Diplomats from more than 30 nations have criticized a proposal that could allow the start of seabed mining as soon as 2027.

Citizenship of Nauru, an island nation spanning just 8 square miles in the southwest Pacific Ocean, can be yours ... disproportionately driven by wealthy countries. The government says selling ...

Many Pacific island nations are minuscule in land size ... fisheries in the world in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean, not only the highest numbers of catch but the health of those ...

Kiribati's Ministry of Fisheries and Ocean Resources said on Monday it held ... It has been a divisive issue in the Pacific, ...

Pacific nation Kiribati says it is exploring a deep-sea mining partnership with China, dangling access to a vast patch of ...

1. Where is Vanuatu? Vanuatu is an archipelago of about 80 islands located in the South Pacific Ocean, between Fiji and Australia. It spans over 1,300 km but has a total land area of just 12,189 ...

Hydrology experts are calling for urgent investigations into the operation of bore-fields that access fresh groundwater on Pacific islands, including Kiribati, where rising sea levels are already ...

Pacific nations Kiribati, Cook Islands and Nauru sit at the forefront of a highly contentious push to mine the depths of the ocean. Kiribati holds rights for deep-sea mining exploration across a ...

The International Seabed Authority is meeting in Jamaica to thrash out the rules for deep-sea extraction. Read more at ...