One of the (many) highlights of the trip on the “Coast Starlight” down to Los Angeles 🇺🇸: before reaching Santa Barbara we travel right next to the #Pacific Ocean, and under the evening sun. All of this, while enjoying dinner, served by a lovely crew in the #Amtrak@diningcar.
There have long been tensions between the Paris government and pro-independence voices among the indigenous #Kanak population in New Caledonia, colonised in the second half of the 19th century and part of French overseas territories spanning the globe. Antonia Kerrigan explains #France#NewCaledonia#Pacific #SouthPacific
Dr Vunidilo has called for the Australian government to help return Pacific remains with "the same energy" it gives to repatriating Aboriginal ancestral remains back to country from overseas.
"Our neighbouring countries of Australia and New Zealand can learn from European countries too, like Germany and France as they are opening up their vaults to return ancestral remains to where they truly belong," she said.
The Ocean Cleanup’s System 03 Captures Record Amounts of #Plastic From the #Pacific
The #Ocean#Cleanup is currently testing System 03, a massive plastic #pollution collection device that captures tons of floating debris in the Great Pacific #Garbage Patch.
Following his acclaimed Atlantic and The Men Who United the States, New York Times bestselling author Simon Winchester offers an enthralling biography of the Pacific Ocean and its role in the modern world, exploring our relationship with this imposing force of nature.
A project to reduce the number of plastics entering the country, focused on the food and beverage sector, was discussed during a workshop in Rarotonga this week. Like other countries around the world, the Cook Islands is an importer and end user of items with single-use plastic packaging....
Federated States of Micronesia President Wesley Simina has declared a national emergency due to severe drought, and sent it to his country's Congress for review. The president's signed declaration said the nation has been experiencing "extremely and unusually low levels" of rainfall, and it is anticipated that this condition...
Simon Chapple argues in a new @APEHR article that current estimates of pre-contact Māori population are too low. Pre-contact population >200K is a distinct possibility implying a more catastrophic pop decline in the Aotearoa NZ colonial era. https://doi.org/10.1111/aehr.12281
Sex imbalance varied by ethnicity & influenced marital decisions & hhold composition at a time of rising ethnic intermarriage in early 20thC Hawaii, according to Sumner LaCroix & coauthors in a new Asia-Pacific Economic History Review paper. https://doi.org/10.1111/aehr.12280
Maori king declares whales are people in push for legal rights (www.thetimes.co.uk)
Whales will be recognised as legal persons under a declaration signed by New Zealand’s Maori king and native leaders across the Pacific....
Cook Islands: $10 million project aims to reduce single-use plastics (www.cookislandsnews.com)
A project to reduce the number of plastics entering the country, focused on the food and beverage sector, was discussed during a workshop in Rarotonga this week. Like other countries around the world, the Cook Islands is an importer and end user of items with single-use plastic packaging....
'Realities of climate change': Federated States of Micronesia declares state of emergency amid severe drought (www.rnz.co.nz)
Federated States of Micronesia President Wesley Simina has declared a national emergency due to severe drought, and sent it to his country's Congress for review. The president's signed declaration said the nation has been experiencing "extremely and unusually low levels" of rainfall, and it is anticipated that this condition...