“Ngdi teketekel ma terrudel”, said Rubekul Belau (Palau Council of Chiefs) citing a Palauan adage that means “while it’s being built, it is also being torn down”, referring to the proposal to amend the Palau National Marine Sanctuary law introduced as a rider in the FY 2022 Supplemental
A proposed FY 2022 supplemental budget bill may be able to accomplish what a stand-alone House bill to change the Palau National Marine Sanctuary (PNMS) could not, and that is to change the fundamental approach to the concept of the PNMS.
A former leader of Palau is "frustrated" about the foreign fishing lobby trying to influence national leaders to get rid of a critical law aimed to protect its exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
Seeking other sources of revenue to cover government fiscal shortfall after the country lost over 35% of its annual income from tourism, the House of Delegates introduced a proposal to lift the fishing ban on Palau’s marine sanctuary for five (5) years, permitting long-line and purse seine fishin
More than six sites in the Northern Division have the potential to become a national or world heritage, should the Heritage Bill become an Act.
The Government has finalised a Protected Areas Bill 2022 to establish and manage a national system of “protected areas” in the country, Environment, Conservation and Climate Change Minister Wera Mori says.
As of Jan. 1, it is no longer legal to fish for sharks in Hawaiian waters.
Tourist operators say the rules governing national parks are so outdated that when a crisis like Covid-19 strikes and they need to adapt, they're hamstrung. A different set of rules - or management plans - governs each of the 13 national parks.
“PNMS belongs to the Palauan people, ours to benefit from and so if the intent of this bill to open up the marine sanctuary is to aid the economic recovery, we support that but we have to go back to the Palauan people to say, is it really going to benefit us as a people,” said King Sam, Director
The first ever Vanuatu Environment Law Association (VELA) Booklet was launched at the Shefa Matantapua Council Room yesterday. It comprises ten Chapters to better manage the natural environment of the country.