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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with Prime Minister of the Cook Islands Mark Brown
Prime Minister of Canada
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May 20, 2023
CANADA, May 20 - Today, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met with the Prime Minister of the Cook Islands, Mark Brown, on the margins of the G7 Summit in Hiroshima, Japan. The two leaders welcomed this first meeting and congratulated each other on the...
Cook Islands and American Samoa affirms Commitment to Improving Regional Tourism
Pacific Tourism Organisation
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November 9, 2022
The Cook Islands and American Samoa affirmed their commitment to being part of the regional sustainable tourism cohesion as they signed the Pacific Leader’s Sustainable Tourism Commitment at the Pacific Sustainable Tourism Leadership Summit in the...
Pacific Tourism Organisation Partners with FSM-Yap to Drive Data Excellence for Sustainable Development
Pacific Tourism Organisation
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June 21, 2024
The Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO) in collaboration with the Yap Visitors Bureau (YVB) conducted a week-long in-country workshop (June 10-14) focused on data initiatives and the Digital Measurement and Benchmarking Dashboard under the Pacific...
Regenerative Tourism in the centre of Cook Island’s Tourism Offering
Pacific Tourism Organisation
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May 8, 2023
The Cook Islands Tourism Corporation is committed to integrating sustainable and regenerative tourism into the country’s visitor experiences. A pilot programme for regenerative travel experience is currently in place with the goal to ensure that...
George Mateariki (‘Birdman George’) is Cook Islands’ Sustainability Champion
Pacific Tourism Organisation
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May 16, 2023
George Mateariki (mostly known as ‘Birdman George’) offers education tours of endangered bird species that include the Rarotongan Flycatcher (Kakerori) and the endangered Rimatara Lorikeets. George is a volunteer at the Takitumu Conservation Area...
Three-point Q and A with Head of Delegation from Niue at the INC4 on plastic pollution
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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April 26, 2024
25 April 2024, Ottawa, Canada - The fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (INC-4), is taking place from 23 to...
MEDIA RELEASE – Samoa remains steadfast in pursuit of sustainable development.
Government of Samoa
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June 6, 2024
Apia, Samoa; 7th June 2024 – Samoa recently held successful national validation workshops on June 5th and 7th, 2024, as part of its preparations for the third Voluntary National Review (VNR) process. Supported by the United Nations, the Ministry...
UNAIDS welcomes the decriminalisation of same-sex relations by the Cook Islands parliament
UNAIDS
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April 15, 2023
BANGKOK, 15 April 2023—UNAIDS applauds today’s decision by Cook Islands lawmakers to remove laws prohibiting consensual sexual acts between men from the Crimes Act. By decriminalising sex between same-sex partners, the Pacific nation joins a...
Canada shows the way to address plastic pollution and calls on members to make INC-4 count
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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April 24, 2024
23 April 2024, Ottawa Canada - Canada, the host country of the fourth Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (INC-4), is showing the...
The Cook Islands, proactively conserving biodiversity
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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February 23, 2023
24 January 2023, Rarotonga, Cook Islands - Committed to achieving 25 per cent of land as a Protected Area in the Cook Islands under the Cook Islands NSDA2020+, the island nation is exploring new ways to do this. This further helps the Cook Islands...
Pacific Islands Voices magnified in the High Ambition Coalition to End Plastic Pollution
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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April 20, 2024
19 April 2024, Ottawa Canada - Of the 66 countries that are members of the High Ambition Coalition to end Plastic Pollution, four are from the Pacific Islands. A commitment was made in November last year by our Pacific Islands Forum Leaders to...
Balancing the scales, addressing the disproportionate impact of marine plastic pollution on indigenous communities in the Pacific
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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April 25, 2024
24 April 2024, Ottawa Canada – In the village of Nacamaki on the Island of Koro in Fiji, villagers would at certain times of the year take part in a sacred ancient ceremony where they would make their way to the beach, chant songs, sound the horn...
Pacific Tourism Organisation Partners with Papua New Guinea Tourism to Drive Data Excellence for Sustainable Development
Pacific Tourism Organisation
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May 17, 2024
The Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO) in collaboration with the Papua New Guinea Tourism Promotion Authority (PNGTPA) conducted a week-long in-country workshop (May 13-17) focused on data initiatives and the Digital Measurement and Benchmarking...
Pacific countries convene to align National Biodiversity Targets to Global Biodiversity Framework
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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March 27, 2024
18 March 2024, Nadi, Fiji – A historical agreement which sets out an ambitious agenda towards the vision of living in harmony with nature, the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, was adopted during the 15th Conference of the Parties to...
Fall Deeper in Love in the Cook Islands
Pacific Tourism Organisation
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March 9, 2023
A perfect tropical paradise getaway is certainly the greatest way to preserve and hold on to that special bond you share with your significant other. And what better place to spend precious time together than in the Pacific! Were you looking for...
Pacific Leaders support for High Ambition Coalition to End Plastic Pollution
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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February 15, 2024
14 February 2024, Auckland NZ - Given the negative impact of plastic pollution on Pacific communities, Pacific Leaders at the 52nd Pacific Islands Forum Meeting in the Cook Islands last year encouraged members to join the High Ambition Coalition...
PRESS RELEASE – Innovative experiment converts discarded fish skin into sustainable leather products
Government of Samoa
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March 22, 2024
SAMOA, March 22 - 22 March, 2024 Apia, Samoa – An innovative experiment, known as the 100% Fish Use project, that successfully tested the conversion of discarded fish skin into sustainable fish leather and leather products, was showcased today by...
New Caledonian Contingent Confirmed for Tourism Meetings in the Cook Islands
Pacific Tourism Organisation
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September 28, 2022
Home New Caledonian Contingent Confirmed for Tourism Meetings in the Cook Islands The Pacific Tourism Organisation welcomes confirmation that Honourable Mickael Forrest, Minister of International Tourism Development of New Caledonia, will lead New...
SPREP and SPTO place sustainable tourism development on centre stage with MOU
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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November 15, 2023
11 November 2023, Rarotonga, Cook Islands - The pursuit of sustainable tourism development in the Pacific region, where people and the environment take center stage, has received a tremendous boost with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding...
Solomon Islands, newest member of High Ambition Coalition to End Plastic Pollution, leaves mark in Nairobi
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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November 15, 2023
15 November 2023, Nairobi Kenya - Solomon Islands might be the newest member of the High Ambition Coalition (HAC) to End Plastic Pollution but this has not stopped the Pacific nation from taking the global stage at the plastic treaty negotiations...