Tag: environment

By Gorethy Kenneth of the PNG Post-Courier The Conflict group of islands in Papua New Guinea's Milne Bay province cannot be sold to foreign interests,...

By Vitorio Mantalean in Jakarta The Indonesian Independent Journalist Alliance (AJI) has condemned the hacking and disinformation attacks against the group's general chairperson Sasmito Madrim...

By RNZ Pacific The Papua New Guinea government is planning to acquire more custom land and allow foreign companies to exploit it, claim two international...

By Michael Andrew Older generations are failing to address climate change and they need the world’s youth to lead the way, says United Nations Secretary-General...

By RNZ Pacific A 7.2 magnitude earthquake has struck Papua New Guinea and has knocked out power to parts of the northern coast, the US...

By Astari Pinasthika Sarosa in Jakarta The Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior is sailing throughout Indonesia - including West Papua - as a vehicle for environmental...

Democracy Now!'s video on the Bonn protests demanding an end to fossil fuel extraction. Thousands of people have taken to the streets in the German...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Professor David Robie, director of the Auckland University of Technology’s Pacific Media Centre, and seven academics from Indonesia’s Universitas Gadjah Mada...

EDITORIAL: By Fred Wesley Today is a special day. On June 5 every year there is a concerted effort to promote awareness on the importance...

The European Union and China step up climate collaboration. Video: Al Jazeera Pacific Media Centre News Desk The Pacific Islands Forum remains committed to the Paris...

Pacific Media Watch News Desk President Donald Trump's move to pull the United States out of the Paris Climate Agreement is a grave moral injustice,...

Highlighting the effects of climate change on small island states remains the central focus of upcoming climate negotiations co-chaired by Germany and Fiji. United Nations...

By Ryan Dagur in Jakarta Indigenous people on a small Christian majority island in Indonesia’s North Sulawesi province are claiming victory after the government revoked...

By Ratri M. Siniwi and Muham in Jakarta Palm oil is an important commodity for Indonesia's economy, contributing US$17.8 billion, or about 12 percent, to...

By Kendall Hutt Young environmentalists were on the front lines of the fight against oil and gas exploration in New Zealand today with the People's...

By Abishek Chand in Suva Student journalists of the University of the South Pacific have been reminded about the threat of climate change and the...

By Ratri M. Siniwi in Jakarta The World Wildlife Fund Indonesia has called for the conservation of birds-of-paradise - especially in Papua. Locally known as cendrawasih,...

Estonia may lie a continent and an ocean away from the two biggest polluters in the world – China and the United States –...

China is currently building more coal plants than it needs and in doing so is misallocating capital at an unprecedented rate. As of July 2016,...

The Schlumberger seismic survey vessel, Amazon Warrior, seismic blasting approximately 120 nautical miles off the East Coast of New Zealand's North Island. Video: Nigel...

At least two children in the Nissan islands have been injured, falling off trees in desperate search for food, as climate change takes its toll...

The death rates associated with non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Small Island Developing States (SIDS), was referred to as a “man-made crisis” by the UN...