American Samoa calls for a moratorium on seabed mining to protect our marine ecosystems🌊 . This bold move prioritizes the health of our oceans & the well-being of future generations. This #MoanaMonday we echo the call by Governor Lemanu. Read: talanei.com/2024/07/25/gov…

Surangel S. Whipps Jr., President of Palau, reiterated ISBA-HQ the call for a moratorium on #deepsea mining, lamenting that “we are once again at the mercy of powerful external forces, reminiscent of colonial exploitation that scarred our history.” #ISBA29 #ocean #seabed

HONDURAS just announced support for a precautionary pause on #deepseamining here at the meeting of the International Seabed Authority. That makes 29 countries with Malta's announcement earlier today! #defendthedeep DSCC

BREAKING🚨Honduras 🇭🇳 joins the growing number of states calling for a precautionary pause on #DeepSeaMining at #ISA29, citing the need to protect ocean health and ensure social equilibrium. Honduras becomes the 29th state to say NO to deep-sea mining. #DefendTheDeep

BREAKING 🚨: Tuvalu🇹🇻 joins the calls for a precautionary pause on #DeepSeaMining “The ocean is central to life and wellbeing for our Pacific people because from it we draw our identity, affirm our spirituality and cultivate our relationships.” #DefendTheDeep

🚨The delegate for 🇦🇹Austria – who was present at the inaugural meeting of the ISA in 1994 – told the #ISA29 Assembly that his country supports a precautionary pause on #DeepSeaMining bringing the number of States who #DefendTheDeep to 32!

From the 29th Assembly of the International Seabed Authority #ISA29 in Kingston 🇯🇲 my take on the ongoing negotiations on possible #DeepSeaMining. Bundesumweltministerium⁩👇

Delegates ISBA-HQ elect Leticia Reis de Carvalho, Brazil, as the new ISA Secretary-General with 79 votes in favor out of a total of 113. #UNCLOS #ISBA29 #seabed #deepsea #ocean

“Transparency and accountability is my top priority” says incoming head of International Seabed Authority, Leticia Carvalho A Fraught Election Just Reshaped the Next Steps for Deep Sea Mining bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Nuclear legacy in Pacific “Our islands were turned into a mass laboratory” - Hilda Heine Marshall Islands President told those at a side event in Tonga. #PIFLM53 António Guterres RNZ Pacific

FACT SHEET: Following Through on the U.S.-Pacific Islands Partnership 53rd Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Leaders Meeting in Nuku’Alofa, Tonga August 26-30, 2024 | The White House whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…

Tuvalu's Climate Change Minister urged global leaders to prioritise the climate crisis as an existential threat to Pacific Island nations, stressing the need for immediate and decisive action to ensure their survival Earth Journalism Network PACNEWS Internews pasifika.news/2024/08/tuvalu…

Pacific Leaders in retreat on Vava'u. Interesting sitting arrangements. Where is troika? 🤔 📷 Tonga PM Press

At this week’s Pacific Island Forum in the Kingdom of Tonga #PIFLM53, leaders have decided that the host nation will also be the country of domicile for the Pacific Resilience Facility – the region's new climate resilience funding mechanism.

In Ma'ohi Nui (French Polynesia) news: Politician Tematai Legayic submitted a proposition in France for recognition of a "Ma'ohi citizenship" in FP. This would give recognition to the indigenous people (and others) of Ma'ohi Nui within the French State 🧵

French Polynesia’s President, Moetai Brotherson on New Caledonia, deep sea mining and regional ties Access article below: islandsbusiness.com/news-break/fre…

Outcome: After two days of solid deliberation & dialogue, Pacific Youth Ministers stood by the PacificYouthCouncil asks, with an agreed upon mandate alongside Pacific Community to operationalize the Pacific Youth Development Framework that will inform the 2050 Strategy for a Blue Pacific.

Maruru Vehia Wheeler 🙏