Have you ever wondered what the term Asia-Pacific denotes? A vast stretch of geographical landmasses across Asia and the Pacific gathered into one grouping, or is the Pacific a token inclusion, where the ‘P’ is silent? Examining data, papers, and policies made for the Asia-Pacific region would have you believe that. As a result, across […]
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Preparatory Meeting Stresses 2020 as a New Chapter of Ocean Action
NEW YORK, 07 FEBRUARY 2020 (SDG KNOWLEDGE HUB) —Participants at the 2020 UN Ocean Conference Preparatory Meeting highlighted the importance of a healthy ocean in implementing and achieving the SDGs and stressed that 2020 must be a year of concrete action for the ocean. The 2020 Ocean Conference is one of the first milestones of […]
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Pacific Islands Forum identity may need refocusing
SUVA, 10 FEBRUARY 2020 (ISLANDS BUSINESS)—‘The Blue Pacific’ is touted by all and sundry as the collective ‘identity’ of Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) members. As such, ‘The Blue Pacific’ is the identity badge by which PIF’s particularity and uniqueness are determined. In analyzing the components of ‘The Blue Pacific’ and how they have woven their […]
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Overfishing of the world’s major tuna stocks going down, by catch and pollution reduced
ROME, 30 JANUARY 2020 (FAO) — A five-year, $50-million Global Environment Facility (GEF)-funded programme rolled out by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and partners has made remarkable progress in protecting international waters’ biodiversity by rendering fishing in these waters less harmful to several marine species, including sea turtles and tuna. The Common Oceans ABNJ […]
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The Republic of Palau and the Nature Conservancy: Our Oceans Conference 2020
Two global leaders in conservation—The Republic of Palau and The Nature Conservancy (TNC)—have announced a new partnership in support of the 7th Our Ocean Conference (OOC), an annual meeting of government, business, scientific, and civil society leaders to tackle some of the world’s most vexing ocean conservation problems. This year’s conference, which will be held […]
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Corruption Perceptions Index ‘biased’ and ‘flawed’
AUCKLAND, 27 JANUARY 2020 (University of Waikato) — A University of Waikato researcher has called Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index, released this week, a biased survey based on flawed methodology that reinforces global stereotypes. In a research paper titled The Visual Politics of Corruption, published in Third World Quarterly, Dr Olli Hellmann, Senior Lecturer in […]