Nature-based solutions shared through organic farming exchange
Representatives from Fiji, Nauru, Tonga and Solomon Islands that are members of the Pacific Organic Learning Farms Network (POLFN) have shared experiences with their Pacific French speaking counterparts in an exchange that covered best practices in the…
Soil for Livelihoods: Meet Dr. Uta Stockmann, lead on soil sampling in response to the 2022 Tonga volcano eruption
Meet Dr Uta Stockmann, Team Leader Proximal Sensing, at the Commonwealth S
SPC’s 75th anniversary: Pacific agriculture gets a major boost in 1998 with the establishment of the region’s first plant and tree genebank at SPC
Photo: A CePaCT laboratory technician in 2011
The Pacific Community turned 75 on the 6th of February 2022. As we mark 75 years of the Pacific Community’s Service to the region, on the 6th of each month we will feature a key moment in history for…
Solar Powered Boat for Fiji’s Nakalawaca Women’s Group, a first in the Pacific
Nakalawaca village lies on the Eastern side of Viti Levu in the Fiji Islands and is home to 260 villagers whose main source of income is seafood and vegetable farming.
The women of Nakalawacaspend up to five hours a day out at sea catching seafood…
Fiji scientists as master trainers to support ocean acidification monitoring in the Pacific
Photo: USP and SPC Staff at Ocean Acidification Workshop
Ocean acidification directly impacts local coastal environments and livelihoods in the Pacific. Pacific Islands countries have many reef-dependent communities who are vulnerable to…
Practising what you teach: field-based training with SPC’s e-data systems
Bringing back the personal touch is important when following up online training. Scientists from the Pacific Community (SPC) develop e-data systems to be relevant to member’s specific needs, and how better to get to know these individual requirements…
Stat of the week: In Fiji, gross tourism earnings were only 3% of GDP in 2020
Did you know? In Fiji, gross tourism earnings were only 3% of GDP in 2020, a significant drop from the previous year (17% in 2019). This decrease was mainly due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Creating resilience through disaster-preparedness
Photo: Remivani Baravi with her husband, showing her backyard plantation as a means to be self-reliant after disasters
Villages that are earmarked to relocate because of their vulnerability to severe floods, recently received resilience training…
Stat of the week: In Fiji, 19.61% of seats are held by women in the national parliament
Did you know? In Fiji, 19.61% of seats are held by women in the national parliament, up from 14% in 2015. These gender inequalities remain in many countries in the world.
Sharing health resources to reduce wastage
Every consumable product has a shelf life, and it is no different when it comes to health resources and medical supplies. Medicines and medical supplies tend to lose their effectiveness over time and lead to wastage.
According to the World Health…