Cook Islands calls for ghost gears to be included in the Plastic Treaty as it impacts marine life and our marine food chain and is a significant cause of marine litter
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Cook Islands calls for ambitious targets to reverse and end plastic pollution
Cook Islands calls for bold efforts to “halt plastic pollution as a significant planetary crisis that impacts our ecosystems, biodiversity, the climate and human health.”
Ambitious targets needed to eliminate problematic single-use plastic waste
Pacific Island countries are taking ambitious steps to eliminate problematic single-use plastic waste, as without new and effective control measures, plastic production is set to double in 20 years
USAID awards first clean cities, Blue Ocean Grant in Pacific Islands to ombat Ocean Plastic Pollution
USAID awards a grant to Waste Recyclers Fiji Ltd and Pacific Recycling Foundation to design and build I-Recycle Hub Bins that will promote recycling practices in Fiji’s capital city and combat ocean plastic pollution
Why the one Pacific voice matters in global effort to end plastic pollution, as we look towards INC2 in Paris
One Pacific voice is important to address plastic pollution as Pacific Island countries are grossly and disproportionately affected by the impact of this escalating crisis, says Anthony Talouli
Samoa’s creeping ocean and seawalls
Climate change has pushed Samoa to construct seawall alongside the road on the south coast of Upolu to stop the sea from encroaching any further and causing more damage to the area
In 1991, tiny Vanuatu already nailed the climate conversation
More than 30 years since Vanuatu raised the question “Who should pay for climate catastrophe?”, the issue of irreversible “loss and damage” from the climate crisis is set to be one of the central issues at COP27
Plastic pollution could put 2.3 million Pacific Islanders’ livelihoods at stake
Experts say up to 53 million metric tonnes of plastic pollution by 2030 will annually affect the livelihoods of Pacific Islanders
Plastic has made it to the bottom of Fiji’s rivers; our environment is breaking down
Research finds microplastics in freshwater mussels or kai from the depths of Fiji’s five biggest rivers. “Now even river bed mussels are affected by the way we live,” writes marine biologist
Study supports a return to Indigenous-led solutions to reverse plastics pollution
The key to the plastics pollution crisis lies in recognising the importance of Indigenous-led solutions and Indigenous leadership, says environmental anthropologist