Fiji, Feb. 9 -- Fiji will be represented at a key global ocean meeting in Lisbon from 10 February 2026, as Minister of Environment and Climate Change Lynda Tabuya travels to Portugal for the first-ever formal meeting of the Ocean Pioneers Coalition.

Minister Tabuya will attend the inaugural working session of the Coalition, hosted by the Oceano Azul Foundation, which also serves as its Secretariat. It will be her first international engagement since assuming the Environment and Climate Change portfolio.

The Ocean Pioneers Coalition brings together ministers and leading experts committed to protecting the world's oceans and promoting their sustainable use.

"At this first working session, we will be setting priorities on some of the bigg...