Considering the possible impacts of deep sea mining in the Cook Islands
In the recent Parliament opening, King’s Representative Sir Tom Masters spoke of the Cook Islands’ desire to develop a sustainable and environmentally responsible seabed...
Fiji takes stand against nuclear waste disposal
By Shayal Devi
A deep care and affection for the ocean is deeply ingrained in all Pacific Island dwellers and they have made combined...
Pasifika Environews Award
The Pacific Islands News Association (PINA), Internews Earth Journalism Network, Office of the Pacific Ocean Commissioner, and the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment...
A nuclear-fuelled debate over Japan’s wastewater release
By Chris Bartlett
Japan’s plan to release treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima reactor into the ocean has its supporters but is causing...
A deep dive into the reality of radioactive water
By David Krofcheck, Auckland University
When people go for a swim in an ocean, they are literally bathing in a sea of natural radiation.
The...
Alternatives to dumping Fukushima wastewater into the Pacific
By Robert Richmond
Japan plans to dump treated, radioactively contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific but it could be used...
Our Pacific People, Our Pacific Environment! Celebrating 30 years of SPREP
The SPREP Treaty was signed in 1992, in Apia, Samoa. Under the Treaty, the purpose of the organisation is to provide assistance to the...
Converging Pacific youth’s power for good governance and anti-corruption
Young people in the Pacific have proposed an action plan on how they can bring about change in society building on the Youth Vision...
Mended region sails into Indo-Pacific headwinds
Op-ed by Maureen Penjueli
For now, the Pacific Island regionalism canoe has been fixed. The fracture of the region from the appointment of the...
How Vanuatu’s climate campaign could save the world
The tiny island country has pushed the UN and the International Court of Justice to take unprecedented action that could help avert planetary catastrophe.
By...
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France reaffirms commitment to Pacific disaster preparedness with €1 million contribution
As funding for humanitarian preparedness becomes increasingly constrained worldwide, the Pacific Community (SPC) has welcomed the Government of France’s €1 million (US$1.16 million) contribution...
Stop selling arms to Indonesia, West Papuans urge Netherlands
The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has called on the Netherlands to stop selling arms to Indonesia.
Representatives of the ULMWP were this...
Court to decide Solomon Islands PM’s fate on 01 May in Court of appeal...
After three weeks of intense legal arguments, the nation now waits for 01 May, when the Solomon Islands Court of Appeal will deliver a...