Berlin, March 7, 2019 – The Republic of Palau has won the prestigious ITB Earth Award at the 2019 Sustainable Top 100 Destinations Awards, organised by Green Destinations and hosted by at the world’s largest travel trade event, Internationale Tourismus-Börse (ITB), in Berlin. The ITB Earth Award is the world’s most prestigious award for tourism destinations. […]
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PICRC pays tribute to Palauan pioneers
LEFT: Ngiraklang Malsol Ngiraibuuch of Ngeremlengui. RIGHT: Former Senator Adalbert Eledui of Koror State. Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC) paid tribute last night to two Palauan pioneers, Ngiraklang Malsol Ngiraibuuch of Ngeremlengui and former Senator Adalbert Eledui of Koror State for their traditional and contemporary knowledge that merged to build a strong foundation upon […]
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Heirs to Our Oceans conducts first Plastic Pollution Forum in Palau
The Heirs to Our Oceans (H2OO) met with community members of Palau to discuss the problem of plastic pollution at a Plastic Pollution Forum at the Koror State Government Assembly Hall on November 8, 2018. The Forum commenced after H2OO visited Ngeroblobang Beach on November 4th where they conducted a brand audit of a sampling […]
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EQPB says the planned luxurious hotel in Aimeliik will impact the environment
The planned luxurious hotel by Wyndham Hotels & Resorts will have to put on hold its construction –at least after it has fulfilled the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIS) required from them by the Environmental Quality Protection Board (EQPB) to address the “impacts” to the environment of the resorts. In a notice of determination: finding of significant impacts […]
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Palau’s initiative to ban “reef-toxic” sunscreens awes Okinawan social entrepreneur
A social entrepreneur from the island of Okinawa in Japan has been impressed by Palau’s initiative to become the first nation to ban “reef-toxic” sunscreens that it prompted her to come and visit Palau three days after she had learned about the news. Yukino Goya, a young Japanese social entrepreneur residing in Okinawa, said that […]
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Koror to upscale Glass Craft Center operations with the construction of larger recycling center
With the bidding process for the construction of a larger recycling center in Koror underway, the Koror State Recycling Center is set to upscale its glass recycling operation. Koror State Government Solid Waste Management Office (SWMO) Manager Selby P. Etibek said in an interview with Island Times that a larger Glass Craft Center will be […]