Page 4 - Islands Business May-June 2022

May-June 2022 Vol 48 No 5-6

CONTENTS

10 22 29

5 Editor’s Note TOURISM
6 Briefs 10 Fiji’s comeback, but concerns remain over Pacific-
8 Whispers wide labour shortages
13 From farm to table to memory
15 The false Pacific dilemma of choosing between 14 Unplugging at Namosi Eco Retreat
U.S. and China
35 ‘Can do’ spirit for Melanesia: Leonard Louma OCEANS
takes charge at the MSG 18 Is Lau the next Galapagos?
38 Tonga rebuilds 22 Bleaching distress signal
40 Making sense of multi-layered security 24 Micro plastics, macro problem
frameworks
44 Youth raise concerns over debt levels ICT
45 The Drua does not sink 25 ICT kept us together
46 Movers and Shakers 28 Telcos urged to maintain momentum of COVID-19
48 Sweet message in the music: Sweet and Irie gains
54 Vee’s Organic Farm: Down to earth, still atop 29 An umbilical cord between New Caledonia and Fiji
the world COVID-19 highlighted the need for network resilience
31 ICT views: Connecting the Pacific

Cover: Duff Reef, a sandbank between Taveuni and Vanuabalavu, now declared a turtle nesting sanctuary under the Lau Seascape initiative.
PHOTO: Conservation International Fiji
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