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Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme - SPREP Turou! Welcome to our page! SPREP is the regional organisation for the protection of the Pacific environment. Fa'afetai lava!
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Here, we keep you updated and informed of Pacific environment happenings. We ask that you engage respectfully with our 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.

01/08/2026

As El Niรฑo continues to influence weather patterns across the Pacific, understanding the impacts of drought has never been more important.

๐ŸŒž Prolonged dry conditions can affect water supplies, agriculture, food security, ecosystems and communities across our Blue Pacific. Being informed is the first step towards being prepared.

๐ŸŽฅ Check out this video to learn how drought can impact agriculture, water and food security, health, and our Pacific economies.

This video was produced by the Australia and New Zealand funded Climate and Oceans Support Program in the Pacific (COSPPac).

Pacific members and partners of the Sustainable Waste Actions in the Pacific โ€“ Phase 2 (SWAP2) project gathered in ...
31/07/2026



Pacific members and partners of the Sustainable Waste Actions in the Pacific โ€“ Phase 2 (SWAP2) project gathered in Samoa for the project's second Steering Committee Meeting (SCM) on 28-29 July.

We hear from some of our Pacific countries about the impact of the project on efforts to ensure a

For more details, check out story: https://www.sprep.org/news/swap2-steering-committee-continues-momentum-to-strengthen-pacifics-waste-management-systems

AFD - Agence Franรงaise de Dรฉveloppement

๐•๐š๐ง๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฉ ๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ž๐๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ž๐š ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐งVanuatu has taken an essential step to enhance national e...
31/07/2026

๐•๐š๐ง๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฉ ๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ž๐๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ž๐š ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง

Vanuatu has taken an essential step to enhance national efforts to protect and sustainably manage the nationโ€™s marine and coastal resources. A national workshop to support Vanuatuโ€™s preparation for accession to the Noumea Convention, including implementation, has ended.

โ€œThe recently concluded workshop on the Noumea Convention provided invaluable clarity and strategic direction for our ongoing environmental and regional commitments,โ€ said Mr Osborne Melenamu, Director of Vanuatu Department of Environment Protection and Conversation (DEPC).

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Department of Environmental Protection and Conservation DEPC

๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐๐• ๐จ๐ง ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฐ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง ๐“๐ฎ๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐œ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒSPREP is ...
31/07/2026

๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐๐• ๐จ๐ง ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฐ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง ๐“๐ฎ๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐œ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ

SPREP is working with the Government of Tuvalu to assess whether rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) systems have any measurable impacts on the quality of rainwater harvested from rooftops in Funafuti.

The initiative supports Tuvaluโ€™s climate commitments under its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) while strengthening understanding of the relationship between renewable energy infrastructure and water security, two national priorities that increasingly share the same rooftop infrastructure.

โ€œAs we continue to expand rooftop solar installations to meet our NDC targets, it is essential that we fully understand any potential impacts on the quality of the rainwater that our communities rely on every day,โ€ said Director Mr Jaime Ovia.

โ€œThe findings will provide valuable evidence to guide future policy, investment and infrastructure decisions, ensuring that our transition to clean energy also safeguards the health and wellbeing of the Tuvalu people.โ€

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๐…๐ข๐ฃ๐ข ๐š๐๐ฏ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐‹๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฅ๐š๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ก ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ง๐’๐ž๐š๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž The Secretariat of the Pacific Regiona...
30/07/2026

๐…๐ข๐ฃ๐ข ๐š๐๐ฏ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐‹๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฅ๐š๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ก ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ง๐’๐ž๐š๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž

The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), Deutsche Gesellschaft fรผr Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), and the Pacific Community (SPC), in partnership with Fiji's Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MECC), have launched the CleanSeas - Marine Litter Prevention in Pacific Island Countries programme in Fiji, marking an important milestone in the country's efforts to reduce plastic pollution and protect its marine environment.

The launch followed the Fiji National Inception Workshop at the Holiday Inn, Suva, which brought together representatives from government, development partners, civil society organisations, academia and the private sector to strengthen collaboration, identify national priorities and lay the foundation for implementation of the four-year initiative.

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๐๐š๐œ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐›๐š๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐†๐ฅ๐จ๐›๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐จ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐…๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ๐ซ...
30/07/2026

๐๐š๐œ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐›๐š๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐†๐ฅ๐จ๐›๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐จ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐…๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐œ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž

Pacific priorities are being amplified on the global stage in Nairobi, Kenya, as the world looks to the Seventeenth Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP17) in Yerevan, Armenia later this year.

A key stepping stone towards Armenia is the Twenty-eighth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice taking place in Nairobi Kenya from 27 July to 1 August. This precedes the seventh meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation (SBI-7) from 4 -12 August at the same venue.

Topical on the agenda in Nairobi is the first global review of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. Current findings indicate that while global engagement has increased, national efforts remain off track to meet the 2030 goals.

โ€œWe accept the central finding: the world is not on track, and no target yet shows a fully positive picture. But an honest review must also be honest about who is missing from its evidence,โ€ said Fiji's Permanent Secretary for Environment and Climate Change, Dr. Sivendra Michael.

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Letโ€™s Talk El Nino series โ€“ El Niรฑo and Agriculture Our series continues! ๐ŸŒŽโ˜€๏ธ๐ŸŒŠThis week we look at how El Niรฑo will af...
29/07/2026

Letโ€™s Talk El Nino series โ€“ El Niรฑo and Agriculture

Our series continues! ๐ŸŒŽโ˜€๏ธ๐ŸŒŠ

This week we look at how El Niรฑo will affect agriculture in the Pacific.

๐Ÿ”น What will drier conditions mean for farmers?
๐Ÿ”น How farmers can prepare for drier conditions
๐Ÿ”น Where you can get the latest and most accurate information for your specific countries.

Follow along each week as we break down the science into easy-to-understand facts and answer some of the most common questions about this important climate phenomenon.

๐Ÿ“Œ Stay informed.
๐Ÿ“Œ Stay prepared.

๐’๐–๐€๐๐Ÿ ๐’๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐๐š๐œ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฌ The impact of a project hel...
29/07/2026

๐’๐–๐€๐๐Ÿ ๐’๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐๐š๐œ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฌ

The impact of a project helping Pacific communities strengthen systems and build a more circular and is being recognised in Samoa, this week.

The successes, challenges and aspirations of the Sustainable Waste Actions in the Pacific โ€“ Phase 2 (SWAP2) project are being discussed as Pacific members and partners gather for the second Steering Committee Meeting (SCM), at SPREPโ€™s Vailima headquarters.

Said Lealaisalanoa Frances Brown Reupena, CEO Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Samoa โ€œFor Samoa, SWAP2 has delivered practical results in marine litter management, waste audits, used-oil management, public awareness, and capacity building. These activities have strengthened collaboration across government, communities, the private sector, and development partners."

Samoa's story is echoed by eight other Pacific countries and territories.

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AFD - Agence Franรงaise de Dรฉveloppement

๐Ÿ“ฃThe information in the State of Environment and Conservation in the Pacific Islands: 2020 Regional Report presented the...
28/07/2026

๐Ÿ“ฃThe information in the State of Environment and Conservation in the Pacific Islands: 2020 Regional Report presented the Pacific priorities for environmental management, data gaps and opportunities, and the ways in which Pacific environments and resources are changing.

๐ŸชดThere were 31 endorsed regional environment indicators across seven thematic areas, those being: Atmosphere and Climate, Biodiversity, Built Environment, Coastal and Marine, Conservation and Protection, Environmental Governance, and Land.

๐ŸชธYou can learn more about this report at: https://soec.sprep.org/

Contributing to the goals of the Strategy, the successes, challenges and aspirations of the ๐’๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐–๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž ๐€๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ...
28/07/2026

Contributing to the goals of the Strategy, the successes, challenges and aspirations of the ๐’๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐–๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž ๐€๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐š๐œ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ โ€“ ๐๐ก๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐Ÿ (๐’๐–๐€๐๐Ÿ) ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ are being discussed as Pacific members and partners gather for the projectโ€™s second Steering Committee Meeting (SCM), in Samoa, from 28-29 July.

The Steering Committee Meeting was opened by Ms. Lealaisalanoa Frances Brown Reupena, CEO of Samoaโ€™s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Samoa. Other speakers included SPREP Director General, Mr Sefanaia Nawadra and Ms. Sophie Soejitno, Regional Policy Officer, Pacific Ocean Directorate.

SWAP2 works to improve waste infrastructure, build capacity and foster regional collaboration in nine Pacific islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Kiribati, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna.

SWAP2 is funded by the AFD - Agence Franรงaise de Dรฉveloppement (AFD) and executed by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP).

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