The Pacific Islands Forum is calling on Japan to re-think plans to dump toxic waste in the ocean. The Japanese government has announced plans to release treated water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific.
This Blue Pacific Ocean 2021 Report (BPOR) is indeed a first of its kind. While sectoral approaches to reporting on development and implementation in the various areas of ocean governance has been the norm, the BPOR is unique in the sense that it is the first attempt at the regional level to compile a comprehensive, multi-facetted, cross-cutting and holistic review and stock take of the state of affairs of ocean governance in the region, in the contemporary period.
Breaking up the Pacific Islands Forum would be a lost opportunity to cement the region's global leadership on climate change and ocean conservation.
The Pacific’s leadership on sustainable management of the world’s biggest ocean continues with a suite of Ocean reports launched in Suva this week. The collection centerpiece is the Blue Pacific Ocean Report 2021 by the Pacific Ocean Commissioner.
It has been a disastrous week for Pacific regionalism.
The chair of the Pacific Islands Forum has welcomed the re-entry of the United States to the Paris climate agreement. With hours of his taking the oath as the 46th US President, Joe Biden issued an executive order for the US to return to the Paris Agreement.
The Pacific Islands Forum is calling for changes to the law governing the region's maritime boundaries. A Regional Conference on Securing the Limits of the Blue Pacific focused on the legal options, institutional responses to the impact of sea-level rise on baselines and the context of internatio
The small island nation of Tuvalu has appealed to members of the Pacific Islands Forum – not including its metropolitan members Australia and New Zealand – to treat with urgency the delineation of their maritime boundaries – taking into consideration the impact of sea-level rise and climate chang
The Forum Secretariat is now looking for a Deputy Secretary General to join the team in Suva, Fiji. The primary role of Deputy Secretary General is to support the Secretary General in the efficient management and operation of the Secretariat.
The Forum Secretariat is now looking for a full-time Programme Officer (Marine Resource Development) to join the team in Suva, Fiji.