Pacific fisheries, including the US fishing fleet, would be at greatest risk in terms of overlap with mining areas; Fisheries in Mexico, Spain, Ecuador, and the Philippines are also at risk
Category: Opinion
OPINION: Keeping Cook Islands’ interests at its core in seabed minerals issues
Three seabed minerals companies are suitable companies to carry out exploration research in the Cook Islands waters: Seabed Minerals Commissioner
OPINION: ‘We are the ones with the most to lose if agreements are not reached and firm action is not decided upon’
Let us now wait and see if these developed countries will act on their commitments for carbon reduction and pledges to the GCF, says Cook Islands PM in his statement
Fiji’s PM: Go to Glasgow with commitments
Australia and Fiji share all the dangers of climate change in the Pacific. Canberra now needs to follow the Fijian path of firm commitments in law.
Critics question the climate crisis benefits of deep seabed mining
Critics worry that Nauru hoping to forge ahead with seabed mining may be counterproductive in relation to climate change
Ian Fry: What will the Pacific islands region be prioritising at the COP26 climate talks?
The former Tuvalu Ambassador for Climate Change and Environment highlights the expectations of Pacific Ministers for COP26
Resilience in a riskier world
What all countries should have in common are sound principles for managing disaster risks more coherently and systematically- Executive Secretary UNESCAP
PNG: not such a hungry country says, Professor
Professor in the College of Asia and the Pacific at the Australian National University says he would never describe PNG as a hungry country.
Seaspiracy shows why we must treat fish not as seafood, but as wildlife
The film gets some things wrong, but it exposes the grim ecological destruction of the Earth’s oceans -George Monbiot
Chinese overfishing in the South Pacific devastates some Islands’ livelihoods
South Pacific tuna sought by Chinese fishing boats- Dan Southerland