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This video offers a captivating glimpse into the world of marine turtles along the coast. It highlights their natural behavior, conservation importance, and biodiversity within their ocean habitats. The video is part of efforts tied to the SPREP “Inform” project, underscoring regional marine conservation initiatives

The Fourth Executive Board Meeting was held in hybrid format from 4 to 6 September 2024.

Opening remarks at the beginning of the 4th Executive Board meeting, SPREP, September 2024

Sea turtle Monitoring manual launch and introduction

The “Rules of Procedure of the SPREP Meeting” (Rules 8.1 and 8.2), provides that where the Meeting is hosted by the Secretariat, the Chair and Vice Chair shall rotate alphabetically, and where the Meeting is not hosted by the Secretariat, the Chair shall be provided by the host country. The 31st SPREP Meeting was hosted by the Secretariat.

Ocean and land are not separate systems, what happens in one influences the other. In this way, what happens on every Pacific island has an impact on the surrounding ocean. In the past, nutrients would flow from land to sea to keep reefs and seagrass beds healthy. Seabirds and turtles bring marine nutrients to land when they breed.

These are some dangers that impact all marine species, fishing, climate change, plastic pollution and coastal development.

Seabirds spend most of their lives at sea, but they need to come back to land every year to breed. Seabirds nest everywhere from high mountainous islands to low-lying atolls.

Sharks and rays have existed for over 400 million years. Some species are top predators. Others, like whale sharks, eat only plankton. They are all a crucial part of a balanced ecosystem

Whales and dolphins are very long-lived like human and only reproduce slowly. It takes many generations for their populations to grow.