Solomon Islands will prosecute the captain of bulk carrier, MV Quebec, for discharging oil in a remote and pristine part of the country, Temotu Province.

Islanders spotted dead fish on their coastline and an oil slick stretching over two kilometres, and Solomon Islands Maritime Authority (SIMA) discovered heavy fuel oil and oily water released into the sea during a clean-up on board the vessel.

 

For additional details on this environmental crime, please visit the link below:

https://www.abc.net.au/radio-australia/programs/pacificbeat/sol-oil-spill-2-yrs/13143356 

Posted on - 2021-02-22

 

Until last week, the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat consisted of 18 members and covered a vast, resource rich, highly strategic zone on the front line between Asia and the Americas.

Despite millennia of regional travel, in the 1830s, French Naval officer Jules Dumont d’Urville divided the islands and peoples of Oceania into three groups, based partially on geography and partially on dubious ethnography. That’s how we ended up with the concepts of Melanesia (“islands of Black people”), Micronesia (“small islands”), and Polynesia (“many islands”). The terms are problematic with the region, and the degree to which they have become embedded in bureaucratic structures has created an enormous impasse regarding regional leadership priorities.

For the full, detailed feature on the Pacific Islands Forum, please visit the link below:

https://thediplomat.com/2021/02/how-the-pacific-islands-forum-fell-apart/ 

Posted on - 2021-02-22

For additional details, please visit the link below: 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/feb/10/climate-action-could-save-millions-of-lives-through-clean-air-diet-and-exercise 

Posted on - 2021-02-22