13th Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture (FestPAC)
The 13th Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture (FestPAC) will now take place June 6-16, 2024 in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. The announcement from the FestPAC Hawaiʻi Commission and The Pacific Community (SPC), the custodian of FestPAC, follows two postponements of…
Pacific Week of Agriculture and Forestry 2023: Thank You!
The Pacific Week of Agriculture and Forestry (PWAF 2023), held 6 -10 March 2023, brought together a diverse audience of agriculture and forestry experts, including ministers, government programme heads, researchers, NGO staff, the private sector and…
International Day of Forests 2023
The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 21 March the International Day of Forests in 2012.
The organizers are the United Nations Forum on Forests and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with…
International Day of Forests 2023: Let’s work toward healthy forests for healthy people in the Pacific
New Pacific pesticide registration scheme announced at Pacific Week of Agriculture and Forestry
A newly proposed Pacific Regional Pesticide Registration Scheme is expected to pave the way for monitoring of pesticide use in the region following discussions at the Pacific Week of Agriculture and Forestry (PWAF) in Nadi, Fiji last week.
Pacific Week of Agriculture and Forestry: Call for Pacific cooperation to manage biosecurity risks and ensure a ‘Safe and Green’ Pacific Games
Pacific Community (SPC), the Pacific Plant Protection Organisation (PPPO) and Biosecurity Solomon Islands (BSI), have urged Pacific countries to ensure biosecurity travel precautions for the Pacific Games are being met to prevent pest and disease entry…
Minister reveals fully organic island plan at Pacific Week of Agriculture and Forestry farm tour
Enhanced food systems planning and coordination called for at the Pacific Ministers Meeting to close the Pacific Week of Agriculture and Forestry
Nadi, Fiji – In their first in-person meeting after the COVID-19 pandemic, Pacific Ministers of Agriculture and Forestry last week addressed some of the region’s most pressing challenges, including climate change, national food systems planning and…
Pacific Agriculture and Forestry Heads seek sector transformation at first in-person meeting in four years
Nadi, Fiji – In their first meeting since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Heads of Agriculture and Forestry for Pacific Countries tackled an ambitious agenda set on transforming the sectors to create thriving and resilient communities for the…
Opening Remarks by SPC's Director-General Stuart Minchin at the Third Ministers of Agriculture and Forestry Meeting
Third Ministers of Agriculture and Forestry Meeting - Nadi, Fiji, 10 March 2023
SPC's Director-General Opening Remarks, Stuart Minchin
The Right Honorable Sitiveni Rabuka, Prime Minister of Fiji;
Ministers of Agriculture and Forestry and representatives…