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Groups Rally Against Seabed Mining At Pacific Forum Meeting Submitted by admin on Wed, 08/29/2012 - 00:00 Moratorium on mining proposed until effects are better understood By Rachel Reeves AUCKLAND, New Zealand (Pacific Scoop, Aug. 28, 2012) – A petition bearing more than 8,000 signatures is being circulated among Forum participants this week as part of a regional effort to arrest seabed mining projects in the Pacific. A coalition of non-government organizations, which includes the Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG) and Act Now! PNG, is here on Rarotonga to raise awareness ab...

Pressure Mounting To Ban Fish Transshipment Throughout Pacific Submitted by admin on Mon, 09/28/2015 - 00:00 Better monitoring of chain of custody should suffice: Industry By Michael Neilson AUCKLAND, New Zealand (Pacific Scoop, Sept. 26, 2015) – Pressure is mounting to outlaw Pacific region transhipments – a practice linked to overfishing – after Nauru’s decision to impose a ban in its waters. This decision follows Greenpeace’s discovery of the Taiwanese longliner Shuen De Ching No. 888, which the environmental organisation claims had been fishing without permission near ...

TONGA’S MOALA CALLS FOR MEDIA UNITY AT PINA CONFERENCE Submitted by piradmin on Tue, 04/03/2012 - 00:00 Analysis By David Robie AUCKLAND, New Zealand (Pacific Scoop, April 2, 2012) – Whether it was the 21st birthday (as celebrated by the cake at a gala dinner) or 40th anniversary (as flagged by a former president in the opening speech notes), last week’s Fiji milestones for the Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) were notable achievements. There was a convivial and relaxed atmosphere at the Pacific Harbour venue – in marked contrast to the tense last Pacific Media Sum...

UN’S CHECKERED RECORD OVER WEST PAPUAN SACRIFICES Submitted by piradmin on Fri, 03/23/2012 - 00:00 Analysis By Jennifer Robinson AUCKLAND, New Zealand (Pacific Scoop, March 22, 2012) – Thousands have taken part in rallies across West Papua and in Australia to mark the United Nations Secretary-General’s (UNSG) visit to Indonesia, calling on Ban Ki-moon to revisit United Nations mistakes that led to the denial of West Papuans’ right to self-determination and to assist in resolving ongoing human rights abuses in Papua. UN peacekeeping was at the top of the agenda of the UNSG...