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IUCN joins Fortune 500 companies to address plastic leaks in their supply chains
22.02.2019
IUCN, together with the World Business Council on Sustainable Development (WBCSD), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Life Cycle Initiative, have joined the strategic committee of a newly launched Plastic Leak Project (PLP), which aims to...
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BIOPAMA launches a call for experts to join the Pacific Regional Action Component Advisory Committee
14.02.2019
IUCN has launched a call for experts to serve on the Biodiversity and Protected Areas Management (BIOPAMA) Programme Action Component Pacific Regional Advisory Committee (RAC).
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A year in images: BIOPAMA 2018
18.01.2019
In 2018, the BIOPAMA programme engaged with a significant number of stakeholders to ensure that BIOPAMA’s activities support the needs of the countries and their actors, as well as assist them in achieving their conservation objectives and international...
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IUCN Oceania staff graduates from University of Wollongong
13.12.2018
IUCN Oceania Senior Environmental Legal Officer Maria Goreti Muavesi can now add a Masters to her list of qualifications.
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Asia-Pacific Day for the Ocean: catalysing new commitments to improving ocean health in Asia-Pacific
12.12.2018
On 20 November, IUCN Asia and Mangroves for the Future (MFF) attended the Asia-Pacific Day for the Ocean event in Bangkok. Taking place between the first Ocean Conference in 2017 and the second in 2020, the event gave ocean stakeholders – member states, UN...
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Protected Areas Working Group: enhancing regional coordination in the Pacific
08.11.2018
IUCN Oceania Regional Office (ORO) and the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) have convened the latest gathering of the Protected Area Working Group (PAWG) of the Pacific Island Roundtable for Nature Conservation (PIRT) in Suva...
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BIOPAMA holds joint workshop in Tuvalu
01.11.2018
BIOPAMA regional observatory (resource-hub) recently held a joint workshop with the Tuvalu Department of Environment to collate and improve protected area data.
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Fijian appointed Director of IUCN’s Global Ecosystem Management Programme
29.10.2018
IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, the world’s largest environment network, has appointed Fiji national Radhika Murti as one of its youngest directors.
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Fiji's special, unique marine areas report launched
17.09.2018
On Friday 14th of September, Ms Sandeep K. Singh, Director of the Department of Environment from the Ministry of Waterways and Environment, launched a report describing Fiji’s Special, Unique Marine Areas (SUMA).
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Marine spatial planning – the way forward to a healthier ocean
12.09.2018
With the aim to increase understanding key aspects of marine spatial planning (MSP) in the Pacific region, more than eighty participants from governments, NGO stakeholders and partners gathered in Nadi, Fiji on 11 September, 2018 for the Pacific Regional Peer...