Nuku’alofa – July 10, 2019: 1.30pm (Enviro News): The drafting of a Tonga Ocean Map to be used as a guide for the second round of the Marine Spatial Plan consultation is being done in Nuku’alofa this week. Stakeholders are meeting at the Davina Restaurant and Lodge today and at the Davina House tomorrow to Read More …
Bangkok, THAILAND: July 10, 2019 – 9.25AM (UNEP): Japan’s Ministry of the Environment and the United Nations Environment Programme today announced a new project to protect the environment and human health from adverse impacts of mercury. Up to $3 million will be allotted to the project, which will help establish a regional mercury monitoring laboratory Read More …
Nuku’alofa – July 9, 2019: 2.15pm (Enviro News): Members of the new-look Fanga’uta Community Management Committee this morning raised issues on assistance that would help them serve their community members better. These were raised during the 2nd Fanga’uta CMC meeting for the year, held at the Ministry of MEIDECC’s main conference room at the OG Read More …
KOROR, Palau – July 5, 2019 – 9.10am (ISLAND TIMES): Changes to Palau’s National Marine Sanctuary – an area encompassing 500,000 square kilometers and roughly 80 percent of the country’s exclusive economic zone – will now allow fish exports in the domestic fishing zone. The law takes effect in 2020 and, although the ban on Read More …
Nuku’alofa – July 2, 2019: 11.05am (Enviro News/PIANGO): Tonga’s Emeline Siale Ilolahia has been appointed the new Executive Director of the Pacific Islands Association of Non-Governmental Organisations (PIANGO). Ms. Ilolahia was formerly Executive Director of the Civil Society Organisation Forum of Tonga (CSFOT) and a key player in partnering with the Department of Environment. A Read More …
Nuku’alofa – June 5, 2019: 9.20am (Enviro News): Students from Tupou College and Takuilau College here on Tongatapu planted new mangrove seedlings in ‘Ahau, Hihifo yesterday to mark Environment Day. Around 20 students turned up for the field trip organised by the Department of Environment as part of the 2019 World Environment Week. Their trip Read More …
Nuku’alofa – May 24, 2019: 3pm (UNEP Media): The United Nations celebrated the International Day for Biological Diversity by examining the fundamental role of nature in ensuring human health and good nutrition. “Biodiversity is the food we eat, the water we drink, and it is also the air we breathe. More than that, biodiversity is Read More …
NUKU’ALOFA – November 23, 2018: 12.35pm (ENVIRO NEWS): Tonga is represented at the United Nations (UN) Biodiversity Conference in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, which started on November 13.
Nuku’alofa – November 9, 2018: 2.05pm (Enviro News): Tonga is working on having in place a National Mangroves Management Plan.
NEIAFU, Vava’u – November 9, 2018: 1.55pm (Enviro News): The people of Vava’u have given the proposed Marine Spatial Plan their overwhelming support.
