Pacific Islands Report is a nonprofit news publication of the Pacific Islands Development Program at the EastWest Center in Honolulu, Hawai'i. Offered as a free service to readers, PIR provides an edited digest of news, commentary and analysis from across the Pacific Islands region, Monday Friday.
As leaders meet at the Pacific Islands Forum, tensions are already spilling into the open with a Chinese official storming out of a meeting after being refused permission to speak by Nauru's ...
ECONOMIC PROSPECTS FOR THE PACIFIC ISLANDS by Te'o Fairbairn It is often said that the Pacific Basin Region is poised to enter a new economic era which will bring new levels of prosperity to its people. Such a
In Recent years, minerals and mining has focused more on the south pacific Island countries in search of gold, copper and other valuable minerals. Mining has contributed a lot to the economic progress of some of the South Pacific Islands countries.
May 11, 2013· Pacific Islands: leading the way in deep sea minerals legislation 11 May 2013. Author: Cristelle Maurin, University of Stellenbosch. A decade of sustained upward trends in the market value of metals found in seabed mineral deposits and considerable advances made in subsea technologies have reignited interest for offshore minerals exploration.
Pacific Islands Report is a nonprofit news publication of the Pacific Islands Development Program at the EastWest Center in Honolulu, Hawai'i. Offered as a free service to readers, PIR provides an edited digest of news, commentary and analysis from across the Pacific Islands region, Monday Friday.
Pacific Islands Report Fiji copper mine joint venture to spend million The copper mining project that is intended to begin in Namosi next year will inject approximately FJ2 billion [US ...
Dec 08, 2016· Sulfide and crust mining may have unforeseen environmental effects that will damage life on Pacific Islands. Image by Sarah Fahmy. Papua New Guinea, 2016.
Tokenized mining cannot exist as a concept without some form of builtin reinvestment. With constantly increasing mining difficulties, equipment is bound to become obsolete regardless of mined tokens appreciation, due to the sheer number of new miners joining in every day.
The Pacific Islands region contains about 200 high islands and some 2 500 low islands and atolls. In general, the islands increase in size from east to west, with .
The Pacific Islands, comprised of American Samoa, Guam, Hawaii, the Northern Mariana Islands, and other Pacific islands, are surrounded by a rich diversity of marine life that is vital to our culture and economic stability.
Earthquake sends small waves to South Pacific islands. Warning for possible tsunami waves as tall as a metre above tide level along coasts of Fiji, New Caledonia and Vanuatu.
Due to colonial neglect and historical isolation, the Pacific Islands, home to the world's most diverse range of indigenous cultures, continue to sustain many ancestral lifeways. Fewer than million in all, the peoples of Oceania possess a vast repository of cultural traditions and ecological adaptations.
South Pacific Islands Petroleum, Fuel, and Chemical Testing Intertek petroleum and chemical laboratory testing, inspection, and technical services in the South Pacific Islands.
In 1877 the Western Pacific High Commission was set up to protect British interests in the unclaimed islands. Then the emergence of imperialist Germany and construction of the Panama Canal led to a sudden rush of annexations by Britain, France, Germany, and the between 1884 and 1900.
Aid is an important resource for the Pacific Islands region, but public information is often lacking. The Lowy Institute Pacific Aid Map is designed to enhance aid effectiveness.
SUVA, April 28, 2016 – A new World Bank report recommends that Pacific Island countries supporting or considering deep sea mining activities proceed with a high degree of caution to avoid irreversible damage to the ecosystem, and ensure that appropriate social and environmental safegu
Concept: Mining Alternative Names. Gold Ridge; Details. In the sixteenth century, the Mendãna expedition, searching for the source of King Solomon's fabled wealth, found traces of gold on Guadalcanal, the first incidence of Europeans exploring the Solomon Islands for mineral wealth.
THE Pacific Islands Association of NonGovernmental Organisations (PIANGO) has praised the decision of the traditional elders of the Pacific island of Futuna for disallowing any work related to ...
Pacific: Potentially damaging impacts of seabed mining on Pacific Island communities highlighted in new report A new report by Caritas Oceania, Turning the Tide, highlights the potential negative impacts of seabed mining on Pacific Island communities, including damage to the shoreline, food sources and livelihoods of local people.