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Turou! Welcome! SPREP is the regional organisation for the protection of the Pacific environment. Fa'afetai lava!

Here, we keep you updated and informed of Pacific environment happenings. We ask that you engage respectfully with our like-minded community. SPREP is the regional organisation established by the Governments and Administrations of the Pacific charged with protecting and managing the environment and natural resources of the Pacific. The head office is based in Apia, Samoa with about 100 staff. There is also a SPREP office in Fiji with four staff as well as SPREP Officers stationed in the Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. SPREP has an annual budget of USD $29 million in 2018. The establishment of SPREP sends a clear signal to the global community of the deep commitment of Pacific island Governments and Administrations for better management of the environment within the context of sustainable development. The strategic direction for SPREP is clearly set out in the 2017-2026 SPREP Strategic Plan. The Plan outlines the mandate, vision and programmes for the organisation, and places strong emphasis on effective delivery of services to SPREP Member countries and territories. SPREP is based in Apia, Samoa, with over 90 staff recruited from around the Pacific region and abroad. You can view our staff list in the Our Team section.

23/09/2026

🌊 One Pacific Voice: 14 Nations Prepare for COP17 🌺

From 21-25 September, 14 Pacific Island countries are meeting in Fiji for the Regional Preparatory ahead of COP17, taking place from 19-30 October 2026 in Yerevan, Armenia 🗓️📍

The focus is on tackling the Triple Planetary Crises: climate change 🌡️, biodiversity loss 🐠, and pollution 🚯, to secure a resilient future for our communities 🏝️

Delegates said they are translating national and regional commitments into a unified, stronger voice for the negotiations 🗣️🌏

Their key priorities include:
💰 Biodiversity finance
📊 National planning and reporting
🌿 Traditional knowledge
🐠 Marine and coastal biodiversity
💻 Digital sequence information
🤝 Capacity-building and technical cooperation

They also emphasize the need to address invasive species 🐜, pollution 🚯, climate change 🌡️, and support biodiversity-based livelihoods 🎣

SPREP, with support from the Government of New Zealand 🇳🇿 and the NBSAP Accelerator Partnership, is facilitating the meeting to ensure the Pacific advocates for the special circumstances of Small Island Developing States 🌊

👉 Read the full story here: https://www.sprep.org/news/pacific-countries-unite-to-advance-one-pacific-voice-at-cbd-cop17

23/09/2026

🌏 Government representatives, producers, recyclers, development partners, CROP agencies and waste management practitioners from across the Pacific gathered in Port Vila 🇻🇺 from September 16 -18, for the CP-RRN Co-Design Workshop and Capacity Building Event ♻️🌏

🗣️ Delegates shared strong support for the regional approach, highlighting the value of working together to improve resource recovery and reduce pollution. Many stressed that strengthening recycling systems cannot be achieved alone, and that the workshop provided an important opportunity to share experiences, identify practical solutions, and build stronger regional partnerships for a more circular and resilient Pacific 💪🌺

🤝 Delegates also welcomed the co-design process, noting it allows Pacific countries to contribute directly to solutions that are practical, locally relevant, and capable of delivering long-term environmental and economic benefits ✅🌱

Read full story: https://www.sprep.org/news/pacific-leaders-and-industry-unite-to-design-regional-framework-for-recycling-and-circular-economy-solutions

22/09/2026

🌊 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐕𝐢𝐭𝐢 𝐋𝐞𝐯𝐮?

A survey across Viti Levu in 2025 looked at litter along the coast and inland areas to understand what types of rubbish are ending up in our environment.

The results give us an important starting point – or baseline – to understand litter in Viti Levu and measure whether things improve over time.

🔎 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝?

🌊 Our coastlines have a lot of litter

The survey recorded 2,288 litter items at coastal sites, with an average of 12.85 items for every metre of coastline surveyed.

Coastal areas had a higher concentration of litter than inland areas.

THAT MATTERS.

If the survey results were representative of Viti Levu's entire approximately 1,026 km coastline, researchers estimate that there could be more than 13.2 million litter items along the coastline.

⚠️ This is only a rough estimate, not a count of every piece of litter on Viti Levu. Litter levels change with weather, tides, location and other factors.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬?

The survey also recorded 1,559 litter items across 32 inland sites, including roadsides, urban areas, agricultural land and natural areas.

Researchers found an average of 0.65 pieces of litter per square metre of land surveyed.

Higher amounts of inland litter were recorded in the western part of Viti Levu, particularly around Nadi and Lautoka, compared with the other inland areas surveyed.

📊 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭?

A second round of coastal and inland monitoring is underway this week, using the same methodology and survey locations as the 2025 baseline.

This will help build a clearer picture of how litter levels are changing over time, and where action can make the biggest difference.

The monitoring is being carried out under the Pacific Ocean Litter Project (POLP), funded by the Australian Government and implemented by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), in partnership with Fiji’s Ministry of Environment and Climate Change and the Pacific Ocean Litter Youth Project. Technical support is provided by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO).

22/09/2026

🌊🌏 🌡️1.5°C remains the anchor, and urgency and agency must travel together.

The Fifth Pacific Ocean Pacific Climate Change Conference (5POPCCC) closed in Honiara with ten priorities to carry One Pacific Voice into regional and global climate action. 🌡️ These include keeping 🌡️1.5°C alive, strengthening Pacific leadership, honouring Indigenous and scientific knowledge, and turning evidence into implementation. 🤝🌺📊

A consistent message emerged from delegates and participants: the Pacific is already generating knowledge, testing solutions and practising adaptation, and the region should not be defined by vulnerability alone. They also called for Pacific evidence to travel into regional and global decision-making, for communities to have meaningful authority over decisions, and for climate finance suited to Pacific realities. 🗣️

A key outcome was the launch of the Pacific Climate Change Journal, a platform to ensure Pacific research reaches policymakers, communities, and international scientific processes. 📖

Dr Vaeno Wayne Vigulu said, “Our target must be action. What legacy are we going to leave for the generations that will come after us?” 🗣️

The 6th POPCCC will be held in 2028 and hosted by Tonga National University and the National University of Vanuatu. 📍

Read full story: 🔗 https://shorturl.at/Z8EOI

22/09/2026

As West Tanna communities work to conserve their coastal fisheries, a new source of food and income is taking shape through backyard tilapia fish farming. Communities are exploring a practical way to maintain access to fish while allowing coastal fishing areas to recover. In June, 35 participants from 12 communities across West Tanna took part in a hands-on training at Loukatai village, learning how to construct fishponds and raise tilapia under the Pacific Ecosystem-based Adaptation to Climate Change (PEBACC+) project.

The demonstration site is also showing how fish farming can be combined with other food production. A poultry house sits above the pond, while pond water is helping vegetables grow, even in one of West Tanna’s driest areas during the current El Niño period. And the response has been encouraging: 25 backyard fishponds were dug following the training, as communities prepare to establish their own ponds and introduce fish fingerlings.

This is what locally led climate adaptation can look like - supporting food security and livelihoods while giving coastal ecosystems space to recover.

Read the full story: https://www.sprep.org/news/tilapia-farming-offers-new-livelihood-pathway-for-west-tanna-communities

The PEBACC+ project is implemented by SPREP and funded by Kiwa Initiative and the French Facility for Global Environment.

22/09/2026

𝐅𝐢𝐣𝐢 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬

A second round of coastal and inland litter monitoring is underway across Viti Levu, Fiji, this week, as part of the Pacific Ocean Litter Project’s (POLP) Regional Coastal Monitoring Programme.

Using the same methodology and survey locations as last year's baseline assessment, the monitoring will measure changes in the amount, type and distribution of litter and provide valuable insights into how waste moves from inland communities to the coast and ocean

📍62 sites

🔎 185 transects across Viti Levu

🌊 30 coastal transects

🌿 32 inland transects

📏Approximately 1026 km of coastline and inland areas covered

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐮𝐬?

The initial survey recorded 3,837 debris items.

🍾 17% of fragment debris was glass beverage bottles, the most common fragment item, followed by soft plastic food wrappers and labels at 14%.

🥡 15% of whole debris items were plastic food wrappers and labels, the most common whole item, followed by cigarette butts at 11%.

🌊 Coastal areas recorded an average debris density 1.5 times higher than inland areas.

The return survey will help us see what has changed. The data will support evidence-based policymaking, targeted waste reduction strategies and interventions, while helping measure the impact of policies, regulations, practices and awareness initiatives over time.

Fiji’s monitoring also contributes to a broader regional picture. POLP has applied the same methodology across Samoa, Solomon Islands and Tuvalu, building comparable evidence to better understand the scale and drivers of plastic and other debris entering our Pacific coastal and marine environments.

POLP is funded by the Australian Government and executed by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP). The project is working with Fiji’s Ministry of Environment and Climate Change and Pacific Ocean Litter Youth Project. Technical support for this initiative is provided by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO).

21/09/2026

𝐏𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐎𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬

A new regional initiative was launched today in Fiji, bringing together Pacific regional organisations and development partners to support Pacific countries, territories and community action for a healthier, more resilient ocean.

The “Pacific Ocean Initiative – Sustainable Protection and Management of Coastal and Marine Ecosystems for Community Resilience” will invest in Pacific knowledge, research, and partnerships, strengthening the capacity of regional and national institutions and communities to generate and apply evidence to ocean and coastal management.

The Initiative is supported by an €8 million grant from the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) over five years and is being implemented by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) and the Pacific Community (SPC), in collaboration with Pacific Island Countries and Territories, technical partners, NGOs and civil society.

🔗 https://www.sprep.org/news/pacific-ocean-initiative-launched-to-strengthen-resilience-of-pacific-marine-ecosystems-and-coastal-communities

𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐝𝐞 𝐥’𝐈𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐎𝐜é𝐚𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐞 𝐥𝐚 𝐫é𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬 é𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭è𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐞𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐮𝐭é𝐬 𝐜ô𝐭𝐢è𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐮 𝐏𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞

Une nouvelle initiative régionale a été lancée aujourd’hui aux Fidji, réunissant des organisations régionales du Pacifique et des partenaires de développement afin de soutenir les pays, territoires et communautés du Pacifique dans leurs actions en faveur d’un océan plus sain et plus résilient.

L’« Initiative Océan Pacifique – Protection et gestion durables des écosystèmes côtiers et marins pour la résilience des communautés » investira dans les savoirs, la recherche et les partenariats du Pacifique afin de renforcer les capacités d’institutions régionales et nationales ainsi que des communautés à produire et à mobiliser de nouvelles connaissances en faveur de la gestion des océans et des zones côtières.

L’Initiative bénéficie d’une subvention de 8 millions d’euros de l’Agence Française de Développement (AFD) sur une période de cinq ans. Elle est mise en œuvre par le Programme régional océanien de l’environnement (PROE) et la Communauté du Pacifique (CPS), en collaboration avec les pays et territoires insulaires du Pacifique, des partenaires techniques, des organisations non gouvernementales et la société civile.

🔗 https://www.sprep.org/news/lancement-de-linitiative-ocean-pacifique-en-faveur-de-la-resilience-des-ecosystemes-marins-et-des-communautes-cotieres-du-pacifique

21/09/2026

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At the 8th Pacific Media Summit, hosted by the Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) and the Fiji Media Association (FMA) in Savusavu, Fiji, climate change-induced loss and damage took centre stage at the Nawi Island Marina during one of the pre-summit sessions.

Editors, Newsroom Leaders and News Managers from Naoero, Tonga, Fiji, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Palau, Niue and Tuvalu engaged in the inaugural SPREP Pacific Editors Forum on Loss and Damage.

The two-day Forum, from 21-22 September, organised and facilitated by SPREP in partnership with PINA/FMA, is part of SPREP’s Pacific Voice Amplification work, to engage and continue to build the understanding of Pacific Media Leaders so they are better equipped to share critical information on climate change and Loss and Damage, for a more resilient Pacific environment.

The inaugural SPREP Pacific Editors Forum on Loss and Damage is made possible with funding support from the Loss and Damage Capability and Capacity (LDCC) Project with the Government of New Zealand.

New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade

18/09/2026

🇳🇺 is investing in its youth by empowering them through the Loss and Damage Capacity and Capability Project supported by the Government of New Zealand and implemented by SPREP in partnership with Niue. Working with its young people, Niue is embarking on a project with its youth groups to share stories on through short films.

This week in Niue a series of workshops were held to build the capacity of their youth to do so. We hear why its important that Niue's youth are able to tell their stories on Loss and Damage, through their lens.

You can learn more about this initiative at: https://www.sprep.org/news/niue-youth-gearing-up-to-tell-their-loss-and-damage-stories-0

The Powerful voices, powerful solutions: Telling our Loss and Damage stories in Niue workshop series were held from 14 to 17 September. The workshops were supported through the Loss and Damage Capacity and Capability Project (LDCC) funded by the Government of Niue and implemented by SPREP in partnership with the Government of Niue. The LDCC Project spans the Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Niue, Solomon Islands, Tokelau and Tonga.

Project Management and Coordination Unit - PMCU - Government of NIUE
New Zealand High Commission Niue

18/09/2026

📸 Two weeks. Big conversations. Major decisions. New connections. Plenty of memories.

From PMC-8 to PMMM-4, the Pacific meteorological community came together in Nuku’alofa to reflect on where we’ve been and chart the way forward for a secured, sustainable, and more weather-ready Pacific.

The week closed with Pacific Ministers renewing their commitment to stronger weather, climate, ocean and water services and endorsing the Siu-i-Alaimoana Ki Likutapu Declaration.

A huge mālō ‘aupito to the Kingdom of Tonga for hosting us, and to everyone who made Pacific Met Week possible. 💙

See you in Espiritu Santo, 2028! 🌴🌊🌦️

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