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At midway point of INC-3, Cook Islands continues to push for ambitious treaty
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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November 18, 2023
17 November 2023, Nairobi Kenya - At the midway point of the third session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-3) to develop an international legally binding instrument (ILBI) on plastic pollution, including in the marine...
Niue raises special circumstances of SIDS in Nairobi
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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November 17, 2023
17 November 2023, Nairobi, Kenya - The Pacific nation of Niue has taken to the centre stage of the ongoing global plastics treaty negotiations to remind them about the special circumstances of Small Islands Developing States (SIDS) as they discuss...
Solomon Islands, newest member of High Ambition Coalition to End Plastic Pollution, leaves mark in Nairobi
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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November 15, 2023
15 November 2023, Nairobi Kenya - Solomon Islands might be the newest member of the High Ambition Coalition (HAC) to End Plastic Pollution but this has not stopped the Pacific nation from taking the global stage at the plastic treaty negotiations...
Palau, as PSIDS Chair, calls for a revolution to end plastic pollution
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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November 14, 2023
14 November 2023, Nairobi Kenya - Twenty three million tonnes of plastic are released to the environment every year and half of it ends up in the Pacific Ocean every time. This number is expected to double by 2030 under a business-as-usual...
Zero draft of plastics treaty under the microscope as INC-3 opens in Nairobi
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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November 14, 2023
13 November 2023, Nairobi Kenya - Pacific delegations from 14 Pacific countries have travelled far and wide to be in Nairobi, Kenya, the home of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), this week. They are on a mission to amplify the One...
Seven Pacific Island countries sign UN High Seas Treaty
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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September 29, 2023
Image: President of the Federated States of Micronesia, Wesley M. Simina, signing the UN Treaty of the High Seas. Photo: @FSMMission_UN 21 September 2023, New York – The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) has become the first Pacific country to...
Making mercury history, Pacific delegates gather in Palau to prepare for Minamata COP
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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October 15, 2023
12 October 2023, Koror, Palau - Representatives from seven Pacific Island countries, Parties to the Minamata Convention, as well as four observer countries, gathered today in Koror, Palau to prepare for the 5th Meeting of the Conference of the...
Solomon Islands Implements Landmark Ban on Single-Use Plastics
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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September 22, 2023
11 September 2023, Honiara - It’s the dawn of a new era in Solomon Islands as the country officially gazetted a regulation to ban certain types of single-use plastics. Starting from 1 September, the import, manufacture, distribution, supply and...
14 July 2023: The Week in Australian Foreign Affairs
Australian Institute of International Affairs
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July 13, 2023
This week in Australian foreign affairs: 30 additional Bushmasters for Ukraine, Albanese travels to Berlin to meet with Scholz and NATO Leaders’ Summit in Lithuania, Wong travels to Timor-Leste, diplomatic appointments, and more. On 12 July, Prime...
Shineco, Inc. Enters into Strategic Cooperation Agreement with Pacific Islands Trade & Investment Commission
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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January 24, 2020
BEIJING, Jan. 24, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Shineco, Inc. ("Shineco" or the "Company"; Nasdaq: TYHT), a producer and distributor of Chinese herbal medicines, organic agricultural produce, hemp products, and various health and well-being focused...
UNRC Wagener formally introduced to PM Sogavare
Solomon Islands Government
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September 7, 2023
PM Hon. M. Sogavare and UNRC Dirk Wagener. UNRC Wagener formally introduced to PM Sogavare The United Nation’s Resident Coordinator (UNRC), Mr. Dirk Wagener has formally introduced himself to Prime Minister Hon. Manasseh Sogavare MP. Taking up his...
After COVID-19 challenges, parties to Noumea Convention strengthen resolve to protect Pacific’s natural resources and marine environment
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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September 4, 2023
31 August 2023, Apia Samoa – The almost full attendance by parties of the first face-to-face meeting of the Noumea Convention, since 2019 when COVID-19 hit and devastated communities around the world, has signalled our commitment to strengthen...
Commitment to protect the Pacific from hazardous and toxic wastes reaffirmed in Apia
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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September 4, 2023
1 September 2023, Apia – Pacific Island countries and territories who have committed to reducing and eliminating transboundary movements of hazardous and radioactive waste and minimize the production of hazardous and toxic wastes in the Pacific...
Noumea Convention parties strengthen resolve to protect Pacific’s natural resources and marine environment
Government of Samoa
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August 31, 2023
SAMOA, August 31 - 31 August 2023, Apia Samoa – The almost full attendance by parties of the first face-to-face meeting of the Noumea Convention, since 2019 when COVID-19 hit and devastated communities around the world, has signalled our...
The grim reality of Loss and Damage in Fiji
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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July 19, 2023
18 July 2023, Apia Samoa - The negative impacts of climate change-induced Loss and Damage is already a lived reality for many Pacific countries. In Fiji, the impact is grim. In Vunidogola village on the island of Vanua Levu, more than 160...
PACRES scales up adaptation in the Pacific using Ecosystem-based solutions
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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August 3, 2023
1 August 2023, Nadi, Fiji. We live in a time where the Blue Pacific grapples with ways to respond to the mounting threats created by the changing climate. There is an urgent need for innovative and cost-effective solutions. Our Pacific people have...
Communique seeks to strengthen PNA amidst global challenges.
Solomon Islands Government
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June 21, 2023
Communique seeks to strengthen PNA amidst global challenges. The recent Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) 18th Annual Ministerial Meeting in Honiara, Solomon Islands was successfully concluded with a 14-point communique seeking to further...
Sogavare commends PNA for sustainable management of Tuna Fisheries
Solomon Islands Government
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June 15, 2023
Sogavare commends PNA for sustainable management of Tuna Fisheries Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has highly commended the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) group of nations for its tremendous leadership in ensuring the region’s tuna stocks...
Pacific Island Countries Move Together on Sustainable Waste Management Solutions for the Region
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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May 18, 2023
Pacific Island countries converged in Rarotonga, Cook Islands and reaffirmed their commitments, in a collective voice, echoing the region’s aspirations to implement appropriate and sustainable solutions for their waste management challenges at the...
PM leaves for ‘Forum for India- Pacific Islands Cooperation.’
Solomon Islands Government
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May 21, 2023
PM leaves for ‘Forum for India- Pacific Islands Cooperation.’ Prime Minister Hon. Manasseh Sogavare leaves today (Sunday 21st May) to attend the third Summit of the Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation, (FIPIC III Summit). The FIPIC is a...