13th Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture (FestPAC)
The 13th Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture (FestPAC) will now take place June 6-16, 2024 in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. The announcement from the FestPAC Hawaiʻi Commission and The Pacific Community (SPC), the custodian of FestPAC, follows two postponements of…
Research in Focus: Meet Fuatino Fatiaki, Organic and Agroecology Productions Systems Officer
First EU-SAFE Steering Committee meeting marks progress in Pacific biosecurity and trade facilitation
Farmers at their Kava farm in Vanua Levu, Fiji.
Early Warning Systems (EWS), Emergency Response Planning (ERP) and Field Simulation Exercises
The Safe Agricultural Trade Facilitation is organising this workshop/field activities through the Economic Integration in the Pacific (SAFE Pacific) project based at the SPC Land Resources Division (LRD) and funded by the European Union (EU), in close…
Pacific Agriculture and Forestry Strategy workshop
In response to the Heads of Agriculture and Forestry meeting Decision in March 2023 to develop a regional agriculture and forestry strategy, the Pacific Community and FAO are facilitating a strategic foresight process to develop the strategy.
Research in Focus: Meet Timaima Sovaki, Wood Processing Technician
Research in Focus: Meet Timaima Sovaki, Wood Processing Technician
This time in Research In Focus, we sit with Timaima Sovaki, Wood Processing Technician at the Pacific Community’s (SPC) Land Resources Division.
Hailing from the picturesque island of…
Raising profile of seagrass ecosystems critical
Pacific marine conservation efforts overwhelmingly focus on coral reefs with seagrass ecosystems marginalised in conservation legislation and policy.
This was the remarks shared by SPC’s Acting Deputy Director-General Science and Capability Florence…
Pasifika NiuNet: a new collaborative platform for an integrated approach to coconut research and development in the Pacific
First face-to-face Coconut Board Governance meeting, with participants from Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon islands, Tokelau, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna, French Polynesia, Australia, New Caledonia, New Zealand - SPC
Pilot sites for coconut rhinoceros beetle control
New Zealand High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea, His Excellency, Mr Peter Zwart (Right) paid a visit to one of the pilot demonstration sites for the invasive coconut rhinoceros beetle.
Land Resources Research in Focus: Meet Feasirua Lagilagi, Coconut Genetic Resources intern
Could you describe your academic background and how it led you to pursue your internship at the Pacific Community (SPC)?
I graduated from the University of the South Pacific (USP) with a bachelor’s degree in biology and chemistry, reflecting my strong…