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Climate change is driving fish stocks from countries’ waters to the high seas: Study
Mongabay
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August 29, 2025
A new study found that more than half of the world’s straddling stocks will shift across the maritime borders between exclusive economic zones (EEZs) and the high seas by 2050. Most of these shifts will be into the high seas, where fisheries...
Child paralysed by polio in Papua New Guinea
RNZ
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August 29, 2025
Photo: The World Health Organisation Papua New Guinea's health department says a child has been paralysed by polio. It aid it is the first case of a child being paralysed since an outbreak of the disease was declared in May. The World Health...
How Kerala director's 'Papa Buka' made it to the Oscars from Papua New Guinea
The Federal
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August 28, 2025
It is a little-known story that nearly 7,600 kilometers away from their homeland, in the islands of Papua and New Guinea off Australia’s coast, a group of Indian soldiers fought their final battles during World War II. Some had gone as part of the...
Rare Shark Found Again After Half A Century Near Papua New Guinea
Forbes
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One of the adult female sailback houndsharks captured. Jack Sagumai et al. (2025) How often do we discover a new animal on our planet, only for it to disappear from sight for decades and then suddenly reemerge, reminding us it never went extinct...
Pacific Islands focus: health, environmental, security and geopolitical updates
Croakey Health Media
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August 28, 2025
Calls to tackle violence against women in the Pacific region, efforts to alleviate the impacts of extreme heat, new guidelines to assist in protection of whales, and concerns about deep sea mining are among the topics covered in the latest edition...
The Centre for Species Survival Papua New Guinea is established as the first in the Pacific…
IUCN
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It is with great pride that we announce the official launch of the Centre for Species Survival (CSS) for Papua New Guinean species, hosted by the Port Moresby Nature Park, Papua New Guinea. This initiative is a collaborative effort between the...
Papua New Guinea Targets Asia Market with Singapore Tourism Launch
One Papua New Guinea
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August 24, 2025
Air Niugini and the Papua New Guinea Tourism Promotion Authority (PNGTPA) have made history in Singapore, jointly promoting the country at two prestigious travel platforms — the NATAS Travel Fair and the Jewel Changi Destination Awareness...
Large seabed mineral reserves are within 1,000 mile radius of Am Samoa
Samoa News
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August 29, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The total monetary value of seabed critical minerals in the South Pacific is estimated to be around US$20 trillion. This value includes vast reserves of cobalt, nickel, copper, manganese, and rare earth elements found...
DoWH & CCDA OFFICERS LEARN ABOUT CLIMATE RESILIENT INFRASTUCTURES
PNG Haus Bung
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August 27, 2025
The Department of Works and Highways (DoWH) and Climate Change and Development Authority (CCDA) are currently visiting Aotearoa New Zealand. Their visit started last Saturday 23rd August and will end on Saturday 30th August 2025, and the purpose...
The World’s Largest Solar Plant is Rising in Tibet. It’s So Vast It’s the Size of Chicago
ZME Science
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August 29, 2025
Aerial view of solar panels at Gansu Dunhuang Solar Park in Dunhuang, Jiuquan City, Gansu Province of China. Credit: VCG China is building a ‘city of mirrors’ on the roof of the world. High on the Tibetan plateau, solar panels stretch across the...
Old haunts, new hikers on Papua New Guinea’s Ghost Mountain Trail
Forests News
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August 21, 2025
It’s a brutal story that demonstrates not only how unprepared the soldiers were for local conditions, but also how many rural Papua New Guineans still face similar challenges today: battling tropical diseases with limited resources and traversing...
From Gillsville to Papua New Guinea: Code that changes lives
Mainstreet News - Georgia
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A Gillsville software engineer’s code is transforming life in the remote villages of Papua New Guinea. What began as a pandemic side project for Rich Blaske has grown into a lifeline for the Tenkile Conservation Alliance, an Australian-based NGO...
Will Your Cup of Joe Become a Luxury Item in Pittsburgh?
Pittsburgh Magazine - Pennsylvania
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August 29, 2025
PHOTO | ADOBE STOCK Pittsburgh tops the list with the most coffee shops, coffee houses and cafés per capita among the 100 largest cities in America. That’s according to WalletHub’s 2025 survey of the Best Coffee Cities in America, and it shows...
Pacific Journalists trained on climate reporting and AI at AIBD
NBC PNG
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CNN Indonesia climate journalist Dewi Safiritni says climate change is the biggest threat to humanity (NBC News: Solomon Sumb) Climate change is the biggest threat to humanity at the moment, and especially for small island developing states, where...
DNA From a Mysterious Extinct Hominin May Have Helped Ancient Americans Survive
SciTechDaily
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August 29, 2025
New research suggests that as ancient humans migrated into the Americas, they carried a surprising evolutionary advantage hidden within their DNA. This genetic code, passed down from an extinct species of hominin, may have been crucial for...
Marat emphasises importance of laws
The National
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CONSTITUTIONAL amendments and law reforms for the country must be done with serious consideration and not on an ad hoc basis, Rabaul MP Dr Allan Marat says. Speaking at the Constitutional and Law Reform Commission (CLRC) open day at the University...
Mapping the future: geolocation data project advances EUDR readiness in Papua New Guinea
Ethical Marketing News
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August 18, 2025
In a strategic move to enhance traceability, regulatory compliance, and market competitiveness, Fairtrade producer network NAPP is supporting coffee and cocoa cooperatives in Asia Pacific to collect geolocation data – a process that is challenging...
Harmony’s starting to show the world that gold mining in South Africa is good business
Engineering News
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JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Harmony Gold Mining Company, South Africa’s biggest gold mining company, is proving itself to be a great South African asset and it’s booming at the moment, not only because the gold price is so high, but also...
PNG Delegates Set to Learn from New Zealand’s Resilient Infrastructure
PNG Business News
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A delegation from Papua New Guinea’s Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), Department of Works and Highways (DoWH) and Climate Change and Development Authority (CCDA) visited Aotearoa New Zealand from Saturday 23 to Saturday 30 August 2025 to...
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited (NYSE:HMY) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
Insider Monkey
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August 29, 2025
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited (NYSE:HMY) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript August 28, 2025 Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited reports earnings inline with expectations. Reported EPS is $0.567 EPS, expectations were $0.567. Beyers B. Nel: All...