Tag: Socio-economic development
Pope Francis calls for end to tribal ‘spiral of violence’ in...
Inside PNG
In his address to Papua New Guinea, the Sovereign Head of the Vatican and the Head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis, called...
China documents threaten Pacific sovereignty, warns FSM president
RNZ Pacific
The President of the Federated States of Micronesia says he has serious concerns about the details of two leaked Chinese government documents to...
Rich and poor don’t recover equally from epidemics – target: rebuild...
ANALYSIS: By Ilan Noy of Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
Since the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004, disaster recovery plans are almost...
Humanitarian concerns grow as violent conflict worsens in West Papua
By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific
As the numbers of casualties and displaced people in Papua's Highlands pile up, prospects for an end to armed...
To conserve West Papua, start with land rights and forget past...
ANALYSIS: By Bernadinus Steni and Daniel Nepstad
Large landscapes of intact tropical forests will figure prominently in global strategies to avert catastrophic climate change and...