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Deep-Sea Mining Market Sector to hit $40.79B by 2032, Growing at 34% CAGR from 2025 to 2032

Deep-Sea Mining Market: Navigating the Depths of Opportunity and Responsibility WASHINGTON, MA, UNITED STATES, October 6, 2025 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Deep-Sea Mining Market Overview The deep-sea mining industry is undergoing a transformative...

Cook Islands Showcase Successful Invasive Species Management Initiatives at the Sixth PILN Meeting

15 August 2024, Rarotonga, Cook Islands - Island nations face daily challenges from various invasive animal and plant species, which significantly threaten biodiversity, climate resilience, and island ecosystems. These invasive species can also...

Cook Islands Host the Sixth Pacific Invasive Learning Networking (PILN) Meeting

12 August 2024, Rarotonga Cook Islands – Over 70 invasive species professionals and practitioners from across the Pacific region have converged in Rarotonga as part of the Pacific Invasive Learning Network (PILN) sixth meeting hosted by the...

Banyan Software Acquires Healthcare Technology Leader, Medtech Global

AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND, February 20, 2025 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Banyan Software, a global software investor with a growing footprint in Australia and New Zealand, has acquired Medtech Global, a leading provider of health technology to the...

Visitor Spending Increased in August 2025 Despite Fewer Visitor Arrivals

Posted on Sep 30, 2025 in News For Immediate Release: September 30, 2025 HONOLULU—According to preliminary statistics from the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT), there were 806,776 total visitors to the Hawaiian...

Small Islands Developing States leadership magnified by the Cook Islands at SIDS4

28 May 2024, Antigua and Barbuda - The leadership of Small Islands Developing States was highlighted by the Cook Islands Prime Minister who is the Chair of the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders, at the fourth International Conference on Small Islands...

Partnerships formalised at Plastics Treaty talks to empower a resilient Cook Islands

25 April 2024, Ottawa Canada - Enhancing Cook Islands capacity and learning opportunities when it comes to science, environment and legal policy is at the core of a partnership between the National Environment Service and Monash University in...

The Cook Islands, on the cusp of making conservation history for the Pacific Islands region

7 February 2024, Rarotonga, Cook Islands - Dedicated towards conserving Cook Islands biodiversity, the island nation is applying for the Takitumu Conservation Area to be recognised as an ‘Other Effective area-based Conservation Measure’. If...

At midway point of INC-3, Cook Islands continues to push for ambitious treaty

17 November 2023, Nairobi Kenya - At the midway point of the third session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-3) to develop an international legally binding instrument (ILBI) on plastic pollution, including in the marine...

Cook Islands Tourism advances Transformative Tourism Research

As part of a regional study led by the Griffith Institute for Tourism, the Cook Islands are looking to develop new and improved ways of measuring tourism’s role and impact on community wellbeing. For the Cook Islands, regenerative destination...

Southpac Appoints Mike Arand as Chief Executive Officer

Mike’s appointment and Southpac’s rebrand mark the next phase of growth, building on a 40+ year legacy of leadership in offshore asset protection. TAURANGA, NEW ZEALAND, September 25, 2025 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Southpac Group, a market leader in...

Cook Islands calls for ambitious targets to reverse and end plastic pollution

24 April 2023, Rarotonga, Cook Islands - “Saying No to single-use plastics” is not enough, much more must be done by our global community to address the plastic crisis we now face. Recognising this, the UN Environment Assembly passed a resolution...

Lynk and Vodafone Cook Islands to Begin Sat2Phone Service for Subscribers

Announcement marks second mobile network operator in the world to begin sat2phone services with Lynk Falls Church, Va. (ANTARA/Business Wire)- Lynk Global, Inc. (Lynk), the world's leading sat2phone telecoms provider, and Vodafone Cook Islands,...

Celebrating 30 years of SPREP in the Cook Islands

Reflecting upon our past to help build our future was a key message amplified at a special event commemorating the thirtieth anniversary of the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) in the Cook Islands. The celebration...

The Cook Islands, proactively conserving biodiversity

24 January 2023, Rarotonga, Cook Islands - Committed to achieving 25 per cent of land as a Protected Area in the Cook Islands under the Cook Islands NSDA2020+, the island nation is exploring new ways to do this. This further helps the Cook Islands...

Trusted Science must ground plastics treaty negotiations - Scientists Coalition

28 April 2024, Ottawa Canada - Scientific evidence shows that plastics and associated chemicals, including some bio-based plastics, are destabilising the biosphere, harming the natural environment and living organisms including humans, and...

Leveraging digital technologies for a resilient Pacific environment

06 September 2023, Apia – The application and leveraging of digital technologies to address environmental issues was highlighted during a side event at the 31st SPREP Meeting of Officials in Apia, Samoa, on Wednesday. The Vanuatu Klaemet Infomesen...

The Metals Company Announces Second Quarter 2025 Corporate Update

NEW YORK, Aug. 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TMC the metals company Inc. (Nasdaq: TMC) (“TMC”, the “Company” or “we”), a leading developer of the world’s largest estimated undeveloped resource of critical metals essential to energy, defense,...

Pacific Tourism Organisation and Auckland University of Technology complete Data Transfer Agreement.

The Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO) and Auckland University of Technology (AUT) have completed the required Data Transfer Agreement under the Pacific Tourism Data Initiative (PTDI). Taking effect from October 1st, 2023, the PTDI will be...

Visitor Spending and Visitor Arrivals Declined in July 2025

Posted on Aug 28, 2025 in News For Immediate Release: August 28, 2025 HONOLULU—According to preliminary statistics from the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT), total visitor arrivals and total visitor spending in July...