Built in New Caledonia in 2009, the double hull canoe Meryemana has gone through a fascinating transition led by ‘Association Vakaledonie’, in cooperation with youth development, supported by partners…
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UK overseas territory Tristan da Cunha’s new marine protected area will be fourth largest sanctuary of its kind A community of 250 people on one of the most remote…
Nov 11, 2020
Australia supports “floating classroom”
Australian Government funding of community workshops around Upolu led by the Gaualofa crew over seven weeks will enable the Samoa Voyaging Society to roll out its “floating classroom” project….
Rising sea levels will affect coasts and human societies in complex and unpredictable ways, according to a new study that examined 12,000 years in which a large island became…
Congratulatory messages continue to pour in from Pacific leaders to the US president-elect Joe Biden but what does the change of the guard in Washington DC really mean for…
The tight travel restrictions that isolated Micronesia from international travelers over the preceding months has not stopped twelve Micronesian men and women from learning to voyage like their ancestors….
Oct 21, 2020
Okeanos Vanuatu at 2020 World Maritime Day
On 24 September 2020, World Maritime Day was celebrated. UN Secretary-General António Guterres said that “the theme of this year’s World Maritime Day – ‘Sustainable Shipping for a Sustainable…
Oct 20, 2020
Samoa commits to preserve 30 percent of its ocean
Samoa has signed an agreement committing to preserve 30 percent of its ocean area. Some 36,000 kilometres of new marine protected areas are expected to come from the agreement….
On 18 September another history in the Marshall Islands was marked with the arrival of the sailing vessel Kwai. SV Kwai sails the vast Pacific Ocean to advocate low carbon…
The S/pacifics of Salt Water Humanity emerged from the oceans, as did all life on this planet. Our bodies are 60 percent brine—we carry this marine heritage with us…