Green News: Pacific Islands biodiversity is one of the world's most precious resources

Green News series: Pacific Islands biodiversity is one of the world's most precious resource Pacific Islands biodiversity is one of the world's most precious resource and yet, one of the most fragile. Hosting up to 75% endemic species and…

Fisheries Story: the first community-owned pearl-meat farm in Fiji

Check out this story of a village which created the very first Fijian community-owned pearl-meat farm in the country. It will support livelihoods through supplementary income while promoting the sustainable use of marine resources. This is the first…

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…

Regional Form 7 students achieve 89% pass rate despite year of disruptions 

In 2020, a total of 1,233 students in the South Pacific Form Seven Certificate (SPFSC) programme overcame the challenges of COVID-19 to successfully complete the requirements of the regional qualification. According to the results released last month,…

SPC Talks: The role of Statistics in Pacific development programmes

In this conversation from the "SPC Talks" series, Alison Carrington, Australia's Consul-General in Noumea, Dr Stuart Minchin, SPC Director-General and Epeli Waqavonovono, Director of the SPC's Statistics for Development Division discuss the role of…

Pacific Data Hub to make data accessible for all

Pacific Governments, agencies, donors and civil society now have a central source of reliable and current data to help them to make decisions that affect Pacific Islanders. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) has backed The Pacific Community…

No cases, but Nauru continues to train for potential COVID-19 outbreak

The Pacific region has been spared from the mass outbreaks of COVID-19 that have taken place throughout the world over the last year. But while Pacific nations can be rightly proud of their quick actions to control the disease,  they are not…

Meet Patricia Naisara, new host for the Pacific Way

Meet the new presenter of The Pacific Way, Patricia Naisara of Fiji, taking over the role from Lenora Qereqeretabua who has been the face of the programme for 25 years. . Naisara is a lawyer by profession with a background experience as a…

Pacific Community sets foundations for post-COVID recovery at 50th Meeting of CRGA

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