Tag: Pacific Ocean
Macron defends Indo-Pacific stance – now ‘consolidated’ in Oceania
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific French Pacific desk correspondent
French President Emmanuel Macron has defended his Indo-Pacific vision during the traditional New Year's good wishes...
How Fukushima wastewater into Pacific will disrupt seafood trade
ANALYSIS: By Ming Wang
Public opinion will dictate how Japanese seafood is received after the wastewater is disposed of into the Pacific Ocean.
The global seafood...
Palau’s Our Ocean conference commitments top US$16 billion
By RNZ Pacific's Moera Tuilaepa-Taylor in Palau
At the closing of the Our Ocean conference in Palau the co-hosts announced that 410 commitments had been...
It’s time to deliver on Pacific climate financing, says Cook Is...
COMMENTARY: By the Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown
After years of empty promises by major emitters, it's time to deliver on climate financing.
The world...
PANG condemns Australia policy for ‘abandoning’ Pacific nuclear-free pact
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Australia needs to be put on notice by Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) leaders over abandoning its commitments under the South Pacific’s...
Indonesian activists protest against plan to dump Fukushima nuclear waste in...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Activists from the Fukushima Anti-Nuclear Indonesia (IANFU) movement in Indonesia have held an action commemorating International Ocean Day demanding that the...
Story of Pacific ‘reconnection’ destined for the big screen
By Michael Andrew and Sri Krishnamurthi
The true story of one of the Pacific’s great waka builders and sailors has been captured in a stirring...
Reviving the ‘lost skills’ of traditional waka Pacific voyaging
Waka (or va'a) voyager and environmental advocate Schannel van Dijken talks about the Pacific and Samoan ocean sailing traditions and the challenges of climate...
€4.5m plan to build El Niño resilience in FSM, Marshall Islands...
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
The European Union and the Pacific Community have signed an agreement to build resilience to future El Niño-related droughts in the...
Polynesian leaders group gathers in Tahiti for climate change update
By Fatu Tauafiafi in Pape'ete
Leaders and officials of the Polynesian Leaders Group gathered today in Pape'ete, Tahiti, in a special conference to follow-up on...
Pacific Islanders debate paradox of ‘Oceanianism’ and global citizens
From Indepth News
By Shailendra Singh in Suva
Discussions about the concept of "Global Citizenship" are gaining momentum in various international forums, but remain largely unexplored...