Nuku’alofa – January 18, 2021: 10.20am (Enviro News): The Director and Management of the Environment Department met at the Heilala Lodge in Ha’atafu last Friday (January 15, 2021) to finalize work plans for 2021. Led by the Director, Mts Atelaite Lupe Matoto, the management team went through plans for all the different divisions within the […]
Tonga commits to achieve 70% renewable energy target by 2030
Nuku’alofa – January 14, 2020: 9.45am (Enviro News): Tonga is accelerating its efforts to achieve the 70% clean energy target by 2030, with solar power as the key driver. The Department of Energy under the Ministry of MEIDECC is collaborating with development partners to monitor ongoing projects and implement new programmes to help the country […]
Nursery gets thumbs up from partners
Nuku’alofa – November 23, 2020: 5.10pm (Enviro News): The new nursery at the Popua mangroves site has received the thumbs up from both the ILAM R2R project and the Department of Environment leadership. Paula Likiliki of the ILAM R2R project and Director of Environment Atelaite Lupe Matoto visited the site last Friday (November 20). And […]
Red List survey shows danger signs
Nuku’alofa – November 6, 2020: 10am (Enviro News): The Red Listing survey carried out here on Tongatapu shows danger signs in the identified mangrove sites. Established in 1964, the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species has evolved to become the world’s most comprehensive information source on the global extinction risk […]
Mount Talau National Park fenced off
Neiafu, VAVA’U – October 29, 2020: 5.35pm (ENVIRONMENT News): Protecting an endangered bird and plant species has led to the fencing of the Mount Talau National Park in Neiafu in Vava’u. The fencing project was launched on Friday, October 23. The Governor of Vava’u, Lord Fakatulolo officiated at the event with the Minister for MEIDECC, […]
Partnership on new nursery
Nuku’alofa – October 21, 2020: 2pm (Enviro News): Making sure there are local plants for future replacements has brought the ILAM Project and the Department of Environment together in a new nursery project. The ILAM Project is part of the Pacific Ridge to Reef Project. The project has funded the construction of the new nursery […]
Inform Project training for staff
Nuku’alofa – October 15, 2020: 2.50pm (Enviro News): The Inform Project, managed by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) is holding training and one on one meetings with staff of the Department of Environment here in Tonga this week. The training started on Wednesday at the department’s conference room, facilitated by coordinator […]
Report Reveals Positive Outcomes Of Special Management Areas On Marine Environment
Apia, SAMOA – October 14, 2020: 11.40am (SPREP): Tonga’s Ministry of Meteorology, Energy, Information, Disaster Management, Environment, Climate Change and Communications (MEIDECC) and the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) have developed a report on the state of the environment in the country. The report identifies Special Management Areas (SMAs) as a key […]
Pacific Ocean Climate Change Conference To Be Delivered Online
Apia, SAMOA – October 13, 2020: 9.15am (SPREP): Climate change experts and those who wish to learn from them will be gathering online at the third Pacific Ocean Climate Change Conference from 27–30 October 2020. Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington and the National University of Samoa (NUS) are working with the Secretariat of the […]
La Niña Officially Declared In The Pacific
Apia, SAMOA – October 9, 2020 (SPREP): La Niña is officially underway in the Pacific, as confirmed by the Pacific Meteorological Desk Partnership at the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP). La Niña is a Spanish term which means “a girl”, and is the name given to the phenomenon where the trade winds become […]