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Home › Working Groups › PACoN — Pacific Area-based Conservation Network
PACoN · PIRT Working Group

Coordinating Pacific area-based conservation across 30×30

Group

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Leadership
Chair Paul van Nimwegen (WCS Fiji) · Isaac Rounds (SPREP)
Co-chair Two co-chairs: WCS Fiji + SPREP Protected Areas Programme
Secretariat SPREP Protected Areas Programme (Apia) PACoN Secretariat
Contact isaacr@sprep.org
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Request to join PACoN private group Members-only space All working groups Browse the full PIRT group directory Email group contact isaacr@sprep.org Contact PIRT Ask the Secretariat about this group
Other working groups
  • NbSWG Nature-based Solutions Working Group Mainstreaming nature-based solutions for the Pacific →
  • NCWG Nature Culture Working Group Putting Culture at the Centre of Conservation (culture also applies to animals beyond people and some of us work on animal culture) →
  • PacNEL Pacific Network for Environmental Law Advancing environmental law and the rule of law across the Pacific →
  • PIP Pacific Invasives Partnership Coordinating regional action on invasive species →
  • SWG Pacific Species Working Group Accelerating species recovery across the Pacific Islands →
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Pacific Islands Roundtable for Nature Conservation

Pacific Islands Roundtable for Nature Conservation — Pacific action for nature and people. Initiated at the 6th Pacific Islands Conference (1997). Supported by the Pacific BioScapes Programme — an EU-funded action managed by SPREP.

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