NOUMEA 08 JUNE 2020 (SPC) —COVID19 has brought the world to a halt. The devastating impact of the global pandemic on people’s lives and the world’s economy is a jarring and historic turning point for all of us but it is also an opportunity to re-think many of our practices. As we mark World Oceans […]
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Impact investing continues to attract investors despite COVID-19 turmoil
WASHINGTON,08 JUNE 2020 (IFC)—The impact investing industry is continuing to attract investors in spite of the global recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to IFC, a member of the World Bank Group. Impact investing remains relatively small, with a market size of up to US$2.1 trillion, according to a new report, Growing Impact—New Insights […]
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Opinion piece regarding policies about Palau’s marine food resource
Alii e Madam Editor, Tial babier adi olcholt ra u ldesuek elkirel a uldasue elmo Hach el tilobed ra Olbiil era Kelulau eya bresident a saing er ngii meng mlamo oureor. Tial Hach a merrob ra otebedel el mora ikrel Belau, a ngikel ma dirrek el bebil ra keled era daob el keled a rechad […]
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World Environment Day 2020 – It’s Time for Nature
SUVA, 04 JUNE 2010 (UNDP) —Around the globe there are more than one million plant and animal species on the verge of disappearing forever. The planet is not in good shape because of us. Nature is suffering biodiversity and habitat loss, a rapidly heating climate, and toxic pollution. And the COVID-19 pandemic, which may well […]
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Some of the Underlying Issues in Palau that Coronavirus has Exposed
An Opinion on this Pandemic by a Concerned Citizen As the world has been tossed into chaos, we are truly blessed to still be COVID-FREE here in Palau. For a majority of us, life may not have seemed to change too much. Perhaps your work life has actually slowed down and perhaps you got a […]
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‘The disease is ripping through’: why coronavirus is devastating California’s Pacific Islanders
SACRAMENTO, 25 MAY 2020 (THE GUARDIAN) — The coronavirus is tearing through Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander communities in California, fanning longstanding health disparities and killing community members at a higher rate than any other racial group in the state. Data from California’s department of public health reveals that Pacific Islanders have contracted coronavirus […]