Launch of Gender Equality Strategy and Learning Pathways set to strengthen women’s representation in Pacific disaster response
EU Marine Programme Launches New Website
The Pacific-European Union (EU) Marine Partnership (PEUMP) programme has launched its new website today.
The website, which can be accessed here, contains extensive information on the programme’s activities in coastal fisheries, marine biodiversity…
Pivoting through the Pandemic: A Global Problem with a Pacific Solution
Picture: SPC technical and geodetic surveying team at the Majuro tide gauge station in the Marshall Islands (RMI)
As the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC-UNESCO) reported earlier this year, COVID-19 has caused massive disruptions to ocean…
Pacific calls for integrated geospatial information management
Members of the Pacific Geospatial and Surveying Council (PGSC) recognise the critical importance of geospatial information management and have encouraged their respective countries to support the design, development, and implementation of the United…
Armyworm infestation breaches the Pacific
The recent spread of Spodoptera frugiperda, or Fall Armyworm (FAW), in Papua New Guinea’s Western Province is causing concern in the Pacific region.
Fall armyworm is a pest that preys on food crops such as maize (corn), sweet potato, vegetables,…
Pacific talks ocean, climate change action with United Kingdom
Climate action and oceans realities for the Pacific have been the focus of a just-ended virtual tour of the region by the United Kingdom’s Minister for Pacific and the Environment, Lord Zac Goldsmith.
First accreditation of FNU micro-qualification opens new study and job opportunities for Pacific region
A significant milestone was marked yesterday when the Pacific Community (SPC) presented the Fiji National University (FNU) with a regional accreditation certificate for a micro-qualification. This is the university’s first micro-qualification to be…
Avian Influenza outbreak in Australia puts Pacific Islands on high alert
An outbreak of the Avian Influenza (AI) affecting several poultry farms has been reported in the Australian state of Victoria. The highly pathogenic Avian influenza, otherwise known as ‘AI’, is a serious poultry disease that can cause high mortality in…
Remarks by Dr Michelle Belisle, Director EQAP at the presentation ceremony of the first EQAP-SPC micro-qualification accreditation certificate to the Fiji National University
Remarks by Dr Michelle Belisle, Director EQAP at the presentation ceremony of the first EQAP-SPC micro-qualification accreditation certificate to the Fiji National University
Pro-Vice Chancellor Learning and Teaching, Professor Pounder
Bridging the generation gap through intergenerational dialogue and learning
Intergenerational dialogue and learning is an approach to development aimed at bridging the generation gap by ensuring young and old people work together towards common goals impacting youth today. These were the…