Apia, SAMOA – August 12, 2019: 3.45pm (SAMOA OBSERVER): Local fishing operators should to invest in bigger fishing boats to maintain and increase the economic benefits of Samoa’s fishery resources, the Chief Executive Officer for the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE) has said. Ulu Bismarck Crawley said fisheries remain one of Samoa’s main Read More …
Port Moresby, PAPUA NEW GUINEA – August 12, 2019: 3.30pm (LOOP PNG): Papua New Guinea Minister for Environment, Conservation and Climate Change announces that the final date for total ban on sale of plastic products will be in November. Minister Geoffrey Kama made this statement during the signing of an MOU on mangrove protection. The Read More …
Nuku’alofa – July 30, 2019: 11.40am (Enviro News): The 2019 Agriculture Show in Niuatoputapu and Niuafo’ou were held last week, as the islanders displayed the fruit of their work. Environment staff Petelo Oto’ota Tooa and Senituli Finau said the shows were exciting. “There was so much food on display, rootcrops, seafood and vegestables,” Oto’ota said. Read More …
Apia, Samoa – August 9, 2019: 1pm (Enviro News): Two Tongans were recipients of recognition awards at the inaugural Pacific Meteorological Council Awards here in Apia, Samoa on Thursday evening (August 8). Ms Netatua Pelesikoti Taufatofua, former Director of the Climate Change Division at the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) here in Read More …
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 …
