Climate on the agenda in Samoa and China meeting
Samoan Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa with Chinas Foreign Minister Wang Yi
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Helping Pacific Island communities build energy resilience – new paper
Helping Pacific Island communities build energy resilience – new paper Image: Getty The inhabitants of the Pacific Islands are locked in an ongoing battle against rising sea levels and tropical…
Bougainville sets 2027 deadline for independence from Papua New Guinea
Bougainville’s leaders set a deadline of 2027 to gain full independence from Papua New Guinea Tuesday during talks on the future of the once-wartorn Melanesian island. A resounding 97.7 percent…
Pacific journalists focus on traditional knowledge in climate change
Journalists from across the Pacific focused on the role of traditional knowledge in reporting on climate change during a Media Masterclass on the sidelines of the Pacific Resilience Meeting 2021.…
Climate change, invasive species pose a significant threat to the Pacific’s biodiversity
Three out of thirty-five of the world’s most diverse ecosystems are housed in the Pacific region. However, the ecological structure of the Pacific is being directly affected by changes to…
Chinas BRI : Things are not as they appear
MJCA Building in Mulinu’u. [Photo by Samoa Observer]
Micronesian Nations officially withdraw from the Pacific Islands Forum
The five Micronesian members of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) have officially withdrawn their membership of the PIF after the Micronesian Candidate from Marshall Islands’ Gerald Zackio lost the SG…
French Polynesia has highest Covid-19 cases in the Pacific
French Polynesia continues to have the highest number of Covid-19 cases in the Pacific, with the current total recorded at 18,060 according to figures published by the Pacific Data Hub. As of January, 131 people have died in French Polynesia from Covid-19.