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Saturday 9 March 2024
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A tree planting ceremony at the Fale Alea compound in Nuku'alofa on 7 March was initiated by the Speaker of the House, Lord Fakafānua and the Chargé d’Affaires ad interim of the Chinese Embassy, Mr Ruan Dewen. A total of $151,893.62 pa'anga was granted by the Chinese Government to the Legislative Assembly’s Tree Planting Initiative and nurseries in Tonga can apply for grants of up to $10,000 under the program.
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Monday 12 February 2024
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The first Blue Talanoa in Tonga, a forum for local activists and government officials to discuss issues facing the ocean, in Tonga and the Pacific region, was hosted by the French Embassy from Fiji. The Deputy Head of Mission in Fiji, Laurence Brattin-Nerriere, led the Blue Talanoa sessions, held on 9 February, at the House of Tonga, Nuku'alofa.
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Monday 5 February 2024
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New York, USA
Tonga becomes the 85th country to sign the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement to protect 2/3 of our ocean, or the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction.
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Wednesday 10 January 2024
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Piles of electronic and solid industrial waste along the streets in Ma’ufanga (Tongatapu 4), have remained an eyesore for over five weeks now. Families who thought they were cleaning out their properties ahead of the festive season have spent Christmas and New Year surrounded by trash - and there's no easy fix.
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Monday 8 January 2024

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Illegal dumping of waste increased on Tongatapu when the Waste Authority closed during the holidays, causing many complaints circling around social media of rubbish bags that were dumped on the roadside.
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Wednesday 6 December 2023

Dubai, UAE
Progress on climate adaptation is slowing, while the world is heading for a temperature rise far above the global average temperature, say reports recently released by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
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Thursday 23 November 2023
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Apia, Samoa
Viliami Hakaumotu was named as the “2023 Pacific Invasive Species Battler of the Year”, at the opening of the Pacific Invasive Learning Network (PILN) Meeting, in Apia, Samoa, last week.
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Tuesday 19 September 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A tree planting project at ‘Eua, began yesterday 18 September, led by the government and supported by Australian diplomats in Tonga.
Thursday 17 August 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
About 6,000 mangroves seedlings were planted at Sopu, in Nuku'alofa, under the 1 Million Trees project of the Department of Environment and Climate Change and NGO Tonga Citizens Science Initiative.
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Tuesday 8 August 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A tree planting project around the coastal areas and homes of Kolofo’ou, Fanga o Pilolevu, Havelu and Tofoa (Vahenga Tongatapu 2), under MEIDECC, is into its second week.
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Monday 10 July 2023

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga faces permanent losses from sea level rise and is at risk from a seismic events, a new multi-hazard report finds. The 2023 Multi-Hazard Disaster Risk Assessment was launched by Tonga’s Deputy Prime Minister Hon. Samiu Vaipulu and the Minister of Finance, Hon. Tiofilusi Tiuteti, and ADB Disaster Risk Management Specialist, Alexandra Galperin on in Nuku’alofa on 6 July.
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Thursday 29 June 2023
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Neiafu, Vava'u
VEPA was joined by over 40 Island Cruising Rally participants and cruisers for a beach clean at Neiafutahi Beach, in Vava’u on 29 June 2023.
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Friday 23 June 2023

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A Deep Sea Mining Assessment commissioned by the Civil Society Forum of Tonga draws attention to the environmental risks and liabilities of deep sea mining.
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Friday 9 June 2023
Ocean Day

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
World Ocean Day 2023 was marked by an exhibition hosted by the Department of Environment in Nuku'alofa, today, 9 June. The Prime Minister Hon. Hu’akavameiliku said It is a day to recognise that “every individual has the power to make a difference in the protection of our oceans”.
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Friday 19 May 2023
Tree planting

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
On May 12, some 3,000 mangroves were planted at three different coastal areas in the western district of Tongatapu, under Tonga's Second Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) to plant one million trees by the end of 2023, administered by the Department of Climate Change.
Tuesday 9 May 2023
Tree Planting

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Students of Government schools throughout Tonga held various tree planting programs to mark the London coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla, on Saturday, 6 May.
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Monday 3 April 2023
Tree Planting

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A tree planting event was held at ‘Atata Si’i on Tongatapu, Friday, 31 March, in an outreach program for Tonga's environment, with the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry in partnership with local businesses and school students. It is helping the Government's long term aim, to plant one million trees
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Tuesday 28 March 2023

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A tsunami, triggered by last year's Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha’apai volcanic eruption caused the collapse of the front of a sea glacier called the Drygalski ice tongue in Antarctica, 6000 km away, according to a research article published in the journal Science Bulletin recently.
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Friday 10 February 2023

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
An estimated 30,000 scrapped cars are piled high on dumping sites in Tonga. To help reduce the waste for recycling, car compacting machines will be introduced under a cooperation agreement with the Government of Japan. “Please imagine, how splendid it is, if we could get rid of all the abandoned, discarded cars which now we can see everywhere. WAL is trying to make it happen, and Japan is going to support its plan by providing scrap equipment,” said Japan’s Ambassador.
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Tuesday 13 December 2022

Brisbane, Australia
Tonga’s Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources is learning from the Queensland experience of flooding, water management, and land use planning to avoid hazards and to control where people live. The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources Lord Tu‘i‘afitu met experts at the Queensland Department of Resources (QDOR) in Brisbane on December 9 2022, at the conclusion of a visit to Australia.
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