Pacific Civil Society calls for Ocean protection, demilitarisation and regional control

Pacific Civil Society calls for Ocean protection, demilitarisation and regional control

Pacific civil society and regional leaders have called for stronger Pacific control over decisions affecting the ocean, rejecting deep-sea mining and warning against growing militarisation, economic exploitation and external pressures on the region. The call was made at the inaugural State of the Pacific Ocean Convening (SOTPOC) in Suva, where Pacific leaders, parliamentarians, academics, Indigenous knowledge holders, civil society, churches, yo…