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Timber and koalas – can we have both?
The Fifth Estate
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June 25, 2025
SPECIAL REPORT: As the NSW government announced its proposed Great Koala National Park to protect the iconic native marsupial, the timber industry raised the spectre of major job losses and economic decline for small communities in Northeastern...
Jiangsu, Malaita establish sister-province relationship
Solomon Star
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June 24, 2025
MALAITA Province has strengthened and deepened its sister-province relationship with Jiangsu Province of China following the signing of a formal agreement last week in China. The agreement was sealed by Malaita Premier Elijah Asilaua and Jiangsu...
Asia Pacific malaria cases rise sharply amid funding gaps
Medical News
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June 25, 2025
Malaria cases in the Asia Pacific region have surged in the last few years, reaching 4.8 million in 2024 and putting the region further off track to reaching its elimination goal by 2030, a summit heard. Cases jumped 170 per cent between 2021 and...
What Happens When a Country Sinks?
The Maritime Executive
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[By Sheridan Ward] What happens when a country ceases to exist? Where do its people go, who no longer have a citizenship to protect them? Statelessness usually follows conflict, or the dissolution or unification of a country, such as occurred with...
A better way to get around in the Amazon - solar-powered canoes
The New Zealand Herald
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June 24, 2025
The journey between the isolated villages was made possible thanks to their boat, a traditional river canoe aside from one distinctive feature on top: 24 solar panels that harness sunlight to power an engine. The canoe is part of a growing fleet...
Sexual health screening for PALM workers
Fijivillage
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By: Mikaela Seymour and Stefanie Vaccher Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) Scheme workers and employers consistently rate healthcare, including access to sexual and reproductive health services, as a primary concern. However, little is...
Walking together in wellness, where collective rights enable Indigenous Peoples to thrive
Croakey Health Media
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June 23, 2025
Introduction by Croakey: An emerging paradigm shift for First Nations people in Canada, reflecting the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), is supporting a transformational shift from a focus on healthcare and...
Unknown dangers of deep sea mining
The National
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DEEP sea mining can be done in the domestic ocean boundaries and also at the international waters. The ocean waters know no boundaries and freely flow from one country zone to anther zone. Ocean waters are highly mobile and due to strong current...
World Earthquake Report for Tuesday, 24 June 2025
Volcano Discovery
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June 24, 2025
Previous news Tue, 24 Jun 2025, 03:13 An earthquake of magnitude 4.4 occurred early morning on Tuesday, June 24th, 2025, at 5:04 am local time near Tirana, Bashkia Tiranë, Albania, as reported by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre...
Lost at sea: How Tuvalu’s plight holds lessons for the future
The Interpreter
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June 22, 2025
What happens when a country ceases to exist? Where do its people go, who no longer have a citizenship to protect them? Statelessness usually follows conflict, or the dissolution or unification of a country, such as occurred with the Soviet Union,...
Experts warn summer vacationers of beach seashells so toxic they can 'kill in minutes'
Daily Mail
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June 19, 2025
Experts are warning summer vacationers to be on the lookout for a hidden flesh-eating beach threat that could kill them within minutes. Hiding inside some seashells could be a cone snail — a highly venomous sea snail that can sting people with a...
Pacific Islands Countries Push For Action at UN Ocean Conference
The Diplomat
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June 20, 2025
Last week, more than 60 world leaders convened in Nice, France, for the third – and the most-attended – United Nations Ocean Conference. There was cause for celebration: during the week-long conference, 19 countries ratified the Agreement on...
New Zealand halts Cook Islands funding over China deals
BBC
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June 19, 2025
New Zealand has paused millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands over wide-ranging deals that its smaller Pacific neighbour had made with China. Wellington, the Cook Islands' biggest funder, said it was blindsided by the deals that were...
Temotu proposes sister relations with Hunan province of China
The Islandsun
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June 18, 2025
BY SAMIE WAIKORI Temotu province will soon establish a sub-national sister relationship with China’s Hunan province. Stanley Tehiahua, Temotu Province’s Premier made the announcement at the province’s recent 42nd Second Appointed Day celebration...
UN Ocean Conference makes progress on protecting marine waters
Mongabay
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June 19, 2025
The United Nations Ocean Conference, held June 9-13 in Nice, France, saw some progress on better protecting the hundreds of thousands of species that live in marine waters and the communities that depend on the sea for work or sustenance. New...
Asia Pacific slips on malaria goals
Science and Development Network
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[JAKARTA, SciDev.Net] Malaria cases in the Asia Pacific region have surged in the last few years, reaching 4.8 million in 2024 and putting the region further off track to reaching its elimination goal by 2030, a summit heard. Cases jumped 170 per...
At UN Ocean Conference, Nations and Funders Seek to Create and Expand Large-Scale Marine Protected Areas
Inside Climate News
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June 18, 2025
NICE, France—Resolute about their efforts to protect 30 percent of the Earth’s global ocean by 2030, world leaders agreed to sweeping but nonbinding commitments at last week’s United Nations Ocean Conference to designate vast stretches of their...
Samoan woman stranded in Israel 'praying for Lord's protection'
RNZ
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June 19, 2025
A hospital in southern Israel and two towns near Tel Aviv were struck after a barrage of Iranian missiles early on June 19, with rescuers reporting at least 47 people injured in the latest attacks. Photo: AFP / Jack Guez A Samoan woman is among...
Health services face legal risk over poor quality care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients
Croakey Health Media
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June 18, 2025
*** Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article mentions someone who has died *** An urgent need to improve healthcare for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and to progress structural reform are among the...
Dmakeiukl Rangers begin drone training to strengthen conservation efforts in Palau
Island Times
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June 20, 2025
On June 6, rangers from the Dmakeiukl Alliance took part in a hands-on drone training to enhance the monitoring and protection of coastal and terrestrial ecosystems in Palau. The training is part of a broader effort to strengthen the rangers’...