Understanding tools for Protected Area Management Effectiveness in the Pacific
The goal to effectively manage protected and conserved areas in the Pacific has taken an important step forward with the soft launch of the...
Fiji and SPREP commit to integrated approaches to tackling climate change, biodiversity loss and waste management
Fiji’s Ministry of Environment (MoE) has signed two Letters of Agreement (LoA) with the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) to implement...
Oceania Rise Rugby “levelling the playing field” for women in the Pacific Islands
Oceania Rise Rugby has been described as a “game-changer” that can help with “levelling the playing field for women” in the Pacific Islands.
Last month,...
OFC Champions League 2022 final: AS Vénus chase history as Auckland City seek landmark title
The OFC Champions League 2022 final takes place today Wednesday, 17 August with Tahiti’s AS Vénus looking to become their nation’s first ever champions...
Vanuatu Opposition ready to elect a new PM amidst Loughman boycott
Vanuatu Parliament was not able to topple Prime Minister, Bob Loughman today due to lack of the two third of the 52 members of...
Shocking figures reveal severity of the ocean crisis
New Greenpeace analysis shows that since governments began discussing a new Global Ocean Treaty two decades ago, nearly 120 marine species have become critically...
Conference opens to draft first-ever treaty on ocean’s biological diversity
The intergovernmental conference to draft the first-ever treaty on the ocean’s biological diversity opened its fifth and likely final session on Monday.
Amidst calls for...
UN member states meet in New York to hammer out high seas treaty
UN member states gather in New York to hammer out a long-awaited treaty that, if agreed, will govern the planet’s last, lawless wilderness: the...
Dismantling Government for personal interest unfair: Vanuatu PM
Vanuatu Prime Minister Bob Loughman, said he believes some of the Members of Parliament (MPs) who moved to the Opposition side were unhappy because...
New Vanuatu Government formation
Security measures at the Opposition’s Island Magic Resort camp on Efate was beefed up Monday after Members of Parliament (MPs) who signed the motion...
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Tonga police see crime growing more regional and digital
Tonga’s criminal threat landscape has changed fast, and Acting Chief Superintendent Selosia Fatukala-Satini says the shift is forcing police to rethink how they work.
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Climate, migration and leadership rise to the top of Pacific’s 2050 agenda
The Pacific Islands Forum is translating its 2050 Strategy into a more concrete set of priorities focused on climate resilience, regional mobility and leadership...
Forum Economic Ministers to address global risks and regional resilience
Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Economic and Finance Ministers will convene in Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Island (RMI)s, on 23 and 24 June 2026...