NES priorities and outlook for 2024
NES remains invested in its people by providing more capacity building opportunities for existing staff, including continue to grow its number of environment or science
Day: January 24, 2024
Ngatupuna Kae is the new intern for NES
Ngatupuna remarked ‘NES has fueled my interest in the environment, and I am grateful for the opportunity, and look forward to my time ahead with
A Ecologically or Biologically Significant marine Areas (EBSA) workshop
The workshop looked at reasons for modifying and updating EBSA such as new updated scientific, and traditional data and information, change in the ecological and
Two Cook Islanders join marine spatial planning in China
Overall, this experience will contribute significantly to the Cook Islands’ efforts in marine spatial planning and blue economy development.
GEF-7 Project ENUA builds momentum
Preliminary planning and preparation work has focused on activities that will support Rarotonga catchment areas as well as initiating island environment management plans and
Growing support to manage invasive species in the Pacific
Palmerston has recently tackled their invasive species problem by way of a rat eradication on Home and Cooks motus. Jessie Nicholson, Biodiversity Coordinator at NES,
Trash to Treasure: Our Collective Responsibility to keep our Environment Clean
Just over 550kg of waste was collected from September to December 2023. This is alarming in a short period of time Waste that seeps into
NES attends OEWG-2 Science Policy Panel
The meeting centered on establishing a strong science-policy panel to tackle the interconnected challenges of climate, biodiversity loss, and pollution known as the triple planetary
Advancing Sustainability: Penrhyn Island Expedition
This collaboration, part of the GEF7 Project ENUA, aims to empower communities and safeguard the environment through strategic initiatives. The team’s visit has set the
