ABC Pacific Beat Podcasts- Former PNG anti-corruption head welcomes prosecution of lawyer Paul Paraka
- PNG's Port Moresby General Hospital struggles to meet daily demands as patient load rises
- Timor-Leste official election results expected to confirm Xanana Gusmao's CNRT party as winners
- 'We are not helpless': Pacific youth driving action on climate change
- Pacific Islander groups pledge support to Australia's Voice to Parliament, but some say details still unclear
Tag Archives: Pacific Islands
How to respond to the impasse in Fiji?
Fiji’s coup leader-turned Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama may star on the international stage, where many diplomats take at face value his reformist claims, but his… Continue reading
Posted in (aggregator), ANU PI, Devpolicy, News
Tagged Australia, Fiji, Melanesia, Pacific Islands, Pacific Islands Forum
Comments Off on How to respond to the impasse in Fiji?
Pacific Studies scholarships: University of Auckland
The Centre for Pacific Studies at the University of Auckland is a global leader in the study of the Pacific Islands. The Centre is an interdisciplinary unit which is home to a large group of scholars specializing in the study … Continue reading
Posted in Funds and Jobs
Tagged New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Polynesia
Comments Off on Pacific Studies scholarships: University of Auckland
‘The Pacific Adventures of the Climate Crab’
“A new animation video has been launched aimed at supporting communities across the Pacific to be better prepared for climate change and disasters.
Posted in News
Tagged Fiji, Marshall Islands, Pacific Islands, Samoa, Tuvalu
Comments Off on ‘The Pacific Adventures of the Climate Crab’
China in the Pacific (recent journal articles)
Several journals have recently featured articles on China’s emerging role in the Pacific Islands, including the special issue of Pacific Affairs (Volume 86 No.2, June 2013) on ‘Global Perspectives on Chinese Investment’ (edited by Paul D’Arcy and Graeme Smith): Asian Investment in … Continue reading
Posted in ANU PI, Publications
Tagged China, Pacific Islands, Papua New Guinea
Comments Off on China in the Pacific (recent journal articles)
Call for Applications: 2014 Pacific Research Colloquium – Developing Pacific Scholarship
January 28 to February 7, 2014 (Australian National University, Canberra) State Society and Governance in Melanesia Program (SSGM) is offering twelve scholarship awards to graduate students, scholars and researchers from universities, research institutions, NGOs and other professional bodies in the … Continue reading
Posted in ANU PI, Events, Funds and Jobs, News
Tagged Fiji, Nouvelle Calédonie, Pacific Islands, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Vanuatu
Comments Off on Call for Applications: 2014 Pacific Research Colloquium – Developing Pacific Scholarship
Statements from Joint meeting on Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management in the Pacific
Read closing statements from the Joint meeting on Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management in Fiji (8-12 July) on the SPREP website.
Posted in News
Tagged Fiji, Pacific Islands
Comments Off on Statements from Joint meeting on Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management in the Pacific
Third International Würm Memorial Symposium honours the late Professor Darrell Tryon
[Photograph: Stefen Würm in 1956.] Date: 17 July 2013 Time: 9:45 for a 10am start to 3:30pm Venue: Chancelry Building #10, Mills room (See the program and venue location) The Würm Symposia were established in 2011 to encourage dialogue between … Continue reading
Posted in ANU PI, Events
Tagged Pacific Islands, Vanuatu
Comments Off on Third International Würm Memorial Symposium honours the late Professor Darrell Tryon
Pacific issues come under expert gaze
An AusAID account of two recent conferences at the ANU: SSGM’s inaugural State of the Pacific (SOTP 13) and The Development Policy Centre’s PNG and Pacific Update.
Posted in ANU PI, News, Reports
Tagged Pacific Islands, Papua New Guinea
Comments Off on Pacific issues come under expert gaze
ICH Courier Vol.16
The latest issue of the UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage Courier for Asia and the Pacific (ICH Courier #16) is now available. It includes: A summary of the 2013 Sub-regional Information and Network Meeting for Intangible Cultural Heritage Safeguarding in the … Continue reading
Posted in News
Tagged Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific Islands, Vanuatu
Comments Off on ICH Courier Vol.16
Competition between local and industrial fishers heats up
Increased competition for tuna is causing tension between local fishers and industrial vessels in some Pacific Islands, and the Heads of Pacific Island Fisheries Departments have tasked the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) to examine the issue.
The problem occurs when industrial vessels compete with small-scale local fisheries (‘artisanal fisheries’) for the same fish, in the same area and during the same season. It is worse in areas where the industrial catch is large.
Posted in (aggregator), News, Publications
Tagged Fiji, Nouvelle Calédonie, Pacific Islands
Comments Off on Competition between local and industrial fishers heats up
In conversation with Francis Herman on Pacific media
Recently, Tess Newton Cain spent time chatting with Francis Herman. You can listen to a podcast of their conversation here or download the full transcript… Continue reading
Posted in (aggregator), Devpolicy, News
Tagged Fiji, Pacific Islands, Vanuatu
Comments Off on In conversation with Francis Herman on Pacific media
Oceania Group – University of the Third Age (U3A)
[Photo: Dr Henry Ivarature (far left), from the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA), addresses the U3A Oceania Group on “Democracy and Regionalism in the Pacific”.] by Judy Johnson, Acting Coordinator, Oceania Group of the U3A (ACT). The Oceania … Continue reading
Posted in News, Profiles
Tagged Australia, Pacific Islands
Comments Off on Oceania Group – University of the Third Age (U3A)
RAMSI: so near and yet so far
This post continues our series looking at the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI) as it marks its tenth anniversary (23 July 2003), and… Continue reading
Posted in (aggregator), ANU PI, Devpolicy, News
Tagged Australia, Melanesia, Pacific Islands, Solomon Islands
Comments Off on RAMSI: so near and yet so far
Sharing Perceptions of Adaptation, Resilience and Climate Knowledge
“UNESCO’s Apia office for the Pacific States is excited to have launched an important and innovative new project in Fiji that will investigate climate change perceptions, decision making and adaptive capacities of communities in the Pacific. The project will also … Continue reading
Posted in News
Tagged Fiji, Pacific Islands
Comments Off on Sharing Perceptions of Adaptation, Resilience and Climate Knowledge
Two new courses ‘War in the Islands’ and ‘Australia in Oceania’
Two new courses in Pacific History are on offer at the ANU in Second Semester 2013. The first, ‘Australia in Oceania in the 19th and 20th centuries‘ (PASI 2002/6002) asks the question ‘Is Australia another Pacific Island?’ It traverses the … Continue reading