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PacMAN advisory board meeting 2023

The PacMAN second phase has finalised at the end of 2023, with major outcomes like the testing of 2 qPCR assays for high-risk target invasive species, including the detected Didemnum perlucidum. A local advisory board meeting was held in December 2023, where the achievements and outcomes of the work were Read more…

By Saara Suominen, 1 year1 year ago
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PacMAN stakeholder work presented at the IODC conference

The PacMAN project and stakeholder work was presented at the second International Ocean Data Conference held in Paris on the 20th to the 21st of March 2023. The presentation was part of session 2: Community engagement and capacity development in data literacy. The presentation focused on the approach to stakeholder-led Read more…

By Saara Suominen, 2 years2 years ago
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Report available for the second PacMAN Scientific advisory board meeting

The second PacMAN scientific advisory board (SAB) meeting took place on the 20th of October 2022 as a virtual meeting. The report on what was discussed during the meeting is available here. Five scientific advisory board members joined in-person, while the remaining members were given a chance to comment on Read more…

By Saara Suominen, 2 years2 years ago
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Report available for the PacMAN onsite local stakeholder meeting

The PacMAN local advisory board meeting was held at USP campus on the 10 November 2022 in Suva, Fiji. The report of the meeting is now available. The meeting brought together 18 representatives of 8 different local stakeholder institutions working in the marine field of Fiji. The purpose of the Read more…

By Saara Suominen, 2 years2 years ago
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PacMAN takes part in an invasive species workshop in Tahiti

The PacMAN project manager Joape Ginigini took part in an invasive species workshop in Tahiti  titled Marine Biosecurity Research And Management For French Polynesia And The South Pacific Region. His excellency the President of French Polynesia Edouard Fritch (pictured in the center holding a blue file) opened the workshop.  The overall objectives of the Read more…

By Saara Suominen, 3 years3 years ago
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PacMAN presented at invasive alien species consultations for IAS Policy Review

The PacMAN project was presented at the GEF 6 Invasive Alien Species consultations on the IAS Policy Review and the National Invasive Species Framework and Strategic Plan (NISFSAP) validations at the Outrigger Resort from the 12th to 13th of May. Mr. Joape Ginigini (Project Manager) highlighted the project’s history, design Read more…

By Saara Suominen, 3 years3 years ago
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PacMAN project presented at the 22nd International Conference on Aquatic Invasive Species

The developments of PacMAN were presented at the 22nd International Conference on Aquatic Invasive Species (ICAIS), in Oostende, Belgium on the 19th of April 2022, in the session regarding genetic tools for monitoring. A total of about 400 people were following this conference with approximately 200 at site and 200 on-line Read more…

By Saara Suominen, 3 years3 years ago
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PacMAN team visits BAF qPCR laboratory

The PacMAN team from the Institute of Applied Sciences visited the Biosecurity Authority of Fiji’s technical and laboratory facility based in Koronivia, Nausori.  The visit was scheduled following the official signing of an Operational Arrangement Agreement between IAS-USP and BAF on the 10th of November 2021. The IAS team consisted Read more…

By Saara Suominen, 4 years4 years ago
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Final report of the PacMAN advisory board meeting available

On the 14th of September 2021, PacMAN held the full advisory board meeting. The full report is available here. This first session of the IODE steering group for PacMAN (i.e. PacMAN advisory board) brought together the PacMAN coordinating team with major local stakeholders, representatives of the donor (Flanders Government) and Read more…

By Saara Suominen, 4 years4 years ago
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PacMAN advisory board meeting to be held in September 2021

The full PacMAN advisory board will come together on the 14.9.2021 to adopt the PacMAN monitoring plan for the next two years. This includes local stakeholders as well as international scientific experts and the Flanders UNESCO Science Trust Fund (FUST). This meeting will mark the start of the trial sampling Read more…

By Saara Suominen, 4 years4 years ago

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PacMAN is a 3-year (2020-2023) project funded by the Flanders Government, through the Flanders UNESCO Trust Fund (FUST) for the support of UNESCO’s activities in the field of Science, and co-funded by the Richard Lounsbery Foundation.

Photos via Unsplash by Reilly Durfy, Jonas Kernwein,  NOAA, Marek Okon, Nicolas Weldingh and Janis Rozenfelds.


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