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Pacific countries are eager for assistance in securing their future, whether sourced from old friends like the US and Australia, or new enthusiasts like the Chinese.
Scott Morrison stepped up Australia’s engagement with the Pacific by visiting Vanuatu and Fiji last week and announcing a bilateral partnership with the latter. Here’s what he achieved.
A new study finds that even in best-case scenarios, the fishing communities most hurt by climate change are on small island nations such as Kiribati, the Solomon Islands and the Maldives.
Melanesia’s oceans are worth at least US$5.4 billion, but are under increasing threat.
Sea levels are rising faster in the Solomon Islands – and send a warning for the rest of the world.
An expedition to the Solomon Islands to investigate rare monkey-faced bats and giant rats will help preserve these remarkable species.
A large number of children with malaria in the Asia-Pacific have relapses of the disease, not new infections. Malaria-programs must target these latent infections to completely eliminate the disease.
Over-fishing is a massive environmental and economic challenge. Fortunately, there are new solutions being trialled – including in a tuna hotspot in the Pacific.
Australian mining firms remain at the forefront of natural resource exploration and extraction in some of our nearest - and poorest - neighbours. Timor Leste, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands are…
A magnitude 8 earthquake that struck today off the Solomon Islands is not a risk to Australia, but has destroyed three villages in the region and resulted in a tsunami with early reports of some deaths…
There is a profound silence in conflict. Women’s voices are absent. They are excluded from decision-making and peace processes across the world’s trouble spots. This exclusion not only perpetuates political…
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Faculty Member, Asian Studies Program, Georgetown University; Visiting Fellow, Department of Pacific Affairs, Australian National University., Georgetown University
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Professor of International Security, University of Adelaide
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Associate professor, Griffith University
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Senior Lecturer in Development Studies, Massey University
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Professor of Development Studies, Massey University
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Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Computer Science, Australian National University
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Senior lecturer, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in International Relations, La Trobe University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Civil Engineering, The University of Queensland
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Joint Division Head, Population Health and Immunity, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
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Professor, Program Director of Health Security and Head of Vector-borne Diseases & Tropical Public Health, Burnet Institute; Laboratory Head, Walter & Eliza Hall Institute; Adjunct Principal Research Fellow, PNG Institute of Medical Research, Burnet Institute
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Healthy Oceans Program Manager, Global Change Institute, The University of Queensland
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Senior Research Fellow, School of Civil Engineering, The University of Queensland
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Research Fellow in Ocean Management, Stockholm University
