A New Song for Coastal Fisheries, a strategy and roadmap produced through a participatory workshop facilitated by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community, calls upon Pacific
In several Pacific Island countries and territories (PICTs), rapid population growth and inadequate management of coastal fish habitats and stocks is causing a gap to emerge
For Pacific Island communities, social change has always been a part of their socio-political lives, while environmental changes were always transient and reversible, so that they
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is key to the robust environmental management of industrial projects; it is used to anticipate, assess and reduce environmental and social risks
The Pacific Arc of islands and archipelagos to the north and east of Australia has been characterised both as an ‘arc of instability’ and as an
This paper discusses a range of measures that would contribute to the implementation of the
precautionary approach by the International Seabed Authority (ISA).
Robust environmental management of deep-sea mining projects must be integrated into the planning and execution of mining operations, and developed concurrently.
In the Pacific Islands region, fisheries and aquaculture make vital contributions to economic development, government revenue, food security and livelihoods.
Plans for deep-sea mining on ocean floors within international jurisdiction are likely to be approved in the next four years
Plans for deep-sea mining on ocean floors within international jurisdiction are likely to be approved in the next four years.