AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoFrench Polynesia Politics: Pro-independence forces have won elections in French Polynesia, taking control of the regional assembly for five years and setting up a possible referendum on the territory’s status, with Tavini huiraatira’s Oscar Temaru’s party winning 44.3% and Moetai Brotherson expected to lead the government. Ocean Governance & Mining: French Polynesia’s push for ocean protection is being tested as an American startup seeks US approval to lease a huge “Eastern High Seas Pocket” for seabed mining just beyond the maritime rights of French Polynesia, the Cook Islands and Kiribati. Pacific Nuclear & Security: Pacific civil society groups condemned China’s nuclear-capable missile test over the region, calling for an end to militarisation and warning that nuclear threats are not an abstract contest for Pacific peoples. Fukushima Waste: Pacific Islands Forum leaders want more answers and evidence-based science on Japan’s plan to dump treated Fukushima wastewater into the Pacific, after the IAEA endorsed Japan’s approach. Biodiversity Watch: London Zoo marked the return of endangered partula snails to French Polynesia with a royal “royal purple” marking by King Charles, while a separate warning notes more than a third of shark species face extinction.
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