1 December 2025, Yaren - Nauru’s capacity to collect, analyse, store and share high-quality geospatial and environmental datasets, an essential foundation for evidence-based national planning in a country facing some of the most acute climate vulnerabilities in the world, is being strengthened.
In Yaren district, a week-long Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) and environmental data management training is underway jointly facilitated by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) through its Environmental Governance Programme and the Nauru Department of Environment.
Held from 1–5 December, the training brings together national technical officers and practitioners working across climate resilience, fisheries, disaster management, land, environment conservation as well as non-governmental organisations like Eco Nauru.
Ms Anes Debao, of Nauru Department of Environment, emphasises the importance of building strong data foundations for national planning.