PNG health system near collapse: UN

Prasada Rao, chief of the UNAIDS team for Asia and the Pacific, said Papua New Guinea was the region of most concern across Asia and the Pacific, where generally progress had been achieved in combating the AIDS virus over recent years.But in Papua New Guinea the virus...

They Seem Too Good To Be True

A group of farmers and fishermen gather on the shore of Teluk Meranti to discuss what their plan of action will be if the loggers come back. The forest and sea have sustained their sleepy village tucked away on the Kampar Peninsula on Indonesia’s lush Sumatra...

Rudd Leaves Island Nations For Dead

In December 2008, the head of the small Pacific island state of Tuvalu challenged the notion that low-lying atoll nations must inevitably succumb to the adverse effects of global warming. Prime Minister Apisai Ielemia told the UN climate conference in Poland:...