New forest portal to shine a light on PNG’s logging industry
For more than twenty-five years, deep in the remote and inaccessible tropical forests of Papua New Guinea, a huge industrial complex has been operating;...
Vanuatu’s religious call for climate justice
Around the world, people of faith are calling on their leaders to close the massive gap between what is required to limit global temperature...
Oceans under threat like never before, warns World Meteorological Organisation
Climate change has hit the world’s oceans hard, UN weather experts said on Monday, in a call for lifesaving monitoring and early warning services...
Loggers defy protections to take Solomon Islands’ rare Tubi trees
By Ofani Eremae
At the Korona logging camp on San Jorge Island in the Solomon Islands’ Isabel province, the logging machinery lay quiet. Except...
Democratic Party reject calls for decade-long ban on seabed mining in policy flip
Following a recent public consultation in the northern group and an internal policy review, the Cook Islands Opposition Democratic Party has come out against...
Fiji affirms commitment to building resilient infrastructure
Fiji is at the forefront of global efforts to strengthen disaster and climate resilience by pursuing resilient infrastructure development.
This message was conveyed at the...
Fresh water and a new desalination plant arrives in Banaba
The people of Banaba in Kiribati have received the much-needed fresh water supplies from the capital Tarawa on Sunday – after a year without...
Government of Kiribati prepares charter vessel to take water to desperate families in Banaba
The Office of the President in Kiribati has today responded swiftly to desperate pleas for fresh water supplies from the people of Banaba.
PACNEWS has...
Islands, rocks and tuna: Pacific nations draw new battle lines against rising seas
Small island states in the Pacific are opening a new front in the fight against rising seas, to secure rights to an ocean area...
Severe drought and water crisis in Banaba, community elder call for humanitarian intervention from...
The people of Banaba Island in Kiribati are calling for humanitarian intervention from Australia, New Zealand and the international community to an on-going severe...
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AUKUS is ‘going against’ Pacific nuclear free treaty – Forum chair
Cook Islands Prime Minister and Forum Chair, Mark Brown has joined a growing list of Pacific leaders to object to the US$250 billion nuclear...
Big picture vision conversations missing in the Pacific
Big picture conversations about the future of the Pacific islands should be happening, but they are not, said one of the region’s foremost commentators...
Vanuatu calls on major polluters to back UN resolution clearing path for legal ruling...
Vanuatu’s Foreign Minister says it would be “embarrassing” for both China and the United States if they fail to back the Pacific Island nation’s...