Tuvalu unveils first ocean policy

TUVALU has used World Oceans Day 2026 to put its ocean at the centre of national policy and national identity, soft launching the country’s first National Ocean Policy in a move that officials say could shape how the

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Meg Taylor: Pacific must defend the ocean

FORMER Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General Dame Meg Taylor has used a World Ocean Day address to call for Pacific unity.

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Japan’s decision to discharge radioactive waste water into Pacific ‘unconscionable’

Japan’s plan to discharge radioactive waste water into the Pacific has been described by Acting Forum Secretary General Dr Filimon Manoni ‘unconscionable’. Dr Manoni made the remarks at the World Ocean Day

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World Oceans Day – What it means for the Pacific

from the Acting Director General of SPREP, Mr Stuart Chape World Oceans Day has been celebrated each year since 1992.  We have witnessed increasing world attention on our oceans, particularly in the face of extreme

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