ICJ approves the request from Vanuatu and 14 co-signatory states to extend the timeline for written statements and comments on the landmark Advisory Opinion
Category: Our region
Combating plastic pollution in Fiji through Artivism
Youth centric project, POLYP has emerged as a force in the battle to keep the Pacific clean from marine litter and plastic pollution through youth artivism activities and coastal clean-up campaigns
Greening the 2023 International Va’a Federation World Distance Championship
The partnership to build public education and awareness of plastic pollution and the single-use plastic issue in Samoa
Tuvalu Finance Minister launches climate finance discussions with Pacific civil society
Tuvalu Minister of Finance says Kato Pacific Community Climate Fund will need to be unique and avoid representing other existing climate funds
Alliance for Future Generations condemns Fiji Prime Minister’s Support for Fukushima Nuclear Waste Water Disposal
Alliance for Future Generations urged Fiji PM to reconsider its stance after he expressed satisfaction with Japan’s dumping plan
Conserving Hope: Nadogo District declares islands as turtle sanctuaries to revive endangered populations
The communities of Nadogo District formally declared the islands of Nukuvadra and Katawaqa as community protected areas and turtle sanctuaries to revive endangered hawksbill turtles population
No threats from Fukushima waste water discharge: Fiji PM Rabuka
Prime Minister of Fiji reassured its people that there is no threat from the Japan’s plan to discharge treated wastewater into the Pacific Ocean
Tonga opens renewable grid to deliver clean, affordable energy to Niuatoputapu
Tonga, under the ADB-supported Outer Island Renewable Energy Project, opens renewable grid to deliver clean, reliable, and efficient energy to the people of Niuatoputapu
Fisheries sector’s up again’, wants better policing of Fiji’s maritime zone
Fiji’s fisheries sector is up again after experiencing a period of stunted growth following COVID and fisheries challenges including overfishing, climate change, global sea warming and ocean pollution
Satitoa village in Samoa welcomes pioneering exchange on traditional knowledge and coral reef monitoring
Satitoa village in Samoa welcomes pioneering exchange to draw on Traditional Ecological Knowledge to monitor and conserve coral reefs and coastal ecosystems