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 Agriculture and Forestry Strategy workshop

In response to the Heads of Agriculture and Forestry meeting Decision in March 2023 to develop a regional agriculture and forestry strategy, the Pacific Community and FAO are facilitating a strategic foresight process to develop the strategy.

Research in Focus: Meet Timaima Sovaki, Wood Processing Technician

Research in Focus: Meet Timaima Sovaki, Wood Processing Technician This time in Research In Focus, we sit with Timaima Sovaki, Wood Processing Technician at the Pacific Community’s (SPC) Land Resources Division. Hailing from the picturesque island of…

Raising profile of seagrass ecosystems critical

Pacific marine conservation efforts overwhelmingly focus on coral reefs with seagrass ecosystems marginalised in conservation legislation and policy. This was the remarks shared by SPC’s Acting Deputy Director-General Science and Capability Florence…

Regional Research Agenda – Peer Review Group workshop

Regional Research Agenda Framework

Pasifika NiuNet: a new collaborative platform for an integrated approach to coconut research and development in the Pacific

First face-to-face Coconut Board Governance meeting, with participants from Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon islands, Tokelau, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna, French Polynesia, Australia, New Caledonia, New Zealand - SPC

Pilot sites for coconut rhinoceros beetle control

New Zealand High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea, His Excellency, Mr  Peter Zwart (Right) paid a visit to  one of the pilot demonstration sites for the invasive coconut rhinoceros beetle. 

Land Resources Research in Focus: Meet Feasirua Lagilagi, Coconut Genetic Resources intern

Could you describe your academic background and how it led you to pursue your internship at the Pacific Community (SPC)? I graduated from the University of the South Pacific (USP) with a bachelor’s degree in biology and chemistry, reflecting my strong…

Land Resources Division Research in Focus: Meet Emily Betenivalu, Regional Research Agenda Data Analyst Intern

Training to improve access to the international organic market

Melaiai Salacakau from FRIEND Fiji
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