Good Practices: Oceania

The Asia Pacific region is characterised by high marine biodiversity. Credit: Andrew Heyward/AIMS

Oceania: Environmental Uncertainties Halt Deep Sea Mining

By Catherine Wilson SYDNEY, Dec 17 2012 (IPS) – The world’s first deep sea mineral (DSM) mining venture in the Bismarck Sea off the northern coast of Papua New Guinea in the southwest Pacific has come to a halt after … Continue reading →

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Oceania: Pacific Island Sets Renewable Energy Record

  By Catherine Wilson Brisbane, Oct 26 2012 (IPS) – Tokelau, a small Polynesian territory in the central Pacific, has surpassed the rest of the world in replacing fossil fuels and raised the benchmark of achievement on sustainable development. Located … Continue reading →

Science has proven that protected areas "seed" the surrounding seas with additional fish. Credit: Bruno de Giusti/CC BY 2.5

Oceania: Commons in practice – Local Control Revives Depleted Fisheries

By Stephen Leahy Cairns, Australia, Jul 13 2012 (IPS) – It takes a village to protect a reef and sustain a local fishery, more than two decades of experience now shows. And even well-intentioned governments can do more harm than … Continue reading →

Helen Hakena. Credit: 1000Peacewomen Across the Globe

Oceania: From a ‘Woman Chief’ to a Champion of Women’s Rights

By Neena Bhandari * Helen Samu Hakena exudes a serenity that belies her extraordinary energy and inner strength that she has devoted to the cause of justice, peace building and advocating for women’s and human rights and the United Nations … Continue reading →