The Pacific Islands’ effort and ambition for climate and ocean action was the key message conveyed to the Secretary General (SG) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), Mr. Kitack Lim, during a public lecture at USP last weekend. Link to full article below.
Climate change will cost Pacific island countries and territories about $60 million in lost tuna-related revenue by 2050, Johann Bell, senior director of Pacific tuna fisheries at Conservation International, reportedly told the Pacific Islands News Association.
Figures from the World Bank show that nearly one-third of global fish populations are overexploited. This has been driven by the rising demand for seafood across the world, but especially in China.
It's a plea for the next generation. The future of the Pacific, or what organizers of the 30th Pacific Islands Environment Conference call the blue continent, needs to be green. "It is not a conference that identifies some of the problems that we share but what we have in common.
For the first time in the Pacific region, a policy dialogue between the seventeen (17) Forum Fishery Agency (FFA) Members and the European Union (EU) to discuss issues and challenges relating to the sustainable management of marine resources commenced in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia...
Ladies and Gentlemen, the UK and the Pacific sit on opposite sides of the globe – we are quite literally oceans apart. At first glance, you would expect those oceans, the geographical distance, the differences in size and economy, to result in shallower relationships.
This is the 53rd issue of the SPREP-tok newsletter, covering the month of April 2019 . Click on the link below to read the full newsletter.
About 42,000 tons of recyclables are collected every year on Guam alone, and China’s new policy against taking other countries’ rubbish causes anxiety, not just to recycling businesses but to solid waste managers as well.
The term “green growth” and its sister concepts, “blue‐ green growth,” the “green economy,” and the “blue‐ green economy,” have gained considerable traction in the Pacific island region in a short space of time. Pacific island governments, regional organisations, and development agencies all use the terms, which originate outside of the Pacific. What (and who) has driven the adoption of green growth terminology within the region? How has its usage in the region mirrored international usage?
The United States of America, the Republic of Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia, as Pacific nations, jointly reaffirm our interest in a free, open, and prosperous Indo-Pacific region. Click on the link to read the full joint statement.