In Parliament recently, the King’s Representative Sir Tom Masters spoke of the Cook Islands desire to develop a sustainable and…

The concept of Sustainable Tourism has been at the forefront of strategic and operational planning for decades.  However the emerging…

The International Seabed Authority (ISA) was established in 1994 under the  United Nations Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) convention.   Every…

Traveling the seas by day and night are the ancient sea creatures known as onu, or sea turtles. The deep…

 For some, the issue of seabed mining is not yet on their radar. For others, it’s a topic that’s too…

A simple search in the Cook Islands Biodiversity database shows the Cook Islands has 16 different types of Palms, with…

A one-day stakeholder consultation at the Crown Beach Resort in Rarotonga was held to discuss an upcoming project related to…

We at Te Ipukarea Society are always interested in learning what we might discover whilst out in the field investigating…

Two weeks ago, Te Ipukarea Society was honoured to be asked to present to the Catholic Synod Forum session entitled…

The 5th International Marine Protected Areas Congress held in Vancouver Canada has provided an important global networking opportunity for nations…

A two-day tourism conference was held at Tamanu Beach Resort on Tuesday and Wednesday this past week.  Participants included tour…

Since 1971, February 2nd has been marked as the official World Wetlands Day. This is the day environmentalists from around…