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  1. Small island states struggle to do climate science

    [WARSAW] Tiny island states that speck the vast swathe of the Pacific Ocean have a far greater importance in understanding global climate change than their tiny populations would suggest. This was the message given to delegates during a side event of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change’s...
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  2. EDD panel: Resilience-building for improved food security & nutrition

    To improve information sharing and promote networking, the ACP-EU Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) in collaboration with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Pan-African Farmers’ Orgnaization (PAFO) will organise a high-level panel in...
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  4. Partnership to boost Fiji’s agriculture sector

    Fiji’s agriculture sector is expected to benefit from a partnership between the European Union-funded IACT (Increasing Agricultural Commodity Trade) project and MDF (Market Development Facility). A memorandum of understanding signed between the two partners will enable them to seek opportunities...
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  5. Solomon Islands, Fiji form business council

    In what is an encouraging symbol of growing intra island trade and commerce, businesspeople of two Melanesian neighbouring countries have formed a business council to further their mutual trade interests. The business council, called the Fiji-Solomon Islands Business Council, was formally...
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  6. Small islands, big challenges: rethinking the Pacific aid architecture

    The OECD DAC highlights the Oceania region (comprising 22 island countries and territories) as the highest per capita recipient of development aid globally – standing at US$237 per capita, about 4.8 times more than the African region (US$49 per capita) and almost ten times more than the global...
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  7. Timor-Leste performs poorly in Global Hunger Index

    The 2013 Global Hunger Index (GHI) was released last week, and while most countries in the region had demonstrated a marked improvement in hunger levels since the 2005 index was published, Timor-Leste was among the worst performers. Hunger levels in Timor-Leste were found to be ‘alarming’ and only...
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  8. Coral Triangle Reef Fisheries Valued at US$3 Billion

    The Coral Triangle Initiative has released a new study, titled ‘The Economics of Fisheries and Aquaculture in the Coral Triangle,' which was commissioned to estimate the cost to protect and conserve Coral Triangle Ecosystems. The report estimates that reef fish are worth US$3 billion, and that...
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  9. Trade fair projects Tuvalu’s regional potential

    The Auckland offices of Pacific Islands Trade & Invest (PT&I) was proud to have worked closely with Tuvalu’s Trade Department under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade, Tourism, Environment and Labour to make the event a success. A core activity of the ministry’s 2013 calendar, the event...
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  10. Civil society groups urge caution ACP on WTO negotiations

    Ministers and other high level trade officials from the African, Caribbean and Pacific countries were in Brussels last week for talks, leading up to a meeting with EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht last Friday. The annual meet deliberated on central issues of interest and concerns, including a...
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