June 27, 2019
As Pacific countries prepare for the second last round of negotiations in New York next month to formalise a new global treaty to govern the high […]
June 26, 2019
The first Forum Members Negotiators Meeting for new instrument on Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction started today at the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat in Suva. The meeting […]
March 27, 2019
Any new treaty to improve governance of the high seas must ensure healthy resilient Oceans and seas, promote greater coherence, and complement the relevant existing instruments, […]
March 5, 2019
Indepth this month focuses on the address of the 2017 chair of the Pacific Islands Forum, Prime Minister of Samoa Tuilaepa Lupesoliai Sailele Malielegaoi at last December’s UNFCCC […]
February 13, 2019
Rising seas, devastating cyclones, ferocious storm surges. Scientists have long predicted climate change could pose an existential threat to the tiny island nations which dot the […]
February 13, 2019
Pacific leaders are worried that rising sea levels could swamp many of the features used to determine maritime boundaries in the region, and now officials are […]
January 31, 2019
Negotiators on an international treaty on the high seas have been told they must remember they represent the interests of the people of the Pacific who […]
January 30, 2019
Pacific officials preparing for a major international meeting to agree an international treaty on the high seas must remember that they negotiate on behalf of the […]
September 5, 2018
Many Pacific island states are really large ocean states, with vast Exclusive Economic Zones. As local enterprises and overseas corporations seek to exploit the region’s vast […]