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Art display at the World Ocean Day Celebration in Suva, Fiji Islands.

Putting the Ocean first


8-Jun-2023

As stewards of the world’s richest biodiversity and marine resources, Pacific people were reminde

Plastic pollution

Small Islands states urge world leaders to take action against plastics


8-Jun-2023

World leaders should take action to protect small island nations from “choking on plastics.”

Fiji

Japan’s decision to discharge radioactive waste water into the Pacific ‘unconscionable’


8-Jun-2023

Japan’s plan to discharge radioactive waste water into the Pacific has been described by Acting F

Nasese Fiji

Tian Lun Investment lease denied


6-Jun-2023

The Ministry of Lands and Mineral Resources has refused to extend the development lease for Tian

Waste

Environmental management a priority: Pacific Recycling Foundation


6-Jun-2023

Everyone in the country generates waste on a daily basis, but many do not seem to take any respon

CBI

Conservationists propose 'global conservation basic income' to safeguard biodiversity


18-May-2023

Publishing in the journal Nature Sustainability, a team of conservationists led by the W

Porgera mine

Gold miner faces global protests as it rekindles a mine with a violent legacy


1-May-2023
Three years after the Papua New Guinea government refused to renew its license, the Porg
NES

Cook Island unveils new online process planned for CITES applications


14-Apr-2023

Permits for Movement or Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) can now be requested on-line from the

Court House

Fiji Environmental Law update: High Court upholds Environment Management Act, 2005 and requirement for EIAs


14-Apr-2023

In a significant case law development relating to the illegal destruction of mangrove, coral reef