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After decades of plantation agriculture, coconut palms dominate over half of Pacific atoll forests
ScienceDaily
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December 4, 2024
Coconut palms are king throughout the tropics, serving as the foundation for human lives and cultures across the Pacific Ocean for centuries. However, 200 years of planting by colonial interests transformed the palm from the revered "Tree of Life"...
Variations ǀ Yesterday still has a lot to say
Marianas Variety
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Garapan Elementary School, 1976 Trust Territory Photo Archives STUDYING history lets you step back and see today’s pressing issues in perspective. For example, education. In the CNMI, education is a smashing success, but it seems that few of us...
Volunteers Screen for Rheumatic Heart Disease among Children in Micronesia
Adventist Review
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November 23, 2024
A team of 11 Adventist Health volunteers spent six days in the Federated States of Micronesia conducting childhood screening for rheumatic heart disease. The team screened 765 children and found a 12.7-percent positive rate for RHD. RHD is caused...
Inaugural agricultural trade show and expo launch this weekend
The Guam Daily Post
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Enthusiasts of the island’s agriculture and aquaculture industries are invited to a free trade show and expo this weekend that will feature a variety of local and regional exhibitors and entertainment as well. The event, AgriNet Guam USA 2024,...
New plastics pact text reflects stark divide on production cuts
Climate Home News
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November 29, 2024
Diplomats from high-ambition countries urge petrostates to compromise as latest draft text for a global treaty to end plastic pollution leaves all to play for As the plastics talks staggered towards a close without a deal on a new global treaty in...
AgriNet agricultural innovation trade show, expo on Nov. 23-24
Pacific Daily News
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Innovative agricultural products, services and ideas to boost food security will be front and center at a trade show and expo on Saturday and Sunday. AgriNet Guam USA 2024, dedicated to the advancement of agriculture, will be held on Nov. 23 and...
Federated States of Micronesia call out fossil fuel industry at COP29
Pacific News Service
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The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) has taken direct aim at the fossil fuel industry, calling them out for continuing to enjoy record profits at the peril of communities whose ‘lived reality’ is that of devastating climate crisis impacts....
Faced with steep $2.5M-$3M cost to build a house on Guam, military looks to alternative construction methods
Pacific Daily News
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(Editor’s note: This is the last of a three-part series on how Guam’s housing shortage is impacting the community and the military buildup.) The military is looking to new, alternative construction methods to deal with exorbitant costs of building...
Cruise ship industry challenged to show workings of tourism spend report
RNZ
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November 17, 2024
File image. Photo: GREG WOOD / AFP The cruise ship industry is being challenged to show its workings following a report it issued saying cruise tourism injected $1.37 billion into the New Zealand economy in the last financial year. The report,...
U.S. INDOPACOM representatives, Federated States of Micronesia hold virtual Joint Committee Meeting in wake of Tropical Storm Man-yi
DVIDS - Georgia
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November 18, 2024
ASAN, Guam — U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Senior Military Official in Guam and Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) Rear Adm. Greg Huffman, commander, Joint Task Force-Micronesia (JTF-M), the FSM Secretary Department of Foreign Affairs Lorin S....
Guam Industry Forum 2024 kicks off in Tumon
The Guam Daily Post
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The Society of American Military Engineers began its 2024 Guam Industry Forum series of events on Wednesday with registration and a welcome reception at the Dusit Thani Guam Resort. According to Jenny Bowers, the SAME Guam Post president, this...
40% plastic production reduction won’t limit global warming to 1.5C
Environment Journal
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November 14, 2024
The fourth round of plastic treaty negotiations at COP29 proposed for a dramatic cut in the industry’s output. But a new study shows this will not be enough. Tabled by Rwanda and Peru, a 40% reduction in plastic production by 2040 has been...
NAVFAC: Guam's construction industry can handle $4B to $5B in military contracts a year
Pacific Daily News
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The military believes Guam’s construction industry can keep up with between $4 billion and $5 billion worth of projects annually, as Department of Defense spending in the region ramps up in the coming years. That’s according to Naval Facilities...
Oneisomw community successfully launches Aquaculture Project
Island Times
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August 12, 2025
From July 21 to 27, 2025, the Oneisomw community in Chuuk State hosted an aquaculture training and clam farm setup led by The Nature Conservancy (TNC). The effort is part of TNC’s broader Micronesia Coral Reefs Program, supported by the Global...
Talks on world’s first legally binding treaty to end plastic pollution stall before deadline
The Irish Times
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Talks on the world’s first legally binding treaty to end plastic pollution have stalled just one day before the negotiations are due to end. Some of the countries calling for an ambitious treaty to include targets to reduce plastic production,...
India, Fiji Discuss Bilateral Ties And Ways To Strengthen Cooperation
MENAFN
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July 30, 2025
(MENAFN- IANS) Suva, July 30 (IANS) India and Fiji held the 6th Foreign Office Consultations in Suva on Tuesday and discussed ways to strengthen bilateral cooperation in health, education, capacity building, trade, investment, agriculture,...
EAM Jaishankar extends Independence Day greetings to Micronesia
The News Mill
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November 3, 2024
India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar extended greetings to the people of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) on their Independence Day, commemorated on November 3. In a message posted on X, EAM Jaishankar expressed his “warm...
Locally extinct giant clams reintroduced to Chuuk Lagoon
The Pacific Island Times
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August 11, 2025
More than 20 participants took part in practical training in giant clam farming, sponge farming and rabbitfish aquaculture. Photo courtesy of TNC By Pacific Island Times News Staff Long extinct in most parts of the Federated States of Micronesia,...
Securing Strategic Depth: REFORPAC Enables MAAS Installations and Certification Across the Indo-Pacific
DVIDS - Georgia
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August 20, 2025
U.S. Pacific Air Forces are forging new paths in operational readiness and strategic depth across the expansive Indo-Pacific amidst the sweeping scope of exercises Resolute Force Pacific 2025 and Cope Thunder 2025. REFORPAC is part of the...
Djibouti shows what Sogavare’s deal with China really means
Pacific News Service
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By Michael Shoebridge Why shouldn’t we believe Beijing’s claims that its security agreement with Honiara won’t result in a base or place to operate its navy from in Solomon Islands? Because we’ve seen this playbook before: in Djibouti on the Horn...