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  1. Pacific island states pushed aside in race for UN funds: Kiribati

    Tiny Pacific island nations, among those hardest hit by climate change, are being outmuscled by larger states in the race to get U.N. funds earmarked for climate change adaptation, Kiribati's agriculture minister said on Wednesday. At a meeting in the Mongolian capital Ulan Bator where land-locked...
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  2. PREP Announces Discovery of New Species in Tonga

    6 March 2014: A two-week Rapid Biodiversity Survey (BIORAP) of Vava'u in Tonga has led to the confirmation of the existence of rare species, among other discoveries. An Ecosystem Service Valuation (ESV) will follow the BIORAP. The Survey, coordinated by Tonga, through the Ministry of Lands,...
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  3. Giving Pacific islanders greater say in ocean science

    The isolated cultures spread across the Pacific were experts of marine biology long before modern science arrived. A rich bank of local knowledge amassed over generations of physical and spiritual reliance on the ocean furnished these communities with a deep understanding of ocean currents, species...
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  4. UN Launches International Year of SIDS

    24 February 2014: At the global launch of the International Year of Small Island Developing States (SIDS), to be celebrated throughout 2014, Ronald Jumeau, Ambassador of Climate Change and SIDS, Seychelles, who served as Master of Ceremonies, noted that the occasion marks the first time the UN has...
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  7. Tongan virgin coconut oil factory steps up production

    Taste of Tonga, the enterprise that has embarked on the production and export of virgin coconut oil has stepped up production of cold pressed virgin coconut oil at its factory on the island of Vava’u in Tonga. The factory has been built to a standard that will allow Taste of Tonga to apply for...
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  10. SPREP Announces Ecological Assessment Expedition in Tonga

    The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) has announced the details of an expedition in the Vava'u archipelago in Tonga. The missions will conduct rapid biodiversity and ecological assessments (BIORAP) of both land and marine sites throughout the archipelago. The...
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