FOR the people of Mā ‘ohi Nui (French Polynesia), the ocean is a source of life, with an Exclusive Economic Zone covering nearly 5 million square kilometres of ocean around the nation’s five archipelagos. This week, President of French Polynesia Moetai Brotherson is in the Republic of Palau, attending the 55th Pacific Islands Forum – and he’s speaking out about the challenges facing the Blue Pacific, declared an “Ocean of Peace” at last year’s Forum summit in Solomon Islands.
On Sunday, he participated in a major roundtable on Ocean Partnerships, also addressed by Forum host Surangel Whipps Jr, the President of Palau, and Peter Thomson, the United Nations Secretary Generals Special Envoy on the Ocean.
Original Article: French Polynesia - Moetai Brotherson and the Ocean of Peace
