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Climate change may halve Pacific Islands’ coastal fish catch
Friday, 4 March 2011, 12:10 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), Noumea, New Caledonia, Friday 4 March 2011 - Heads of Pacific Islands’ fisheries agencies heard yesterday that climate change is predicted to cause big declines in coastal fisheries resources in the region, ... More >>
SPC and PASO enter into partnership
Tuesday, 1 March 2011, 2:25 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
Yesterday, the Secretariat of the Pacific Community and the Pacific Aviation Safety Organisation (PASO) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to enhance collaborative efforts between the two bodies charged with advancing regional aviation safety and ... More >>
SPC and New Caledonia sign funding agreements
Friday, 18 February 2011, 4:35 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
The Government of New Caledonia and the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) have signed three agreements today to fund interventions to reduce public health risks resulting from contaminated drinking water, inadequate sanitation and drought. More >>
SPC Press Release – Aquaculture Section
Thursday, 17 February 2011, 1:32 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
tocks of high-value sea cucumber species have been chronically over-exploited throughout the Asia-Pacific region, as elsewhere in the world. They are in great demand, not only for food but also for their reported medicinal and supposed aphrodisiac qualities, ... More >>
U.S Peace Corps to work with the SPC
Monday, 7 February 2011, 11:29 am | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
The United States Peace Corps and the Secretariat of the Pacific Community have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that will allow for the placement of Peace Corps volunteers in SPC to assist in some institutional and organisational work. More >>
Fiji: Strategies as a Way Forward for Cultural Industry
Monday, 13 December 2010, 10:25 am | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
Pacific Island cultural industry producers and distributors have identified several concrete initiatives to further develop the sector in the areas of production, creation and distribution. Regional artists, musicians and crafters from the Cook Islands, ... More >>
Strategies as a Way Forward for Cultural Industry
Friday, 10 December 2010, 3:20 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
Suva, Fiji Islands (10 December, 2010) Pacific Island cultural industry producers and distributors have identified several concrete initiatives to further develop the sector in the areas of production, creation and distribution. More >>
International Year of Biodiversity
Monday, 6 December 2010, 12:48 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
06 DECEMBER 2010, Suva, Fiji (Secretariat of the Pacific Community) - The International Year of Biodiversity, celebrating our rich heritage on the land, and in the sea, is coming to an end this month, and it is fitting that FAO and SPC are collaborating ... More >>
Pacific Health Professionals Address Epidemics
Tuesday, 2 November 2010, 3:19 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
A gathering of Pacific human and animal health professionals will take place in Suva to assess current lab testing and specimen shipment procedures in relation to identifying and controlling priority epidemic diseases. More >>
Major gathering of Pacific health professionals
Monday, 1 November 2010, 11:33 am | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
Friday 29 October 2010, Noumea, New Caledonia – A major gathering of Pacific human and animal health laboratory professionals will take place next week (1–4 November) in Suva, Fiji Islands to assess current laboratory testing and specimen shipment ... More >>
SPC seeks new sources of vital health funding
Saturday, 30 October 2010, 10:26 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) is seeking new sources of funding to sustain the long-term battle against the epidemic of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) which kill more than half of the region’s people prematurely. More >>
SPC Will Be A 'Larger Organisation' In 2011
Friday, 29 October 2010, 4:53 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
In January 2011, the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) will be a larger organisation with more staff and additional programmes, according to its Director-General, Dr Jimmie Rodgers. More >>
Pacific Women Call To Accelerate Equality
Tuesday, 31 August 2010, 11:33 am | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
The 11th Triennial Conference of Pacific Women held at SPC headquarters in Noumea in August 2010 called for stronger regional multi-sectoral processes and mechanisms to accelerate the achievement of equality between women and men in the region. More >>
Breaking The Silence: Controlling STIs In Pacific
Thursday, 26 August 2010, 7:08 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
Recent surveys on HIV and other STIs in the region show that on average, one in four sexually active young people in the Pacific have an STI, with a chlamydia prevalence in youth of up to 40% - among the highest rates in the world. More >>
11th Triennial Conference Of Pacific Women
Friday, 20 August 2010, 5:05 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
There needs to be a bold new approach to women's health in the Pacific to tackle persistent problems of violence against women, poor maternal health and high rates of obesity and cancer, the Conference of Pacific Women in Noumea heard. More >>
11th Triennial Conference of Pacific Women
Thursday, 12 August 2010, 4:10 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Noumea, 12 August - Women's issues are attracting more attention in the Pacific, but progress towards gender balance in institutions and legislatures is slow and many women are still subject to violence, poverty and ... More >>
Call For More Global Support To Battle Epidemic
Sunday, 27 June 2010, 10:58 am | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
Health specialists have appealed for increased United Nations support in the battle against the epidemic in the Pacific of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes, heart attacks and cancer. More >>
Pacific chlamydia burden amongst highest in world
Wednesday, 17 March 2010, 10:23 am | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
“This should be a day for celebrating progress made in the Pacific towards gender equality and women’s rights,” said Dr Jimmie Rodgers, Director General of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) speaking last week on International Women’s ... More >>
Pacific tuna tagging: what to do with the numbers?
Friday, 12 March 2010, 1:23 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
Twenty scientists gathered recently at an International Tuna Tagging Workshop held at the Secretariat of the Pacific Community’s (SPC) headquarters in New Caledonia. The world’s largest ever tuna tagging project has released over 250,000 tagged ... More >>
Gathering to measure progress on womens' status
Friday, 5 March 2010, 5:13 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
As delegates from around the world meet at United Nations headquarters in New York for a major gathering on the status of women, the Pacific is gearing up for its own conference on the advancement of women later this year. More >>
