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Baseline information on seabirds is urgently needed, particularly to determine presence of remnant populations of petrels and shearwaters to enable management actions to developed for their protection, enhancement and/or restoration to these islands.

All Pacific people have an undeniable connection to their natural environment, resources, livelihoods, faiths, cultural values and traditional knowledge.

This Regional Security Outlook Report draws on specialist analysis from across the region to provide stakeholders with an overview of a board range of current regional security issues and trends. By comparing the challenges and projections outlined in this report, regional decision makers can then consider which issues require most attention and prioritisation, both regionally and in their own national context.

Bioregions are spatial units of the marine environment that host similar biota, and can serve to provide spatially explicit surrogates of biodiversity for marine conservation and management,

In all countries, economic growth comes with the loss of natural capital, our ultimate sources of wealth. Therefore, the challenge is combining growth with preserving our ecosystem to secure more prosperous Asia and the Pacific.

The Third Executive Board Meeting was held virtually on 8–9 September 2022 in Apia, Samoa. Present at the meeting were representatives from Niue, Republic of Marshall Islands, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, United Kingdom and Wallis and Futuna. Attending as Observers were Australia and Samoa. The full list of participants is attached as Annex 1.

Environmental impact assessment (EIA) is a process that is used to assess and mange individual development projects. It aims to maximise positive benefits and minimise negative impacts for local communities and their environment. Stakeholder engagement and local knowledge is fundamental to good EIA. When implemented correctly, EIA can help to support the achievement of green growth targets, climate change resilience and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Easter Chu Shing speech for the International Women's Day 2021

The third round of online regional training on enhancing knowledge and understanding of key E&S professionals and practitioners on best practices for managing risks and impacts associated with an effective EIA process as well as meeting the requirements of environmental and social safeguards in development projects across the region was successfully carried out between March and May of 2022.

The 16th meeting of the Parties to the Noumea Convention