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Role of Indigenous communities recognised at world’s first-ever ‘nature positive’ summit

08 October 2024, Sydney, Australia - The critical role of Indigenous peoples in addressing the triple planetary crises of climate change, biodiversity loss, and plastic pollution was recognised at the inaugural Global Nature Positive Summit (GNPS)...

At midway point of INC-3, Cook Islands continues to push for ambitious treaty

17 November 2023, Nairobi Kenya - At the midway point of the third session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-3) to develop an international legally binding instrument (ILBI) on plastic pollution, including in the marine...

Cook Islands and Federated States of Micronesia join over 50 countries calling for an end to plastic pollution by 2040

30 May 2023, Paris France – Two Pacific Island countries, the Cook Islands and Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), have joined Ministers from 56 countries to sign a Ministerial Statement calling for an end to global plastic pollution by 2040....

PM SOGAVARE RECEIVED COURTESY CALL FROM COOK ISLANDS PM

Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare this morning has received a courtesy call from the Prime Minister of Cook Islands, honorable Mark Brown. PM Sogavare’s counterpart PM Brown will be in Honiara for three days to witness Cook Islands athletes...

Pacific Resort Hotel Group, Cook Islands Tourism and Air New Zealand Launch Cook Islands Tourism Leadership Programme

Air New Zealand, Cook Islands Tourism, and Pacific Resort Hotel Group are delighted to announce the establishment of the Cook Islands Tourism Leadership Programme. This initiative underscores Pacific Resort Hotel Groups’ commitment to supporting...

Cook Islands calls for ambitious targets to reverse and end plastic pollution

24 April 2023, Rarotonga, Cook Islands - “Saying No to single-use plastics” is not enough, much more must be done by our global community to address the plastic crisis we now face. Recognising this, the UN Environment Assembly passed a resolution...

Cook Islands Tourism advances Transformative Tourism Research

As part of a regional study led by the Griffith Institute for Tourism, the Cook Islands are looking to develop new and improved ways of measuring tourism’s role and impact on community wellbeing. For the Cook Islands, regenerative destination...

Foreign Minister departs Honiara for the 52nd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting in Cook Islands

Foreign Minister departs Honiara for the 52nd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting in Cook Islands The Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Hon. Jeremiah Manele has left the country on Saturday 4 November to lead Solomon Islands...

Cook Islands adopts regenerative approach to Tourism Development

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed many vulnerabilities in the tourism sector; for some, this was the window of opportunity to rethink tourism. One pathway is through this concept that has increasingly received attention as an approach to tourism...

World Tourism Day: 100 Solutions Shaping the Future of Sustainable Travel

Global Destinations Unite to Showcase Travel Innovations Spanning Six Continents AUSTIN, TX, UNITED STATES, September 27, 2024 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- On World Tourism Day, Destination Think proudly unveils 100 Travel Innovations, a groundbreaking...

Global Destinations Join Together to Launch 100 Innovations for Sustainable Travel

Collaborating to Accelerate the Future of Responsible Travel with Proven Innovations from 35+ Countries AUSTIN, TX, UNITED STATES, September 27, 2024 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- As World Tourism Day begins, Destination Think proudly unveils 100 Travel...

PM meets counterpart from the Cook Islands in Indonesia

VIETNAM, September 7 - JAKARTA — Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính met his counterpart from the Cook Islands Mark Brown in Jakarta, Indonesia on Thursday, within the framework of the 43rd ASEAN Summit and related meetings. The two PMs once again...

Pacific countries and SPREP envision future of work to manage waste and pollution

8 August 2024, Funafuti Tuvalu - Waste management and pollution control remains one of the most pressing environmental issues facing the Pacific, a region already struggling with the impacts of the triple planetary crises of climate change,...

Work to reduce marine pollution in Pacific countries discussed at 4CPRT

6 August 2024, Funafuti Tuvalu - The Pacific Ocean is the lifeblood of our Pacific communities. It sustains livelihoods, cultures, and economies. However, the growing threats of marine pollution as a result of oil spills, marine invasive species,...

Lynk and Vodafone Cook Islands to Begin Sat2Phone Service for Subscribers

Announcement marks second mobile network operator in the world to begin sat2phone services with Lynk Falls Church, Va. (ANTARA/Business Wire)- Lynk Global, Inc. (Lynk), the world's leading sat2phone telecoms provider, and Vodafone Cook Islands,...

Artemis Fine Arts reels in hefty $393K at auction of antiquities & tribal treasures from Santa Fe’s Ralph T. Coe Center

Proceeds from the 380 lots consigned by the Coe will benefit the nonprofit’s Rehoming Program for repatriation and future care of cultural art BOULDER, CO, UNITED STATES, September 15, 2025 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- On August 22, Artemis Fine Arts...

Celebrating 30 years of SPREP in the Cook Islands

Reflecting upon our past to help build our future was a key message amplified at a special event commemorating the thirtieth anniversary of the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) in the Cook Islands. The celebration...

Every minute of today counts, Cook Islands appeals over INC-2 procedural impasse

30 May 2023, Paris France - For Pacific island communities at the forefront of the impacts of the plastic pollution crisis, every minute of the day counts in the global effort to negotiate a legally binding instrument to address the problem. The...

As climate storm gathers, Pacific islands race to set up warning systems

The project includes installing meteorological observation points in each of the five countries and providing improved observation equipment, such as automatic weather stations, Doppler radars, marine weather buoys and ocean sensors. There have...

As climate storm gathers, Pacific islands race to setup warning systems

The project includes installing meteorological observation points in each of the five countries and providing improved observation equipment, such as automatic weather stations, Doppler radars, marine weather buoys and ocean sensors. There have...