Palau is to seek a pledge from every tourist to the country to protect its environment. The government has partnered with a volunteer campaign, the Palau Legacy Project, to raise awareness of the environmental effect of mass tourism on Palau. Palau’s population is only about 21,000, but last year nearly 150,000 tourists visited the country. ... read more
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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing a $2 million grant to help reduce the Marshall Islands’ consumption of fossil fuels and increase renewable electricity generation in the country.
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The U.S. government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), launched a new course titled “Understanding and Accessing Climate Finance.” This course is a joint undertaking between the University of the South Pacific and USAID’s Ready and Adapt Asia-Pacific projects.
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Pacific Trade Invest (PTI) Australia collaborated with Trip Advisor and the Palau Chamber of Commerce to deliver a successful Digital Tourism workshop to local tourism operators in Palau.
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