping infectious substances is underway in the Pacific to help public health laboratories strengthen capacity and identify health security risks efficiently.
Resistant pest strains and increasing plant diseases probed at critical biosecurity meet
Photo: Vanuatu Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle (CRB) biosecurity inspection
In their first face-to-face meeting in three years, biosecurity and plant quarantine experts from across the Pacific came together in Nadi, Fiji, this week to find solutions for…
Biosecurity is key to keeping humanitarian aid SAFE
Photo: Biosecurity officers inspecting a container
Building climate-ready fishing communities in Pacific French Territories
Fisheries are crucial for the nutrition, food security and livelihoods of thousands of people in Pacific French Territories. Empiric studies show fishing has become less productive than in the past. Over the last years, climate variations have had a…
The French Institute for International Relations (Ifri) and the Pacific Community organise, for the first time in Europe, a webinar on the theme of marine protected areas
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Conscient que l’Océan Pacifique présente aujourd’hui un enjeu mondial, le Président de la République Française Emmanuel Macron a présenté en 2018 la stratégie indopacifique du pays. L’Union européenne a également…
Building Community Resilience through an Integrated Watershed Management Plan
New Zealand and SPC sign agreement to strengthen animal health in the region
As the Pacific region grapples with the potential spread of African Swine Fever (ASF) and other transboundary animal diseases, the Pacific Community (SPC) has signed a partnership agreement with Biosecurity New Zealand to strengthen…
Resilience Education to Capture Pacific Stars
Photo: Launch of the Diploma in Resilience Level 5 and 6 with the Pacific Community team
The Pacific region is on the frontline of the global climate crisis. The region’s future career pathways must drive towards sustainable, resilient and Pacific owned…