AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoGIS for Pacific environment action: About two dozen government officers and GIS/spatial practitioners from across the Pacific met in Nadi, Fiji for a five-day training on GIS techniques and environmental data management, aiming to tackle the region’s “triple planetary crisis” of biodiversity loss, climate change, and pollution. Biodiversity push on the global stage: Pacific priorities are being carried into major UN biodiversity talks in Nairobi ahead of COP17, with a focus on monitoring, protected areas, marine and coastal biodiversity, and the global review of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. Deep-sea mining debate shifts toward “do no harm”: A Pacific editor’s note says the deep-sea minerals conversation is moving from simple “for or against” toward science-led governance and stronger environmental safeguards. Nuclear legacy and rising seas: Reporting highlights how the Marshall Islands’ Runit Dome (“The Tomb”) is being stressed by sea-level rise, raising concerns about long-term radioactive waste risks. Marine pollution risk from WWII wrecks: A separate piece warns that thousands of potentially polluting shipwrecks worldwide—including in Micronesia—could leak more as storms and time take their toll.
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