France to co-host the next UN Ocean conference in 2025
By Pita Ligaiula in Lisbon, Portugal
France will co-host the next United Nations Oceans conference (UNOC) in 2025 in the city of Marseille.
The announcement was...
Calls on UN member states to join the Declaration on Preserving Maritime Zones in...
By Pita Ligaiula in Lisbon, Portugal
Pacific Ocean Commissioner and Forum Secretary-General, Henry Puna has called on all UN Members to join the Declaration on...
Small-scale fishers call for global leaders to act now on oceans, curb Illegal practices,...
By Pita Ligaiula in Lisbon, Portugal
Voices of Small scale fisheries are often undervalued and unrecognised in global food systems, delegates and experts at...
Fiji prepares to welcome Forum Leaders to Suva for the 51st Pacific Islands Forum
Leaders from across the Pacific region will be gathering next month for the 51st Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) and related meetings from 11-14 July...
Pacific Small Island Developing States call for stronger partnerships to sustainably manage oceans
By Pita Ligaiula in Lisbon, Portugal
Pacific Small Island Developing States (PSIDS) are demanding greater action from countries responsible for increased pressure on marine ecosystems...
Marine and coastal ecosystems most threatened in the world
By Pita Ligaiula in Lisbon, Portugal
Pacific leaders attending the 2022 UN Ocean Conferences this week heard that 'Marine and coastal ecosystems' are the most...
UN chief: national selfishness delaying global oceans deal
Some countries has been holding up a global agreement on protecting the world’s oceans because of their “egoism,” U.S Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Monday.
Some...
Threat Of Plastic Outweighing Fish By 2050 Heavy on Pacific Leaders’ Minds at Ocean...
Marine plastic pollution is a threat to Pacific Islands people. At the United Nations Ocean Conference 2022 in Lisbon Portugal, Pacific leaders have taken...
Pacific Small Islands Developing States make a strong mark at UN Ocean Conference
The Pacific Islands have taken to the global stage to call for more investment for Sustainable Development Goal 14: Life Below Water.
The ocean is...
Pacific Oceans Commissioner, Fiji PM bring Blue Pacific priorities to Lisbon
With the ocean at the heart of Pacific cultures, security and economies, the Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum and Pacific Ocean Commissioner, ...
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Free trade agreements with Pacific island nations proposed to protect regional posture
U.S Rep Ed Case has proposed a presidential initiative to negotiate free trade agreements with Pacific Island countries and extend duty-free treatment to certain...
Taiwan boosts support as Palau prepares to host Pacific Islands Forum
Taiwan is helping Palau prepare to host next year's Pacific Islands Forum, Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung said on Saturday.
Lin, who was on a trip...
When the room says No but the Ocean says Now why Vanuatu chose a...
Op Ed by Lagi Toribau, Technical Advisor & Lead Negotiator for Vanuatu on Deep-Sea Ecosystems
When I arrived in Nairobi for UNEA-7, I carried with...