HONIARA, 17 March, 2022 – Pacific Island Forum Fisheries is building on its high tech response to illegal and unreported fishing with new tools being trialled to complement its existing suite of monitoring, control and surveillance tools. Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency…
BY Aatreyee Dhar, Cece Siago, and Jeremy Gwao February 11, 2022 WHEN the pandemic struck India’s northeastern state of Meghalaya, a parallel move to implement a massive hydroelectric dam was underway, right in the middle of the state’s pristine natural…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU ILLEGAL, Unreported and unregulated (IUU) tuna fishing in the pacific is a global problem that undermines responsible international management of fisheries and results in loss of income and livelihoods to coastal states. This was highlighted during the…
Former Miss Solomon Islands and a passionate climate change activist, Gladys Habu recently delivered a plea for hope to Pacific leaders who had gathered for the Environment Ministers’ High-Level talanoa, which was held on the curtails of the 30th SPREP…
BY ALEX DADAMU PACIFIC Meteorological Desk Partnership at the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) has confirmed the arrival of La Niña in the Pacific. Whilst the impacts of La Niña will vary from country to country, Solomon…
BY TAVAKE SIMON HANA’AROA FOLLOWING his short visit to the national parliament on Monday, the Prince of Wales made a remarkable speech before the house on environment and biodiversity. He said the Solomon Islands are blessed with astonishingly high levels…
BY AGNES MENANOPO SOLOMON Islanders are ocean people. We are not separate from our ocean: we are part of our ocean. It is reflected in our history, our culture, and our traditions and in our day-to-day lives, according to the…
