Events

The Host Nation of Fiji and United States Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) will host the 2024 IPESF in Natadola, Fiji in August 6-9 2024. The 2024 IPESF will focus on national resilience and humanitarian assistance through environmental security.

Coral reef, seagrass, mangrove, salt marsh and other coastal ecosystems are critical to biodiversity, addressing climate change, food security, economic well-being, military infrastructure, and coastline stability for many countries in the Indo-Pacific region. USINDOPACOM will host the Coastal Resiliency Workshop (CRW) to engage coastal ecosystem subject matter experts, both from military and civilian agencies, on coastal ecosystem protection and restoration, and in response to the request and funding support from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) and the Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP) to gain insights into research and development gaps and opportunities for improving coastal resiliency.

The 12th annual IPESF will take place in Sri Lanka and is co-hosted by the Sri Lanka Navy and U.S. Indo-Pacific Command..

The ISF is hosted by the Government of Guam and U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, with support from the Strategic Environmental Research & Development Program (SERDP).

The eleventh Indo-Pacific Environmental security forum was held 01-04 August in the Maldives.

The 2021 Pacific Environmental Security Forum took place virtually from 22-25 February 2021 on an interactive online platform.

The 2019 Pacific Environmental Security Forum took place 21-24 May in Wellington, New Zealand.

The 2018 Northeast Asia Regional Environmental Security Forum took place 18-21 September, 2018 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

The Regional Maritime Environmental Security Information Sharing Workshop and Table Top Exercise occurred 31 July 2018 – 03 August 2018 in Manado City, Indonesia.

The 2017 Pacific Environmental Security Forum took place May 9-12, 2017 in Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.

The 2016 Maritime Environmental Security Workshop (MESW) took place September 7-9, 2016 in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.

The 2016 Oceania Regional Environmental Security Forum took place May 24-27, 2016 in Nadi, Rebuplic of Fiji.

The 2015 Pacific Environmental Security Forum took place June 8-11, 2015 in Bangkok, Thailand. The forum was hosted by the Thailand Ministry of Defence in partnership with U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) J4.

The 2014 South Asia Regional Environmental Security Forum took place June 2-5, 2014 in Kurumba, Republic of Maldives.

The 2013 Pacific Environmental Security Forum took place April 16-19, 2013 in Sydney, Australia. The forum was hosted by the Australian Department of Defence in partnership with U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) J4.

The 2012 Southeast Asia Regional Environmental Security Conference took place April 2-5, 2012 in Jakarta, Indonesia.