Legal action seeks to save endangered species by stopping Marines’ relocation to Guam. “Military expansion is destroying Guam’s precious natural and cultural heritage, and enough is enough.”
Tag: environment
Wipeout: plan to dig up Fiji reef abandoned
A proposed project to excavate coral reef at a Fijian island group to improve surf waves has been called off after outspoken opposition from locals
PacWastePlus Programme Participating Countries Commit to “Make it Happen”
PacWastePlus programme continues to work with the Pacific region to manage asbestos, e-waste, and healthcare waste and address additional five new waste streams
Keeping Pacific biodiversity SAFE
A project supports Pacific Island countries to improve biosecurity and combat the rapid loss of biodiversity in the region
Creating gas from food waste; Pacific island among the first to make the switch
Residents of Kadavu Island will be the first to start generating cooking gas made from food waste to help reduce the reliance on open fires for cooking
Two major projects on climate change adaptation for Vanuatu approved
Projects to improve the resilience of the coastal zone in Vanuatu to the impacts of climate change in order to sustain livelihoods, food production and preserve and improve the quality of life
Partnership to address risk of WWII oil spill at Chuuk lagoon announced
Partnership to enhance existing efforts to remove oil from the high-risk wrecks in Chuuk Lagoon that are posing significant environmental risks
New Caledonia’s green nickel plan to stand out in global market
New Caledonia to present a plan to power its nickel factories using 50 percent renewable energy by the year 2030
Professor Ratuva: let’s call it what it is, a climate crisis
A professor of Pacific studies says the term “climate crisis” is now being used to adequately describe the dramatic changes taking place in the Pacific and globally as we are in the midst of it.
‘The Pacific can’t survive if richest corporations and governments continue to put profits over people and planet’
Vanuatu PM warns that the survival of the Pacific is in peril if polluting countries continue to put profit over people and the planet.