In the lush forests of Fiji, the critically endangered Red-throated Lorikeet, once a familiar sight, has not been seen since 1993 despite exhaustive searches and conservation efforts
Tag: Development
New Vanuatu road design guide builds climate resilience into nation’s road network
New Vanuatu Road Design Guide to improve the nation’s road network ability to withstand climate-related impacts like extreme rainfall and sea level rise
New Pacific Climate Security Assessment guide will put Boe declaration into action
New Pacific Climate Security Assessment guide “to address the pressing challenges brought forth by climate change in the Pacific region” and put Boe declaration into action
Caught in a net: Making the WTO fisheries subsidies agreement work for development and sustainability?
PANG interviews TDP Senior Programme Officer, Peter Lunenborg on his views and opinion of the recently established Fisheries Subsidies Agreement in the Pacific
WTO fisheries agreement will not help poverty alleviation in least developed countries
WTO must heed the call by small fisherfolks and discipline those responsible for the negative impacts of fisheries subsidies, says PANG Campaigner as 16 percent of the total global fisheries subsidies reach the small-scale fishers while at least 90 percent to large scale industrialised fisheries
Wacia – An Example Of Development Gone Wrong
Remnants from the Freesoul Real Estate Development (Fiji) PTE Limited development on Wacia on Malolo Island is a constant reminder of environmental developments gone wrong.
‘Freesoul removed 8000 mangroves in Malolo Island’
Close to 8000 mangroves were removed during unauthorised development activities at Malolo Island by the Chinese developer Freesoul
Moving away from coal ‘will not be easy’ but it is essential for our common future, UN deputy chief says
The UN deputy chief called on Asia and the Pacific countries to accelerate the shift from fossil fuels to new low-carbon development models and take urgent climate action
Fiji government addresses plan to rip up reef
‘Take my word, the Ministry of Environment will not give any approval to any investor who will do any damage to our environment,’ say Fijian authorities following Newsroom’s investigation into a plan to excavate coral reef in Fiji
Horror at new plan to excavate pristine Fiji reef
Villagers and businesses fight back a Kiwi-led group that wants to create ‘world class’ surf waves by excavating two channels through coral reef off a pristine Fijian island group