Tuvalu chairs 31st SPREP Meeting of Officials
Tuvalu has been appointed Chair of the 31st SPREP Meeting of Officials taking place at Taumeasina Island Resort in Samoa.
The Permanent Secretary for the...
ABU Pacific Media Partnership Conference communique
At a time of unprecedented concern around the world about reduced public access to accurate, impartial and verified information, this meeting of Pacific members...
SPREP enhances partnerships for a resilient Blue Pacific
The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) continues to strengthen partnerships for a resilient Blue Pacific through the first SPREP Partnership Dialogue...
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...
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‘Test of regionalism’: Pacific church group calls for review of Israel’s PIF role
The region's premier ecumenical organisation is calling for Israel's new partnership with the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) to be reviewed.
The Pacific Conference of Churches...
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