A Concluding Statement describes the preliminary findings of IMF staff at the end of an official staff visit (or ‘mission’), in most cases to a member country. Missions are undertaken as part of ...

The Pacific faces a rapidly evolving security environment. Foreign partners increasingly compete for comprehensive ...

The island's climate change minister told leaders at the United Nations Ocean Conference that the extraction of metals from deep sea nodules is essential for energy transition.

Analysis - Deep-sea mining promises critical minerals for the energy transition without the problems of mining on land. It ...

A round-up of news from around the region, including Tonga's National Health Information System - hacked three weeks ago in a ...

Tuna migration patterns in the Pacific are changing. And the stakes are high, not just for the economies and livelihoods of ...

Recent advances in technology have made deep-sea mining more feasible. But removing the nodules - which also requires pumping ...

A seabed mining agreement with the island nation of Nauru would reduce China's influence while establishing America as an ...

Deep-sea mining promises critical minerals for the energy transition without the problems of mining on land. It also promises to bring wealth to ...

With the backing of the US government, a Canadian company is poised to sidestep UN laws and start vacuuming what it deems battery-grade metals from international waters.

The vessels hardly spent any time right outside a marine protected area before its expansion, but fishing leaders and managers say times have changed.