"I grew up surrounded by flowers and crops. Now I run the largest plant gene bank in the Pacific"
ABC Pacific Beat: PacMOSSI project looking to ramp up mosquito control and reduce disease
By Jordan Fennell on Pacific Beat
While the world's attention remains on COVID-19, the Pacific Community (SPC) has joined forces with James Cook University in Brisbane to tackle the scourge of mosquito borne disease that continues to blight the region.
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Data gaps on Pacific kava production, trade and consumption hinder full analysis of investment and growth opportunities
The lack of reliable and comprehensive data on production, domestic consumption and exports of kava could be holding back investment and growth prospects for the kava industry according to a new paper by Nilima Lal, Economic Statistics Adviser,…
What do the statistics tell us about the impacts of the COVID-19 on PICT economies
A new paper by SPC Statistics Advisor-Strategic Planning Monitoring Analysis, Elizabeth Ragimana and SPC Data Analysis and Dissemination Manager, David Abbott reveals how almost eighteen months on since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide,…
Spotlight on the Kiwa Initiative during the EU-Indo-Pacific High-Level Conference on Climate Change
Photo: SPC/WTYSL
New agreement puts spotlight on managing deadly mosquito born viral disease epidemics in the Pacific
Disease epidemics from viruses spread by mosquitoes are happening more often across the Pacific region with 96 outbreaks (69 dengue outbreaks, 12 Zika virus and 15 Chikungunya) reported between January 2012 and May 2021. In response to this…
Remarks by Dr Andrew Jones, Director Geoscience, Energy and Maritime (GEM) Division SPC at the opening of the 20th Maritime Boundaries Working Session: securing our Blue Pacific region for future generations
Ni sa bula Vinaka and good morning colleagues and friends.
Identifying groundwater sources on Fiji’s Kia Island
Although it is composed of 98 per cent ocean, the Pacific is one of the world’s regions where availability of freshwater supplies is the most challenging. On Kia Island in Fiji, where access to water is even more uncertain after one of the strongest…
USAID and Pacific Community (SPC) Launch PROJECT Governance
To strengthen local communities efforts to foster consensus and inclusion, inspire ownership and draw on local understanding of governance in the Pacific, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Pacific Community (SPC)…