Japan’s ‘transparency’ eases concerns over nuclear wastewater release into the Pacific Ocean
Japan’s “transparency” over its plan to release treated nuclear wastewater into the Pacific Ocean this year has helped ease the region’s concerns over the...
The Pacific: An ocean of opportunity
By Sarah Stubbings, ANZ Regional Executive, Pacific
ANZ has been in the Pacific for more than 142 years. The region is an important part of...
Stakes for ocean at conference ‘couldn’t be higher’ says Pacific ambassador
Pacific leaders are urging UN member states to finalise a high seas treaty in the next two weeks to protect global marine biodiversity.
Negotiators from...
Pacific delegates join international community to finalise highseas treaty
Pacific delegates have joined the rest of the international community at what is hoped to be the finale in the negotiations of the marine...
World leaders urged to have clear intentions and conclude global ocean treaty negotiations
Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General Henry Puna has urged world leaders attending the resumed fifth-session of the Intergovernmental Conference on the Biological Diversity Beyond...
Jane Fonda warns oceans are ‘dying amid UN treaty talks
Actor and activist Jane Fonda on Monday warned that humanity is “losing the ocean,” as two weeks of negotiations begin at the United Nations...
UN tries anew to finish treaty protecting the high seas
UN member states on Monday launched two weeks of negotiations aimed at finally reaching a treaty meant to protect and preserve vast areas of...
Decision time for world’s governments on new global treaty for the ocean
Governments resume negotiations Monday at the United Nations in New York to finalise a new High Seas Treaty to ensure the conservation and sustainable...
PIF SG statement on the resumed fifth session Intergovernmental Conference on the BBNJ process
By Henry Puna, Forum Secretary General & Pacific Ocean Commissioner
As our Pacific Forum Leaders gather this week for their Special Retreat in Nadi,...
Why has a Canadian company partnered with the tiny island of Nauru to fast-track...
By Joanna Chiu
Brown-black discharge gushed out of a pipe from a hulking ship, dispersing murky clouds of sediment into the international waters of...
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Services still down nearly 24 hours after Vanuatu quake
World Vision's Vanuatu country director says electricity and water are still affected in Port Vila and strategic bridges connecting the city are damaged, nearly...
New Zealand to assist Vanuatu on earthquake response
New Zealand is providing Vanuatu assistance following Tuesday's devastating earthquake, Foreign Minister Winston Peters says.
“Vanuatu is a member of our Pacific family and we...
Vanuatu earthquake death toll expected to rise as second quake plunges nation into state...
A second earthquake has struck Vanuatu, as the death toll from Tuesday’s deadly quake rose and an international search and rescue operation got underway.
With...