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New Caledonia has a major tole to play in the conservation of marine turtles in the South Pacific.

This document, which can be used by project partners and member countries, outlines the branding and approval protocols for communication materials that have been funded - in whole or in part - by the PacWastePlus (PWP) Programme.

A map showing all participating countries of the PacWastePlus Programme

This communication and visibility plan contains the measures to be undertaken by national and regional stakeholders under PacWaste Plus to be carried out under the Pagoda Delegation agreement entrusted to SPREP

In this report we present the results of the genetic analysis of a skin sample collected from a stranded Kogia sp. found in the Upolu island of Samoa. Because the external examination did not assigned it unequivocally to any of the two species of the genus Kogia, that is the dwarf sperm whale K sima2 or the pygmy sperm whale K. breviceps. the analysis was focused on the species identification based on molecular markers.