Tag: Biodiversity
Background to SCORI – is this a sell-out of Pacific’s ‘Sea...
By concerned citizens of the Pacific
The signing of the memorandum of understanding between the University of the South Pacific's vice-chancellor and president, Professor Pal...
Anger as Nauru-backed company gets go ahead to mine on seafloor
RNZ Pacific
Deep sea mining could begin in the Pacific as early as this month, after regulators decided to allow The Metals Company to start...
Fiji, Palau and Samoa call for deep-sea mining moratorium at UN...
RNZ Pacific
Palau, Fiji, and Samoa have announced their opposition to deep-sea mining, calling for a moratorium on the emerging industry amid growing fears it...
Covid will dominate, but New Zealand will also have to face...
ANALYSIS: By Nathan Cooper, University of Waikato
As the New Zealand government prepares to deal with a looming omicron outbreak, this will not be the...
Report from the future: Aotearoa New Zealand is looking good in...
ANALYSIS: By Thomas Nash, Massey University
The year is 2040 and Aotearoa New Zealand has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions consistent with the commitment to...
The ultimate guide to why the COP26 summit ended in failure...
ANALYSIS: By Robert Hales, Griffith University and Brendan Mackey, Griffith University
After two hard-fought weeks of negotiations, the Glasgow climate change summit is, at last,...
With a mandate to govern NZ alone, Labour must now decide...
ANALYSIS: By David Hall, Auckland University of Technology
A pandemic can change the foundations of a society. But if this happens in New Zealand over...
Indonesia steps up fight against foreign research biopiracy
By Hans Nicholas Jong and Moses Ompusunggu in Jakarta
Though it may sound like a conspiracy theory, the Indonesian government has taken seriously allegations that...
Fiji’s climate change patterns hit pristine coral reefs hard
Almost two months following the most devastating cyclone to have ever hit Fiji, the country’s people and biodiversity are still struggling towards recovery, Anuja...