By ILIESA TORA Apia, Samoa – August 9, 2019: 9.55am (Nuku’alofa Times/Eviro News): Ocean acidification in the region is real and there must be some urgency on the monitoring, researching and response to the issue, the 5th Pacific Meteorological Council meeting here in Apia has heard. Presenting an update on the “Oceans Acidification in the Read More …
Vava’u workshop also held Nuku’alofa – August 8, 2019: 2.30pm (Enviro News): Two Coral workshops are being held in Tonga this week. The first one was held at the Bahai Faith Hall in Nuku’alofa on Monday and Tuesday, focused on helping local stakeholders in their work of monitoring coral communities in Tonga. The second one Read More …
Apia, Samoa – August 8, 2019: 1.55pm (Enviro News/MEIDECC): The Tonga Meteorological Department recognizes the need for more specialized and quality meteorological information at a time where weather and climate related hazards are at a record high. And to this end the department has proposed a structural reform to help them meet the service demands Read More …
By ILIESA TORA Apia, Samoa – August 7, 2019: 4.48pm (Enviro News): The media must become critical partners in the regional meteorology work, the Director General of the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme said in Apia, Samoa this morning. Speaking after the opening session of the 5th Pacific Meteorological Council meeting here at Read More …
By ILIESA TORA Apia, Samoa – August 7, 2019: 4.40pm (Enviro News): The Pacific Meteorological Council members have been urged to work together to ensure mutual benefits for the people of the region and help in better accurate weather forecasting through their service. Samoa’s Associate Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Taefu Lemi Taefu made Read More …
Honiara, Solomon Islands – August 6, 2019: 10.55am (FFA Media): Judge Tomas Heidar of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), who serves as President of its Chamber for Fisheries Disputes, yesterday urged a regional judicial symposium to promote responsibility in fisheries. This is the first time a judge of ITLOS has Read More …
Apia, SAMOA – August 6, 2019: 9am (Enviro News): Working in partnership and sharing of data is critical in ensuring that the region’s meteorology and hydrology services are able to serve people better. That was the key message echoing loud and clear here in Apia yesterday as the preliminary panel discussions got underway before the Read More …
Nuku’alofa – July 19, 2019: 11am (Nuku’alofa Times): The 2019 Vava’u Agriculture Show also includes a display from the Ministry of MEIDECC team. Part of the MEIDECC team are staff of the Department of Environment here in Nuku’alofa who have flown across to the Northern Island to be part of the event. The team is Read More …
Nuku’alofa – July 18, 2019: 3.30pm (Enviro News): A two-member team from the Department of Environment here in Nuku’alofa were part of the 2019 Agriculture Show on the island of Ha’apai earlier this week. Information Unit team leader Siosiua Latu and Senituli Finau teamed up with the team from the Ministry of MEIDECC at the Read More …
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 …
