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The COPE children's disaster booklets are free, illustrated educational stories designed to help children prepare for natural hazards, featuring a team of kid characters who teach children (in different languages) the safety steps for disasters. it is Authored by Martha Keswick, Illustrated by Marino Jesse, Edited by Timothy Sim & Translated by Birtha Lisimoni-Togahai. Niue Meteorological Services and SPREP through the Weather Ready Pacific Programme, with funding from UK Weather and Climate Information Services (WISER), facilitated the translation and printing of the Niuean series of 7 books (Storm Surges, Droughts, Earthquakes, Floods, Tsunami, Volcanoes, Cyclones).

This report presents the Samoa Energy Review 2023 consists of five chapters namely, the energy overview, renewable energy, electricity, petroleum and end-use sector. The Samoa Energy Review 2023 was analysed and compiled by the Energy Policy Coordination & Management Division of the Ministry of Works, Transport and Infrastructure to provide the Government of Samoa, businesses, communities, and the general public with a better understanding of energy data trends, key milestones and sectoral relationships.

We know you found Episode 3 a fun way to learn about invasive species so why not take the challenge of Episode 4 of the Pacific’s quirkiest quiz, it’s invasive, informative and absolutely Tofiga-fied! Come laugh, learn and battle the baddies of the Pacific with the PRISMSS interactive video quiz on invasive species that’s part science, part stand-up, and all heart. Don’t miss the laughs, the learning, and: • Learn how they impact biodiversity, island resilience & climate change • Discover how Pacific partnerships are fighting back sustainably • Gut-busting laughs, yes, learning can be funny • Loved it? Learned something new? Had a laugh? • Snap a pic, share your experience, and tag us: #PRISMSSBattler and #OhhThatsABitInvasive to spread the word and show your support for a resilient Pacific!

The Magiagi leaders, Pulega a Alii ma faipule wishes to dedicate a part of their land to establish a Rainforest Conservation Area (RCA). Their vision is for the protection and preservation of their natural and cultural resources to benefit current and future generations. The Management Plan 9MP), identifies key values of the Conservation Area (CA) and a set of objectives and strategies are developed to restore, protect and safeguard those values.

This study explores the potential of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) processing in Samoa as a sustainable pathway for waste management and economic development. With increasing global concerns over plastic pollution and the urgent need for sustainable alternatives, PHA emerges as a promising biodegradable polymer. Samoa, like many other small island nations, faces challenges in waste management and environmental conservation.

This Roadmap outlines strategies and plans to improve plastic circularity in Tonga. The Roadmap is based on scientific, social and economic literature review and developed through an inclusi8ve approach, involving public consultations to establish the guiding principles and mechanisms of a circular for Tonga.

Both climate finance and carbon markets point to the fundamental importance of multilateral cooperation. The Global Action Portal shows a lot of promise in this respect. It is mapping so many initiatives from non-Party stakeholders, empowering frontrunners to inspire others to follow. The climate crisis, once a distant warning, has become an undeniable, ever-present force impacting lives, ecosystems and economies with acceleration intensity.

Both Samoa and American Samoa have relatively diverse shark and ray communities with management plans in place to protect chondrichthyans. These include participation in Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission initiatives, spatial protections, and community-based management programs. Implications. Current management approaches have the potential to provide significant protection to sharks and rays, however, their effectiveness may be hindered by a lack of proper enforcement, or compliance at the national and community levels.

This paper is a further contribution to the naturalised flora of Tonga in documenting 19 species newly recognised from the archipelago. These 19 species are treated as the single broad category of naturalised whereby they form a wild population(s) self-maintained by seed or vegetative reproduction (following Webb et al. 1988).

Recent field surveys of the flora of Niue have identified three new species records for the island. Erigeron bellioides DC. (Asteraceae) and Psidium cattleyanum Sabine (Myrtaceae) are new naturalised records and Crepidomanes saxifragoides (C.Presl) P.S.Green (Hymenophyllaceae) is an addition to the indigenous flora.