Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Day
Happy National Day to the Northern Mariana Islands
Pacific Islanders Turn to Local Economies to Drive Post-pandemic Recovery
This story originally appeared on the Inter Press Service website, it has been republished here with permission.
International Mother Language Day
Fostering multilingualism for inclusion in education and society
International Mother Language Day recognizes that languages and multilingualism can advance inclusion, and the Sustainable Development Goals’ focus on leaving no one behind. UNESCO…
New agreement set to strengthen conservation and sustainable development efforts in the Pacific
Conservation and sustainable development efforts in the Pacific were strengthened this week thanks to a new agreement between the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the Pacific Community (SPC). The agreement will see both…
Intergovernmental Conference on Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction
Intergovernmental Conference on an international legally binding instrument under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (General…
High-level political forum on sustainable development
The high-level political forum on sustainable development (HLPF) is the core United Nations platform for follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
CRGA Subcommittee on the Strategic Plan
The CRGA Subcommittee on the Strategic Plan will meet over two days in June to review the Pacific Community's Draft 2020 Results Report and to advise on the development of SPC's 10-year Strategic Plan 2021+. The hybrid meeting will…
Animated video takes home top TikTok Challenge prize
By: IOM/Olivia Blinn
When Destiny Etse first heard that she had won the FSM COVID-19 TikTok Challenge for her animated video, she did not believe that it was true. Posts on social media and an FSM-wide SMS blast confirmed it — Destiny had won the Gold…
Reflection on 2020- COVID challenges and impacts: PW Podcast S03-E01
Bula, bon jour, and welcome to a new season of the Pacific Way Podcast.
Protecting the diversity of coconuts in the Pacific islands
Researchers in the Pacific recently travelled to a remote island in Fiji to collect endangered coconut specimens as part of an ACIAR-supported project to conserve the plant’s genetic diversity.
Coconut palms, commonly referred to as the ‘Tree of Life…