In 1850, the Micronesian island of Nahlapenlohd was the scene of Pohnpei state’s first battle involving cannons and muskets. Less than two centuries later, it has sunk beneath the waves.
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Palau has banned commercial fishing in most of its waters – while encouraging more foreign visitors.
Australia is good at ‘hard hat’ responses to crises such as cyclones. But a new environmental declaration on the Pacific Islands points out that the best approach is more well-rounded and subtle.
After making worldwide headlines with the story of the Pacific “garbage island”, researchers were sent a photo of the same beach, white sand free of litter, as recently as 1992.
We set out to discover whether it’s possible to reduce the alarming rates of non-communicable diseases in Pacific nations while improving nutrition security and income.
What does God have to do with climate change? A lot, if you want to engage with communities in the Pacific Islands, where almost everyone goes to church and religious leaders are hugely influential.
Regional solutions can spread across the planet.
Sport migrations emerge within a general migratory context. In some societies, like the Pacific Islands, adulthood, particularly for men, cannot be completed unless one migrates.
This week’s Pacific Islands Forum is the region’s premier multilateral summit. But members have begun turning elsewhere out of frustration with Australia’s climate negotiation tactics.
In the 1960s, with the phosphate boom over and Nauru’s economy in ruins, Australia offered to move the entire nation to Queensland’s Curtis Island. But with no sovereignty on offer, the deal collapsed.
Nauruans used to be some of the richest people in the world, before their mining industry imploded. Now, as the island aims to develop sustainably, there are signs of the green shoots of recovery.
Sea levels are rising faster in the Solomon Islands – and send a warning for the rest of the world.
Solving the problem of West Papua in a dignified manner should involve not only Indonesian authorities but also Papuans and the international community.
There are hundreds of different languages spoken in the Pacific region that could be lost. So it’s important to safeguard what recordings we have in a digital archive available to all.
Rising seas are one of the major concerns of Pacific Island nations, and looking at past sea-level change can help understand the future.
We don’t really know how much international migration will be prompted by climate change. But everyone agrees the issue is big - perhaps too big to resolve at the Paris talks.
Australia need to take responsibility for the consequences of its fossil fuel consumption and exports.
As Prime Minister Tony Abbott attends the Pacific Island Forum summit today, attention has again turned to how the low-lying islands will deal with global warming.
The Pacific War played out as a colonial war in the Pacific. It was brutal for non-combatant civilians in its path, and its impact epitomised the dehumanising capacity of both war and colonialism.
The federal government’s recent White Paper on developing northern Australia has disturbing echoes of the 1890s, a time when unbridled capitalism and indentured labour developed the North.
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Research Associate, Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW
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Professor of Geography, School of Law and Society, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Professor of Development Studies, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Lecturer in International Politics and Policy, James Cook University
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Faculty Member, Asian Studies Program, Georgetown University; Visiting Fellow, Department of Pacific Affairs, Australian National University., Georgetown University
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Adjunct Research Fellow in Geography and Social Sciences, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Honorary Research Associate, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Professor of International Security, Adelaide University
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Senior Research and Teaching Fellow, School of Health, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Associate Professor, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland
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