RESCCUE activity in New Caledonia: Ecological Restoration
RESCCUE Project in a Nutshell
The environment of the Great South has been degraded by fire and mining. RESCCUE developed a restoration strategy for the degraded sites so as to increase consistency and efficiency of actions by the various stakeholders.…
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Formation à destination des pays et territoires francophones pour la gestion de projets de promotion de la santé en lien avec la prévention des maladies non transmissibles.
Responsible sport fishing - Handling fish caught on surface lures and jigs
Produced by Nearshore Fisheries Development Section of the Pacific Community (SPC) and the Southern Province of New Caledonia.
Scientific adverser:
Michel Blanc, Nearshore Fisheries Development Adviser, Pacific Community (SPC)
Emmanuel Coutures,…
Video Series: Edible leaves of the Pacific
Did you know? In the current context of non communicable diseases (obesity, diabetes, etc.) that particularly affect Pacific populations, edible leaves can increase the daily consumption of vegetables of inhabitants at lower cost, in a sustainable…
PPHSN: 3rd Project Steering Committee Meeting
Project for Strengthening the Services of the Pacific Public Health Surveillance Network (PPHSN)
Mercury and tuna: a matter of size, species, and origin
A highly popular dish around the world, tuna meat unfortunately contains a toxin, methylmercury, focus of a joint transdisciplinary IRD-SPC study. For the first time, scientists were able to map mercury contained in tuna fish…
50th session of the United Nations Statistical Commission
What do tuna eat?
A young intern female scientist from New Caledonia, Pauline Machful, spent six month at the Fisheries, Aquaculture and Marine Ecosystem (FAME) Division and the Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability (CCES) Programme of the Pacific Community…
Looking to 2019: The Blue Pacific narrative will be key for our region
The end of another year provides a good opportunity to reflect on our work and the development trends we have seen across the Pacific.
A unifying theme for 2018 could be ‘integration’.
At SPC, we have continued our internal prioritisation efforts and…