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Pacific Islands calls on the plastic treaty to include legally binding obligations and implementing mechanisms to address legacy plastics
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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April 27, 2024
26 April 2024, Ottawa Canada - The plastics treaty needs to include legally binding obligations that cover the full lifecycle of plastics including addressing legacy plastic already in the marine environment. The point was raised by Samoa, as the...
Three-point Q and A with Chair of the Pacific Small Islands Developing States H.E Ambassador Odo Tevi
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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April 22, 2024
21 April 2024, Ottawa, Canada - The fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (INC-4), is taking place from 23 to...
Partnerships formalised at Plastics Treaty talks to empower a resilient Cook Islands
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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April 25, 2024
25 April 2024, Ottawa Canada - Enhancing Cook Islands capacity and learning opportunities when it comes to science, environment and legal policy is at the core of a partnership between the National Environment Service and Monash University in...
Voices of Pacific Women: Diana Hinge Salili
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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April 25, 2024
Negotiating a Legally Binding Instrument on Plastic Pollution including in the Marine Environment 24 April 2024, Ottawa Canada - Seeing this Pacific Island woman still active in the UN negotiation space is rewarding given the first time she was...
FSM advocates for a dedicated multilateral fund for plastics to ensure the effective compliance and implementation of the future treaty
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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April 28, 2024
The Pacific is disproportionately affected by the global plastic pollution, contributing less than 1.3 percent but our ocean is inundated with bulk of the world’s transboundary washed away plastics which has serious negative environmental, health,...
Midway INC-4 update: Contact groups work to streamline revised draft text
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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April 27, 2024
26 April 2024, Ottawa Canada - The fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (INC-4) in Ottawa Canada has reached...
Voices of Pacific Women: Moe Saitala Paulo
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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April 18, 2024
Negotiating a Legally Binding Instrument on Plastic Pollution including in the Marine Environment The Fourth Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committing for a Legally Binding Instrument on Plastic Pollution including in the Marine...
Members of the Alliance of Small Island States comb through revised draft text of plastics treaty on eve of INC-4
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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April 19, 2024
18 April 2024, Ottawa Canada - Pacific members of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) have joined the group’s member states in Ottawa, Canada, to comb through the revised draft text of the international legally binding instrument on...
Vanuatu as PSIDS Chair calls for stronger commitment to plastics treaty in build up to INC-4
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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April 17, 2024
17 April 2024, Ottawa Canada - Delegates from 14 Pacific countries have descended upon Ottawa, Canada, to finalise preparations for the fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding...
Tonga on the path to phasing out single-use plastics, recognises the importance of national actions in meeting future plastics treaty obligations
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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April 19, 2024
19 April 2024, Ottawa Canada - Despite the challenges associated with being a small island developing state, the Kingdom of Tonga is making significant strides towards addressing the very visible problem of plastics. Tonga will soon finalise a...
INC Chair expresses optimism for Ottawa negotiations to end with an agreed text
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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April 21, 2024
20 April 2024, Ottawa Canada - The Chair of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment, Ambassador Luis Vayas Valdivieso, has...
Journey to Ottawa: Pacific countries ready to negotiate revised draft text of plastics treaty
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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April 14, 2024
12 April 2024, Apia Samoa - To say waste generation - including plastic pollution is a global problem - would be stating things quite mildly. The statistics are in fact staggering, and even more concerning especially for Pacific countries who...
President Lai presides over second meeting of Whole-of-Society Defense Resilience Committee
Taiwan President News
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December 26, 2024
TAIWAN, December 26 - President Lai presides over second meeting of Whole-of-Society Defense Resilience Committee President Lai presides over second meeting of Whole-of-Society Defense Resilience Committee On the afternoon of December 26,...
First J-PRISM 3 Steering Committee Meeting highlights waste management successes in the Pacific
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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June 27, 2024
25 June 2024, Apia, Samoa – The management of solid waste has become one of the major concerns for small island countries in the Pacific region. In particular, improper waste management has the potential to pose a significant negative impact on...
FAO and ACP member states share strong focus on nutrition and climate change
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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April 14, 2015
FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva and Patrick I. Gomes, Secretary-General of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP). 15 April 2015, Brussels - FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva, in a speech today to the...
Kiribati begins Marine Spatial Planning journey with the Pacific BioScapes Programme
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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March 15, 2024
A successfully implemented marine spatial plan can reduce conflicts among users, reduce environmental impacts, facilitate compatible uses, and protect critical ecosystems. In practical terms, it provides a public policy process for society to...
President Lai meets delegation led by Minister of Foreign Affairs Denzil Douglas of Saint Christopher and Nevis
Taiwan President News
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March 18, 2025
TAIWAN, March 18 - Details 2025-03-17 President Lai meets Japan-ROC Diet Members’ Consultative Council Chairman Furuya Keiji On the afternoon of March 17, President Lai Ching-te met with a delegation led by Japanese House of Representatives Member...
Let’s just get on with it, Fiji urges plastics treaty negotiators in Nairobi
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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November 14, 2023
13 November 2023, Nairobi Kenya - As negotiators from all over the world gather in Nairobi, Kenya, for the third session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution,...
SPREP and PRISMSS move to expand Invasive Species Management in the Solomon Islands
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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March 15, 2024
March 12, 2024 – The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Pacific Regional Invasive Species Support Management Service (PRISMSS) is collaborating with the Solomon Islands Government and in particular the Barana...
President Lai meets Japan-ROC Diet Members’ Consultative Council Chairman Furuya Keiji
Taiwan President News
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March 17, 2025
TAIWAN, March 17 - Details 2025-03-17 President Lai addresses opening of 2025 Yushan Forum On the morning of March 17, President Lai Ching-te attended the opening of the 2025 Yushan Forum, the theme of which was “New Southbound Policy+: Taiwan,...