AGP Executive Report
Last update: 3 hours agoTourism & Nature Reserves: Marriott’s new Series by Marriott brand is debuting in New Caledonia with three SHN-run resorts—Le Domaine Déva (Bourail, beside a UNESCO-listed barrier reef and in the Déva Domain nature reserve), Le Domaine Oro (Isle of Pines), and Le Domaine Nouméa—bringing a combined 375 rooms and a pitch for locally rooted stays under global standards. Pacific Environment Governance: SPREP’s fifth Executive Board Meeting is underway in Samoa, with SPREP stressing the “triple planetary crises” of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution. Regional Leadership: Wallis-et-Futuna is chairing the SPREP Executive Board Troika, aiming to ensure smaller territories’ environmental concerns are heard. Climate Diplomacy: Forum foreign ministers backed a stronger regional climate push ahead of COP31, including more climate finance, renewable energy investment, and Pacific leadership at Pre-COP31 meetings—New Caledonia attended at senior officials level. Invasive Species & Livelihoods: A new study flags invasive species as a driver of displacement, citing impacts in the Pacific including New Caledonia where the little fire ant can make farms unworkable.
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