AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoOcean Governance: Marine protection is gaining ground, but lasting results depend on enforcement, funding and local support. French Polynesia has designated more than 1 million square kilometers of its nearly 5 million-square-kilometer ocean zone as highly or fully protected. Cybersecurity: Fiji says it is investigating a US embassy report that China-linked hackers accessed a regional organization in Suva. The warning matters to French Polynesia, which is connected to the region’s expanding subsea cable network. Beijing denies knowledge of the case and rejects the accusation. Regional Security: A Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency report warns traffickers are exploiting tuna routes, seafood shipments and refuelling vessels to move cocaine across the Pacific, putting island governments and communities under pressure. Decolonisation: President Moetai Brotherson has proposed a three-step UN process for French Polynesia’s political future: public education on status options, a UN mission to hear residents, and an agreed route to a referendum. He says France has yet to begin structured dialogue, 13 years after the territory returned to the UN decolonisation list.
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