PTF 2023: FFA Deputy Manoa challenges journos to tell PNG’s untold tuna stories
Pacific Islands Forum Leaders established the Forum Fisheries Agency on 09 August 1979, to build national capacity and regional cooperation so Pacific nations can...
We welcome all delegates for 31st SPREP Meeting of officials and associated meetings
By Sefanaia Nawadra
The 31st SPREP Meeting of Officials and associated meeting guided by the theme: “Sustainable, transformative and resilient for a Blue Pacific” is...
After COVID-19 challenges, parties to Noumea Convention strengthen resolve to protect Pacific’s natural resources...
The almost full attendance by parties of the first face-to-face meeting of the Noumea Convention, since 2019 when COVID-19 hit and devastated communities around...
Migration, evidence and climate change in the Pacific
By Colette Mortreux, University of Melbourne
There has been much discussion about the impacts of climate change on migration, with calls that the world is...
Fukushima water release a volatile mix of politics and science
By Scott Foster
The release of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean by Tokyo Electric Power Company...
Endless fallout: The Pacific idyll still facing nuclear blight 77 years on
The film Oppenheimer has shone a global spotlight on the dawn of U.S nuclear weapons tests. In the Marshall Islands, where 23 of those...
For the Melanesian Spearhead Group, West Papua Presents a Challenge
West Papua’s independence movement again failed to obtain MSG membership, highlighting members’ competing strategic interests.
By Grant Wyeth
Last week the 22nd Melanesian Spearhead Group...
We cannot support the discharge of treated water into the ocean with serious concerns...
On 22 August 2023, the Japanese government decided to discharge treated water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the ocean, and the...
Melanesian leadership failure to stand by ULMWP is a ‘travesty’
Analysis by David Robie
The Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) has thrown away a golden chance for achieving a historical step towards justice and peace in...
The Fukushima Decision: A Betrayal to the Pacific Trust
By Dr Transform Aqorau
The recent announcement from the Japanese government, sanctioning the discharge of recycled waste from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the...
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NZ Middle East evacuation flights will also assist stranded Pacific Island nationals
Foreign Minister Winston Peters says New Zealand’s plans to evacuate citizens from the Middle East will also extend to Pacific Island nationals stranded by...
Relocation must be Decolonised
The Pacific region faces urgent climate threats requiring coordinated, culturally grounded solutions.
And the identity of Pacific communities is threatened by severe climate impacts, including...
Rights protection central to climate strategy
Human rights are firmly embedded in the Climate Mobility framework, reflecting Pacific values and international standards with ongoing community consultations.
Heike Alefsen, representative from the...