Pacific calls for “wider commitment” and urged stakeholders to collaborate to realise the changes necessary to protect the ocean ahead of the UN Oceans Conference
Category: Our region
Vulnerable nations demand funding for climate losses, fearing UN ‘talk shop’
Vulnerable Pacific nations demand funding for climate losses and fear “another UN talk shop on finance for addressing climate impacts”
‘Plastic pollution threatens future’: IUCN
IUCN Oceania regional director says “plastic pollution is a problem that we need to fix” as developments and economics rise continue to increase consumption of pollutant-making products in the Pacific region
PIRAS Project supports economic recovery for women farmers
PIRAS Project supports Samoan farmer to recover from challenges brought by the pandemic, support food production and strengthen food and nutrition security
Pacific civil society groups urge NZ to support a moratorium on deep sea mining
Pacific civil society groups call on the NZ government to show regional leadership and support a moratorium on deep-sea mining
Tuvalu wants Australia’s help to lead Commonwealth with a climate focus
Tuvalu’s Foreign Minister says Australia’s support to a Pacific candidate to lead Commonwealth with a climate focus would send “a very strong message to the Pacific that this government is willing to work with us.”
Upgraded regional database set to serve turtle conservation and management needs in the Pacific Ocean
Turtle Research and Monitoring Database System is now capable of supporting new and larger amounts of data in the Pacific as it has been recently upgraded and uploaded to an online platform
As people of the Moana, we remain hopeful, but we need your help!
As the Pacific develops, sadly, the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity, and pollution threaten our way of life, writes Sefanaia Nawadra
Community representatives discuss loss and damage, revisit traditional worldviews
Vulnerable rural communities in Fiji strengthen their understanding of the impacts of climate change and “loss and damage”
Proof sought by global experts on safety of treated water at Fukushima
Forum experts presented their analysis and findings based on the data received to date on Japan’s plans to discharge ALPS treated water at Fukushima into the Pacific Ocean