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05
Dec

New York Times OpEd: Save The Pacific Bluefin Tuna

Submitted by PIR Editor on Mon, 12/05/2016 - 13:25

 

As the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission meets in Fiji this week,Jane Lubchenco  and Maria Damanaki issue an urgent call to protect the remaining tuna stocks in the Pacific.

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Wed
07
Dec

West Papua's Verdant Heartlands Devastated By Mine Waste – In Pictures

Submitted by PIR Editor on Wed, 12/07/2016 - 12:55

 

"Hundreds of thousands of tonnes of tailings from the Grasberg mine end up in the Indonesian province’s Aikwa delta system every day, which the Kamoro tribe say is destroying the landscape on which they rely for food and trade."

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Mon
12
Dec

Broken Men In Paradise: Australia's Cruel Refugee Detention Policy

Submitted by PIR Editor on Mon, 12/12/2016 - 12:25

 

New York Times columnist Roger Cohen visited the Australian asylum seeker detentional facility on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island and concluded that "The world’s refugee crisis knows no more sinister exercise in cruelty than Australia’s island prisons."

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Mon
26
Dec

Despite Climate Change Exodus, Some Marshall Islanders Head Back Home

Submitted by PIR Editor on Mon, 12/26/2016 - 13:02

 

Despite the difficulties of living in one of the world's most climate vulnerable countries, many young Marshallese are returning home from abroad to help confront these challenges. 

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