Poverty in Kiribati based on analysis of the 2019/20 HIES
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Vanuatu: Key academic qualification administered for the first time in French
Last year, for the first time, the Pacific Community (SPC), administered the Francophone version of the South Pacific Form Seven Certificate (SPFSC) programme in 7 schools in Vanuatu. With more than a third of the schools in the country being French-…
Stat of the week: the US Dollar is the national currency of 6 Pacific countries and territories
Did you know? the US Dollar is the national currency of 6 of the 22 Pacific countries and territories. American Samoa, Guam, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Northern Mariana Islands, and Palau are these countries. The figure shows…
What is it like being a gender-based violence counsellor in the Pacific?
“In order to be a gender-based violence counsellor, you need to be dedicated to genuinely helping people,” says Candida Kaious, Program Coordinator for the Weto In Mour (WiM) crisis centre at Women United Together Marshall Islands (WUTMI), in the…
Hot off the press: Why our future relies on health of our ocean
The Pacific Community presents a selection of products published by SPC and our partners highlighting the important scientific and technical work that we are currently undertaking across the Blue Pacific Continent.
Why do we need a Centre for Ocean…
Keeping us all fed – The Pacific Food System
The term ‘food systems’ refers to interconnected activities involved in the production, processing, distribution, and consumption of food. They are enormously complex and important. And while food systems are now globally influenced, their impacts…
Study Protocol: Interactive Dynamics of Coral Reef Fisheries and the Nutrition Transition in Kiribati
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Keeping Pacific biodiversity SAFE
From the dew-splashed blade of grass and dampened soil from which it springs, to the tiny critters crawling around its base targeted by winged spies looking for their next meal; a vibrant web of life emerges called an ecosystem.