Tag: UN Convention on the Law of the Sea
The toll-keeper of Hormuz – how the US just buried its...
COMMENTARY: By Lim Tean
The most important response to Trump’s Hormuz announcement did not come from Beijing, Brussels or the United Nations. It came from...
Lim Tean: The Hormuz ‘guardian’ turns pirate – 20% for tribute
COMMENTARY: By Lim Tean
The United States went to war to stop Iran charging tolls in the Strait of Hormuz. It has now imposed a...
High Seas Treaty welcome news for SPREP in uncertain times
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor
In an otherwise mixed month for the Pacific Regional Environmental Programme (SPREP), its leadership is hailing a win...
Pacific civil society warn of growing militarisation and mining pressure on...
RNZ Pacific
Pacific civil society groups say 2025 has been a big year for the ocean.
Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN) representative...
Trump’s push on deep sea mining leaves Nauru’s commercial ambitions ‘out...
By Teuila Fuatai, RNZ Pacific senior journalist
Nauru's ambition to commercially mine the seabed is likely at risk following President Donald Trump's executive order last...
Trump signs ‘deeply dangerous’ order to fast-track deep sea mining
RNZ Pacific
An ocean conservation non-profit has condemned the United States President's latest executive order aimed at boosting the deep sea mining industry.
President Donald Trump...
Pacific, small island states slam ‘endless’ climate talks at landmark maritime...
By Isabella Kaminski in Hamburg
The heads of small island states -- including four Pacific countries -- most vulnerable to climate change have criticised “endless”...
