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FAO and govt agencies to host gender awareness event on Sustainable Agritourism
Tia Belau
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August 11, 2025
By ElilaiRengiilParticipants in the “Empowering Women in the Agrifood Systems of Palau” project gained hands-on experience in best practices for… You must be logged in and subscribed to view this content.
Nations divided over global plastic pollution treaty with days to deadline
The Manila Times
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August 11, 2025
GENEVA — Countries remained at loggerheads Monday over how to tackle plastic pollution, with only four days left to craft a landmark global treaty on reining in the ever-growing scourge. While plastic has transformed modern life, plastic pollution...
Stalled Geneva talks threaten landmark plastic pollution treaty
EurActiv
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August 11, 2025
With just four days left to reach a landmark global agreement on tackling plastic pollution, negotiations in Geneva remain deadlocked after a stalled first week of talks. The UN negotiations in Geneva follow a failed round in Busan, South Korea,...
Money raised from the new ‘green fee’ will go exclusively to environmental projects
Newstalk ZB
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August 11, 2025
As Hawaii nears the second anniversary of the Maui fires, its government is turning to tourism to mitigate future climate-related disasters. The fires scorched 6880ha of residential and commercial buildings, cultural landmarks and vegetation,...
Four days left to square the circle on global plastic pollution treaty
Leader Publications - Missouri
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Countries remained at loggerheads Monday over how to tackle plastic pollution, with only four days left to craft a landmark global treaty on reining in the ever-growing scourge. While plastic has transformed modern life, plastic pollution poses an...
Pacific Islands focus: community-driven solutions, climate in the courts and celebrating independence
Croakey Health Media
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August 11, 2025
Introduction by Croakey: Local solutions to public health issues are showcased in this month’s edition of the Pacific Islands focus column. Isabelle Zhu-Maguire, PhD candidate at the Coral Bell School of Asia and Pacific Affairs, Department of...
Deep below the ocean's surface, a global fight is brewing
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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September 6, 2025
The yellow robot on the side of this ship is about to plunge into the depths of the Pacific Ocean. Its mission: to recover objects that can be millions of years old. To collect them, it has to go down. And down. Past where sunlight reaches. Its...
Refurbished Teacher Training Center inaugurated in Koror
Island Times
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September 5, 2025
Koror – On Wednesday, 3 September 2025, an inauguration ceremony marked the opening of a newly reinforced Teacher Training Center on the Palau High School campus. This initiative, generously funded by the India, Brazil and South Africa Facility...
Unusual: The 7-Island Hopper Routes By United Airlines
Simple Flying
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September 6, 2025
The Federated States of Micronesia is home to some of the most geographically isolated people on earth. Of the nation's 607 islands, 65 are inhabited by just 113,160. Some of the people, as well as the 37,000 residents of the Marshal Islands, are...
PCS and Governors Unite to launch ‘Resilient Babeldaob’
Island Times
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September 5, 2025
Koror, Palau – August 19, 2025 — In a landmark collaboration, the Palau Conservation Society (PCS) and the Governors Association have officially launched Resilient Babeldaob — a bold new initiative aimed at strengthening community resilience to...
PPR takes a stand for Fairness, Respect, and Compliance
Island Times
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September 5, 2025
Koror, Palau – August 28, 2025 — On Thursday, August 28, 2025, Mr. Kevin Kirk, Attorney at Law, joined the management team at Palau Pacific Resort (PPR) for a special session on the importance of compliance, with a focus on Power Harassment (or...
8 Countries Without Army That Are Safe for Vacation
Tempo.co
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September 6, 2025
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - While the vast majority of countries maintain armed forces to protect their sovereignty, a small number have chosen a different path. These nations, despite having no standing army, are remarkably safe and are frequently ranked...
Sunscreens guard against UV rays but endanger ocean health: experts
Eco-Business
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September 4, 2025
Today’s beach outing is not the same as your grandparents’ beach outing: With intense summer heat waves now the norm due to climate change, and with the ozone layer still not fully healed, people need more and better sun protection when outdoors....
Global action needed to tackle marine threats: Adviser Rizwana
United News of Bangladesh
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Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan on Wednesday urged the global community to strengthen partnerships and cross-sector collaboration to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 14 on oceans. “Only collective action can safeguard marine resources...
US policy shifts put pressure on Tuna Treaty
The Islandsun
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September 6, 2025
BY BEN BILUA Changes in the United States’ foreign policy have placed renewed pressure on the long-standing Tuna Treaty between the US and Pacific Island countries. Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat’s Acting Director of Governance and Engagement,...
Deadly threat of unexploded bombs in the Pacific persists 80 years on
Independent Australia
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Eighty years after WWII, Solomon Islanders face the ongoing threat of death and injury from hidden, unexploded bombs, writes Catherine Wilson. THIS YEAR is the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, but in some countries, the trail...
Fifteen new local projects launched under the Kiwa Initiative to…
IUCN
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The newly awarded projects are spread across ten Pacific Island countries and territories; New Caledonia, Fiji, Kiribati, Palau, Papua New Guinea, French Polynesia, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Vanuatu, and Wallis & Futuna. Together, they reflect...
Rizwana calls for global partnerships to protect oceans
The Business Standard
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September 3, 2025
Adviser to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and the Ministry of Water Resources Syeda Rizwana Hasan urged stronger global partnerships and cross-sector collaboration to safeguard marine resources, warning that unchecked...
Pacific news in brief for 3 September
RNZ
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September 2, 2025
President of Palau Surangel Whipps Jr. July 2023 Photo: flickr / FDD / Chris Williams Palau - asylum seekers Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr says the country should maintain dialogue with the United States, despite leadership opposing a US...
6PAC+ prepares IMO submissions, demands just transition
Pacific News Service
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“We want to ensure the International Maritime Organisation is in alignment with principles of international environmental law and advances a just and equitable transition in the decarbonisation of international shipping.” That’s the message from...