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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Eliminating Gender from Marine Resource Management
In the 2021 Pacific Resilience Meeting, Maxine Anijaga, the coordinator at Papua New Guinea Center for Locally Managed Areas, spoke about “women and traditional governance in marine resource management in…
2021 Pacific Resilience Meeting: Our People, Our Journey: Nurturing Pacific Resilience from Home
The 2nd annual Pacific Resilience Meeting, sponsored by the Pacific Resilience Partnership, took place from July 5 through July 8. This year’s theme was “Our People, Our Journey: Nurturing Pacific…
Pacific Island of Nauru triggers “two-year rule” in a move to begin controversial seabed mining
On June 30, the Pacific island of Nauru sent a letter to the International Seabed Authority (ISA) stating plans to begin deep-seabed mining in two years. The announcement triggered a…
Indonesian government officials claim palm oil firms’ deforestation permits were falsified
A collaborative investigation by Mongabay and The Gecko Project on the latest plantation development controversy within the Papua province has unearthed allegations of falsified permits. There exists a long history…
Climate risks in Samoa to pose more threats to health, coastal sectors in the new decade – report
By Charlie Tanala Climate change-related disruptions, such as more intense extreme weather events and flooding, in Samoa are expected to pose threats to community health, coastal infrastructure, and several other…
Palm oil firm clearing out Papua’s ancestral lands without Indigenous approval
Satellite imagery analyzed by the Indonesian nonprofit organization, Pusaka, has shown that 158 acres (64 hectares) of Papuan forest have been cleared by subsidiaries of the palm oil firm, Digoel…
University of Hawaii supported for more research in the Pacific islands
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced on June 1 that the University of Hawaii has been chosen to host NOAA’s Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research (CIMAR).…