Pacific Waves

A conservationist working to save tree kangaroos in Papua New Guinea is urging NGOs working in the Pacific to listen to the communities they work in.

Thai fishing report shows worrying signs for Pacific; Samoan activism group brings public issues to the fore; Another global summit on climate change gets underway, this time in Paris, and this time the aim is to get industry and finance involved in the fight against global warming; two opposition parties in Fiji have joined forces to contest the next election as political manoeuvring starts for the polls due next year; new health and wellness hub in American Samoa to focus on traditional healing practices.

The author of a report tha t shows catches by Thailand's distant-water fleet fishing throughout the Indo-Pacific are almost seven times higher than what it reports, says it is is a worrying sign for the Pacific fishing industry.

A recently formed Samoan rights group hopes to fight government corruption and stand up for the public interest, starting with a march this weekend and a demonstration next week.

New health and wellness hub in American Samoa to focus on traditional healing practices.

Another global summit on climate change gets underway, this time in Paris, and this time the aim is to get industry and finance involved in the fight against global warming; two opposition parties in Fiji have joined forces to contest the next election as political manoeuvring starts for the polls due next year; new health and wellness hub in American Samoa to focus on traditional healing practices; Pacific environment programme happy with progress at Fisheries Commission meeting; repatriation of native Hawaiian human remains raises hope of further returns; advocates highlight what they call a medical crisis among refugees exiled to Papua New Guinea.

Another global summit on climate change gets underway, this time in Paris, and this time the aim is to get industry and finance involved in the fight against global warming.

Two opposition parties in Fiji have joined forces to contest the next election as political manoeuvring starts for the polls due next year.

Pacific environment programme happy with progress at Fisheries Commission meeting; repatriation of native Hawaiian human remains raises hope of further returns; advocates highlight what they call a medical crisis among refugees exiled to Papua New Guinea; the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize is called timely for anti nuclear campaigners in the Pacific and Tahiti is suspended from the Pacific Games Council.

Pacific environment programme happy with progress at Fisheries Commission meeting.