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News 02 February 2022

‘Wetlands Action for People and Nature in the Pacific’ - World Wetlands Day 2022

Wetlands, the ‘kidneys’ of our planet owing to their important function in purifying the water that we depend on daily are celebrated across the world on 2 February each year.

News 28 January 2022

Stay alert and remain vigilant as cyclone season continues

Pacific populations have been urged to remain vigilant at all times and take heed of the correct information and warnings from their National Meteorological offices as the region trudges through the remaining months of the cyclone season.

News 22 November 2021

Inform Plus

A discussion with Pacific countries for ‘Inform Plus’ is underway, with the Regional Knowledge Sharing and Project Update regional workshop, providing one of the first opportunities to have a talanoa about it.

News 22 November 2021

Open Street Map Data in the Pacific

OpenStreetMap (OSM) is a free, editable map & spatial database of the whole world. This dataset is an extract of OpenStreetMap data for 21 Pacific Island Countries, in a GIS-friendly format.

News 22 November 2021

Inform Project Key Highlights

The outputs of the Inform Project have positively contributed to strengthening national and regional capacity in the establishment of Environment Data Portals, State of the Environment reports, National Environment Management Strategy and the first Regional SOE.

News 22 November 2021

Informed impact in Pacific with accessible environmental data

Support for informed decision making when it comes to our environment, grows across the Pacific islands through the Inform Project. It has helped Pacific islands to access their national environmental data sets to ensure data-drive and support decision making.

News 22 November 2021

Environment and conservation information at your fingertips – State of Environment and Conservation website launched

We all depend on our unique Pacific biodiversity. Nature surrounds us, but natural Pacific species and spaces need our help, according to a new assessment released by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP).

News 22 November 2021

Inform E-Learning Platform Officially Launched!

The Inform Project of the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) hosted its second webinar to officially launch the Pacific Inform e-learning platform.

News 22 November 2021

Informed E-Learning in the Pacific

A series of online courses to help Pacific islands manage their own environmental data portals are now in development.