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U.S. Coast Guard deploys band to Republic of Marshall Islands, raises awareness of boating safety
DVIDS - Georgia
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June 18, 2025
MAJURO, Republic of the Marshall Islands — The U.S. Coast Guard conducted a successful engagement strengthening partnerships and promoting boating safety in Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands, from June 1 to 11, 2025. As part of Operation...
RMI ‘no’ to deep sea mining
Marshall Islands Journal
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June 19, 2025
The Marshall Islands has joined a growing number of nations saying “no” to deep sea mining. At the Oceans Conference last week in Nice, France, President Hilda Heine announced that the RMI would join the countries calling for a moratorium on all...
Reinforcing the links between the law and Pacific fisheries' sectors
RNZ
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June 18, 2025
The Judicial Symposium 2025 opened on Wednesday in Honiara, bringing together Regional Chief Justices of Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands and Tuvalu. Photo: Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency Justice experts and fisheries...
Chief Justice Palmer opens Judicial Symposium 2025
The Islandsun
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June 19, 2025
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU Chief Justice of Solomon Islands Sir Albert R. Palmer opened the Judicial Symposium 2025 at the Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) Conference Centre in Honiara yesterday. The three-day Judicial Symposium is being co-hosted by the...
The search for heat-resilient corals moves forward in the Marshall Islands
Island Times
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June 13, 2025
In April, partners in the Scaling up identification, protection, and local management of coral reefs resistant to future climate stress project gathered in Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), to continue ongoing efforts to identify...
Pacific Leaders Rally For Climate-Resilient Fisheries At Third UN Ocean Conference
Scoop
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NICE, FRANCE, 11 JUNE 2025 – Pacific leaders have issued a unified call for urgent global action to protect the world’s largest tuna production region from the accelerating impacts of climate change. This message was reinforced at the 3rd UN...
Global Ocean Summit in Nice ends with a raft of pledges for marine protection
Savannah Herald - Georgia
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June 18, 2025
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) pushed for stronger language on “loss and damage.”PHOTO/ Pablo_Marx, Flickr By PATRICK MAYOYO and Agencies newshub@eyewitness.africa The port of Nice echoed with the sound of foghorns on Friday – a brassy...
Republic of the Marshall Islands joins IUCN as newest Pacific…
IUCN
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Situated in the heart of the Pacific Ocean, the Marshall Islands is a nation of over 1,000 islands and atolls, renowned for its rich marine biodiversity, including extensive coral reefs, seagrass beds and vital fish stocks. The country faces...
Marshall Islands nuclear legacy: report highlights lack of health research
RNZ
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June 6, 2025
Half of the Marshall Islands' 50,000-strong population live in the capital city of Majuro. Photo: Public domain A new report on the United States nuclear weapons testing legacy in the Marshall Islands highlights the lack of studies into important...
From Marshall Islands to Dakotas, Environmental Crimes Cannot Be Covered Up
The Diplomat
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May 29, 2025
In 1985, as a young environmentalist, one of the first campaigns I was involved in was as a deckhand on the Greenpeace ship, the Rainbow Warrior. Little did I know that my job would involve relocating an entire community of 350 people and all...
Report: Lack of Marshall Islands birth studies hinder understanding of nuclear testing impacts
Marianas Variety
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The Baker underwater test, one of two Hiroshima-size atomic bombs tested at Bikini Atoll as part of Operation Crossroads in 1946. Many Japanese and American navy vessels, visible under the mushroom cloud, were sunk by Baker. Photo provided by Giff...
Pacific leaders rally for Climate-Resilient Fisheries at UN Ocean Conference
Matangi Tonga Online
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June 11, 2025
Pacific leaders have issued a unified call for urgent global action to protect the world’s largest tuna production region from the accelerating impacts of climate change. This message was reinforced at the 3rd UN Oceans Conference in Nice, France...
Pacific Leaders Call for Bold Climate Action in Ocean Conference
Inter Press Service
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June 11, 2025
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President Lai welcomes Marshall Islands president, pledges continued cooperation
Radio Taiwan International
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June 3, 2025
President Lai Ching-te (right) and Marshall Islands President Hilda C. Heine (left). (Photo: Presidential Office) President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) welcomed Marshall Islands President Hilda C. Heine with full military honors on Tuesday morning, marking...
Taiwan, Marshall Islands pledge to expand cooperation
Focus Taiwan
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June 3, 2025
Taipei, June 3 (CNA) President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) on Tuesday reaffirmed Taiwan's commitment to expanding existing cooperation with the Marshall Islands to include new areas such as education, sports and aviation. Speaking ahead of a closed-door...
Saipan hosts concurrent environmental events
Marianas Variety
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THE 2nd CNMI Green Growth Convening and the 32nd Pacific Islands Environmental Training Symposium or PIETS were two environment-focused events held concurrently at the Crowne Plaza Resort on Monday, June 9. The PIETS was organized by the CNMI...
Climate research around Pacific falls victim to U.S federal grant loss
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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June 3, 2025
A three-year effort to support Pacific Island communities with climate data for resilience planning has been upended by the termination of a grant overseen by the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology...
Climate research around Pacific falls victim to federal grant loss
University of Hawai‘i at Manoa
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June 3, 2025
Reading time: 2 minutesSOEST research team at a workshop in Palau. A three-year effort to support Pacific Island communities with climate data for resilience planning has been upended by the termination of a grant overseen by the University of...
Legacy of US nuclear weapons tests in the Marshall Islands created global radiation exposure: new study
Greenpeace International
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May 27, 2025
Hamburg, Germany – Nearly seven decades since the US government ended nuclear weapons testing in the Marshall Islands, a new study has revealed the impacts were far greater than what the US government has so far publicly acknowledged. According to...
Abandonment of Soft Power, Neglect of Climate Change, and the Shifting Geopolitical Landscape of the Pacific
Pacific Islands Report
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June 6, 2025
The start of President Donald Trump’s second term has been turbulent. In just a few months, the United States’ position in the Pacific has sadly been weakened, widening the arena for strategic competition that inevitably puts peace and security in...