Coral Bleaching Ready for Crowdsourcing Solution
New shared rapid assessment field method for recording coral bleaching In 2016, more than 50 percent of the 70,000 coral colonies across 13 countries were bleached Two levels of participation: citizen...
View ArticleWastewater an opportunity being flushed away
The theme of this year's World Water Day is 'Wastewater: the Untapped Resource'. read more
View ArticleFiji: Drop politically-motivated sedition charges against The Fiji Times
The Fijian authorities must immediately drop politically-motivated sedition charges against The Fiji Times newspaper group, Amnesty International said today. read more
View ArticleGolden Sleeps: New York, Houston and Chicago boast best hotels in US
DALLAS, April 3, 2017 / / -- 969 hotels in the US have been revealed as the country's ultimate hotel hotspots, according to the Hotels.com ®™ Loved by Guests Awards 2017, where the hotel guests are the...
View ArticleFijis Commitment to Marine Managed Areas
NEW YORK, June 7, 2017) – The Government of Fiji has made a commitment to gazette two large Marine Managed Areas (MMAs) within Fiji’s Vatu-i-Ra Seascape — a highly diverse and productive area vital to...
View ArticleFifteenth Anniversary of Equator Initiative celebrates local action on marine...
New York, 8 June - The UN Development Programme (UNDP), Equator Initiative and the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Small Grants Programme launched a new report - “Making Waves: Community Solutions,...
View ArticleThe Call for Action to address the key ocean challenges provides a robust,...
The Ocean Conference (5-9 June) co-hosted by the Governments of Fiji and Sweden brought an unprecedented show of global unity around the need to tackle the crisis in the oceans. In addition to adoption...
View ArticleUN Ocean Conference: Plenary of June 9, 2017: WCS Calls for United Global...
Today, our species has a choice: either to continue on the path of indifference and greed and destroying the very source of life, or to heed this Call for Action and take the necessary steps for a...
View ArticleWCS: The World Community Taking Steps to Save the Worlds Oceans
We applaud the United Nations for mobilizing global action to rescue our world’s oceans. This doesn’t take a village – this will take the world.” -- Cristián Samper, WCS President and CEO . read more
View ArticleTerry L. Hunt Named Dean of UA Honors College
One of the world's foremost experts on the human and environmental histories of the Pacific Islands, he seeks to foster "intellectual curiosity and lifelong learning" as dean. read more
View ArticleChinese fishing vessels fined close to $1 million for tuna offences near NZ...
Chinese authorities have deregistered and fined a Chinese commercial fishing company approximately NZD$825,000 for misreporting bluefin tuna catches and fishing without a licence adjacent to the New...
View ArticleThree focus points for Turnbull at G20 summit
You have to hand it to Kim Jung Un. In politics, as in comedy, timing is everything. The launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile two days before the G20 summit ensures that North Korea jumps to...
View ArticleAid for trade initiative boosted with 5 million agreement
African, Caribbean and Pacific countries are to benefit from the continuation of an innovative aid for trade initiative which embeds trade advisers in national ministries and regional organisations....
View ArticlePacific links: PNGs election, Vanuatus new president, Kiribatis anniversary...
The small village of Eita on Kirabiti becomes a separate island during high tide. read more
View ArticleNew center at UCLA raises everyones voices for environmental science
Aradhna Tripati, speaking to students in her lab, wants to increase the numbers of underrepresented minorities in the sciences as a way to promote environmental justice. read more
View ArticleVampires and Spies Dominate Frothy Fun Television Choices
Midnight, Texas,' NBCDeclassified: Untold Stories of American Spies. read more
View ArticleClimate change will place new pressures on LHD vessels
Greg Colton’s article on Talisman Sabre 2017 highlights Australia’s new amphibious assault capacity through the Landing Helicopter Class (LHD) ships HMAS Adelaide and HMAS Canberra. Colton states that...
View ArticleWeekend catch-up: PMs in PNG and Pakistan, DFAT at 30, the NBN and more
By John Gooding, Digital Editor at the Lowy Institute and Associate Editor at The Interpreter. read more
View ArticlePacific Links: PNG elections, seasonal worker exploitation, fraud in Fiji and...
Peter O’Neill has been returned for a second term as Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister. read more
View ArticleIs Australias approach in the Pacific coming into focus (at last)?
During his visit to the Federated States of Micronesia for the Pacific Islands Forum summit in September 2016, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said his government was 'committed to a step change in our...
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