by Marica Vakacola | Dec 5, 2012 | Climate Change
Fiji will continue to push for a second commitment period to the Kyoto Protocol when negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) get underway in the Arabian city of Doha on Tuesday November 27. Members of the Fiji delegation...
by Marica Vakacola | Dec 5, 2012 | Ocean Conservation
CONSERVATION is not a onetime effort or a one project endeavour but needs to become our way of life, says Minister for Youth and Sports Viliame Naupoto. Making these remarks at the World Fisheries Day celebrations on Wednesday November 11 at the Suva Foreshore, the...
by Marica Vakacola | Dec 5, 2012 | Fiji Climate
Climate Change issues were again at the centre of discussion Friday November 16 as the Fiji National Climate Change Country team got an update on their current activities. Activities under discussion included National Climate Change Policy Workshop, endorsement of the...
by Marica Vakacola | Oct 29, 2012 | Fiji Climate
CLIMATE change issues have stirred fear among the local community, says University of the South Pacific scientist Elisabeth Holland. In presenting causes and effects of climate change in today’s society, she said whenever issues of climate change were discussed,...
by Marica Vakacola | Oct 29, 2012 | Fiji Climate
The United Nation Development Programme (UNDP) resident representative, Knut Ostby, has applauded the Fijian Government’s formulation of the Republic of Fiji National Climate Change Policy. This was part of his presentation when delivering the keynote speech at the...
by Marica Vakacola | Oct 23, 2012 | MES Fiji News, Sponsors and Partners
The Mamanuca Environment Society is celebrating its tenth anniversary this month. It was in November 2002 when the Mamanuca Fiji Hotel Association (MFHA) at its November meeting voted to establish a committee to recommend the best way forward to protect and care for...
by Marica Vakacola | Oct 23, 2012 | Sponsors and Partners
ANZ ranked ‘most sustainable bank’ (Source: ANZ) ANZ has welcomed the announcement that it has been ranked the most sustainable bank globally in the 2012 Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) for the fifth time in six years. ANZ chief executive, Mike Smith, said:...
by Marica Vakacola | Oct 23, 2012 | Clam Conservation
A fresh batch of 310 young Giant Clams made a long journey of about 160 miles from Makogai Island Marine Research Station in the north eastern side of Viti Levu down to three resorts in the Mamanuca Island last week. The move was made possible through the partnership...
by Marica Vakacola | Oct 23, 2012 | Sustainability
Fiji recently participated at the inter-governmental Conference on Education for Sustainable Development in the Eastern European capital of Tbilisi, in Georgia. Fiji was represented by the Minister for Local Government Samuela Saumatua who joined representatives from...
by Marica Vakacola | Oct 23, 2012 | Fishing, Sustainability
In its bid to promote tuna fishing as a viable investment project, Government is looking at managing the tuna sector in a more sustainable way. Ministry of Fisheries & Forestry permanent secretary Inoke Wainiqolo said that Fiji, as signatory to the United Nations...
