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February 2009 Blog Posts (53)

Environment: Takesy Full of Optimism for the Future

Islands Business

Asterio Takesy 10 Feb 2009



As many of you know, this will be my final director’s column. Please allow me a few last observations as director on the state of the Pacific’s environment.



During the six years of the column, I have addressed both challenges to and successes of the… Continue

Added by Stacey King on February 10, 2009 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Kiribati looks to move sea threatened communties abroadLast

Australia Network News provided by ABC Asia Pacific News Centre

10 Feb 2009



The President of Kiribati, Anote Tong, is reportedly looking to purchase land in other countries so it can relocate communities that are in danger of being submerged by rising sea levels.



Much of Kiribati is no higher than five meters above sea level and the ocean around it's 21 inhabited islands have been rising… Continue

Added by Stacey King on February 10, 2009 at 8:51am — No Comments

Blazes still threaten towns as Victoria bushfires toll reaches 173

SunHerald.com Mark Buttler February 10, 2009 12:00am



UPDATE 6:50am WHOLE towns have been declared crime scenes as the toll from Victoria's worst natural disaster leapt to 173.



(THIS FAMILY NOW CONFIRMED DEAD - Just one of many families lost) Information is being sought on the Roland family from Kinglake. Parents Paul and Karen Roland… Continue

Added by Stacey King on February 10, 2009 at 6:30am — No Comments

126 people dead, 750 homes destroyed in worst bushfires in Australia's history

Article from: Herald Sun, Victoria

By staff writers

February 09, 2009 11:06am



Interactive map: Map: Where the fires are burning now




Photo gallery of bush fire disaster



PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd said arsonists in… Continue

Added by Stacey King on February 9, 2009 at 2:53pm — No Comments

Kiribati Islanders Seek Land to Buy as Rising Seas Threaten

Feb. 9 2009 Bloomberg, New York, USA by Subramaniam Sharma



Kiribati, a Pacific island-nation in danger of being submerged because of global warming, may purchase land elsewhere to relocate its people, President Anote Tong said.



“We would consider buying land,” Tong said in an interview in New Delhi. “The alternative is that we die, we go extinct.” Kiribati, between Hawaii… Continue

Added by Stacey King on February 9, 2009 at 10:48am — No Comments

Testing Times for Pacific Forum

Islands Business - Letter From Suva: Laisa Taga



Over the years, the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat has spent some F$200 million on hosting meetings in Fiji. That’s definitely a lot money. It means an average spending of more than F$5 million a year, if you take into account that the Forum was established in… Continue

Added by Stacey King on February 9, 2009 at 10:44am — No Comments

Australia's Bushfire toll rises to 108

09 February 2009 | 06:21:47 AM | Source: SBS staff and agencies



The death toll in the Victorian bushfires has risen to 108, and there are fears it could rise still further as firefighters battle more than 30 fires still raging across the state.



Video footage availabable at:… Continue

Added by Stacey King on February 9, 2009 at 6:58am — No Comments

Australia's Worse Bushfires in History - 93 people now confirmed dead and more missing

Australia’s ‘Hell on Earth’ Fires May Burn for Days

Feb. 9 2009 Bloomberg New York, USA by Robert Fenner



Australia’s worst bushfires on record left at least 93 people dead and may burn for days as winds fan flames across southern Victoria state.



More than 300,000 hectares (741,316 acres) have been burnt and 700 homes destroyed with eight large blazes still… Continue

Added by Stacey King on February 9, 2009 at 6:00am — No Comments

Youth Visioning (UNESCO) - WANTED: The Next Generation of 'Green' Entrepreneurs

We would like to encourage our young Banabans (18-25 years) to enter this UNESCO competition. It you need any archival or historical research information we are happy to see if we can assist. To find out all the details on how to enter go to the link at the bottom of this page. Regards Stacey & Ken



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WANTED: The Next Generation of 'Green' Entrepreneurs



Climate change has been identified as one of the biggest global threats of our time.… Continue

Added by Stacey King on February 3, 2009 at 8:30pm — No Comments

Australia looking to expand its proposed Migrant Worker Scheme

ABC Radio Australia

3 Feb 2009



Australia's Trade minister says he wants to expand the country's termporary Pacific workers' scheme to become a broader, training and workers exchange mechanism. His comments to Radio Australia come as trade officials from Pacific countries prepare to meet in Australia later this month for further… Continue

Added by Stacey King on February 3, 2009 at 8:20pm — No Comments

Australia begins preparation for first Pacific guest workers

AUSTRALIAN NETWORK NEWS

2 Feb 2009



The first temporary Pacific island fruit pickers under a new Australian scheme are now due to arrive towards the end of February, almost two months later than scheduled.



The Australian Government says two labour hire firms in the eastern Australian towns of Swan Hill and Griffith, where the first group of workers will be sent, have begun the process of… Continue

Added by Stacey King on February 3, 2009 at 8:29am — No Comments

Troubled island nation (Kiribati) receives food aid from Taiwan

THE UNIVERSITY REGISTER – Campus newspaper of University of Minnesota, Morris USA

Written by Mitch Grussing

Sunday, 01 February 2009



The Pacific island nation of Kiribati (pronounced ki-ri-bas) recently received a 200-ton donation of rice from Taiwan. According to a report by Television New Zealand, rising world food and petroleum prices have had a dramatic… Continue

Added by Stacey King on February 2, 2009 at 9:04am — 6 Comments

Rudd soothes strained relations

NEW ZEALAND HERALD ONLINE

4:00AM Saturday Jan 31, 2009

By Greg Ansley



Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. Photo / AP



CANBERRA - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd signed more than New Zealand counterpart John Key's cast when he flew to Port Moresby for the Pacific Forum summit.



He confirmed his Government's intention to… Continue

Added by Stacey King on February 2, 2009 at 8:59am — No Comments

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