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Hope is resilience….

Fiji and Tonga are monitoring and observing a bleaching event. For Vava’u it started in summer of 2024 and has become increasingly extensive in 2026. Corals bleach because they are under stress, these current stresses are attributed to the increased and sustained water temperatures. For the last 6 weeks, it has remained at 34C/93.2F, above…

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PRISMSS leads capacity buidling support

The Pacific Regional Invasive Species Management Support Services (PRISMSS) is a technical coalition. It is managed through the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environmental Programme (SPREP). Resilient ecosystems resilient communities (RERC) is one area of work under PRISMSS. RERC supports invasive species management and restoration. These programs are run with Pacific island partners. The outcome…

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Supporting community driven approaches to biosecurity

The recent Protect our Islands Vava’u Festival was a great success because of community support and drive. The festival was implemented through SPREP and funded as part of the Pacific Regional Invasive Species Management Support Services (PRISMSS). We are very grateful to SPREP and the Ministries for Environment and Fisheries for their continued support. Since…

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