News

The graun and the solwara, the land and the sea, have always been part of her story. Growing up in Papua New Guinea, Carmel Pilotti experienced the best of both worlds. Some days were spent by the ocean, walking the reef when the tide was out, guided by salty air and warm water.

Deep seabed mining is often presented as a new economic frontier for Pacific nations—a source of revenue, jobs, and minerals needed for the global energy transition.

The recent signing of the Strategic Framework for Critical Minerals Research and Supply Chain Security between the United States and the Cook Islands raises some questions around the integrity of the Cook Islands Government’s position on deep seabed mining.

Nearly 60,000 drifting fish aggregating devices (FADs) enter Polynesian waters each year. Deployed by industrial fishing vessels, these fish rafts often end up abandoned and washed ashore on reefs.

The role – the Environmental Sustainability Adviser will coordinate, implement, and maintain best practice environmental sustainability strategies and systems across SPC.

The Collection Manager (Pacific Marine Specimen Bank) will be in charge of operating, organising, maintaining and improving the PMSB to ensure it is fully functional to store samples and respond to scientists who want to access the collection.

The Common Fund for Commodities welcomes funding applications from all of its 101 member countries. You can find the list of CFC member countries in the link here.

Who should apply?

The newly enacted Oceans Act confirms that Vanuatu’s seas and oceans cannot be privately owned by foreigners or expatriates. While land may be legally purchased, ownership does not extend to surrounding marine areas.

Following the successful 2025 launch of the environmental picture books “Treasures of the Deep and Unbroken”, a new dual-language edition has been released to bring these vital stories to life in te reo Māori Kūki ‘Airani.

Koror State has passed a new law that creates a $100 per person seasonal access fee for visitors who want to observe some of Palau’s most important fish spawning events.