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Video captures incredible moment Bengal tiger reveals her incredibly rare litter of cubs: 'Possible and within our reach'
The Cool Down - Oregon
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February 17, 2025
It's a sign of population recovery for an endangered subspecies. by Geri MilevaFebruary 17, 2025 Cameras caught a miraculous moment in Kaeng Krachan National Park in Thailand. CBS News reported that a rare Bengal tiger revealed that she had not...
The language of love: Tiffany & Co celebrates Valentine’s Day with famous poems, pearls and jewels
The Straits Times
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February 13, 2025
Tiffany & Co's The Language of Love campaign features notable poems and literary works by acclaimed poets and writers.PHOTO: TIFFANY & CO SINGAPORE – Jewellery and Valentine’s Day have long gone hand in hand. In 2025, before diving into its trove...
Tahiti brings South Pacific charm to chilly Canada
Travel Press
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February 4, 2025
Canadian travel advisors were recently reminded of the almost mythic allure of destination Tahiti and the other islands of French Polynesia, at industry events in three Canadian cities. As about 100 agents in attendance contemplated a (mostly)...
In French Polynesia, Boom In Whale-based Tourism Sparks Concern
International Business Times
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September 18, 2024
A giant whale stole the show at the Summer Olympic Games, shooting out of the water as athletes competed in women's surfing semi-finals on the French Pacific island of Tahiti last month. It is for spectacular scenes like this that many tourists...
Penguins and ‘forest giraffe’ among animals totted up at Hampshire zoo
Guernsey Press and Star
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February 12, 2025
A colony of Humboldt penguins, a rare okapi calf and a critically-endangered, cotton-top tamarin baby are among the new arrivals totted up in the annual stocktake at a Hampshire zoo. Marwell Zoo, near Winchester, carried out the audit as part of...
Eyes of Fire’s new edition
Marshall Islands Journal
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July 3, 2025
Author David Robie and Little Island Press is about to publish a 40th anniversary edition of Eyes of Fire, a first-hand account of the relocation of the Rongelap people by Greenpeace’s Rainbow Warrior in 1985. Robie joined what turned out to be...
Tiger Sharks Are Now Converging En Masse On The Florida Panhandle
Forbes
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Alex Fogg, Shane Reynolds and Kinga Philipps document a tiger shark beneath Island Pier between Fort Walton Beach and Destin, Florida. Shane Reynolds The Island Pier juts 1,262 feet out from the sugary, white sands of Florida’s Okaloosa Island,...
Rare Partula Snails Bred At Edinburgh Zoo Set For Release In French Polynesia
Independent Journal Review
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September 13, 2024
Thousands of extremely rare particular snails bred at Edinburgh Zoo are to be released in French Polynesia – to restore the species’ wild population. The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) and the Zoological Society of London rescued the...
In 1921, my ancestor threw in a bank job and fled to the South Pacific to paint. Now I’m following his trail
Irish Independent
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William Alister MacDonald was regarded as the Tahitian Turner Iain McDonald and wife Sinead overlooking Opunohu Bay, Moorea Today at 03:30 When Scottish watercolour painter William Alister Macdonald disembarked from the SS Arawa in 1921 with his...
First look at the Asia-Pacific Superyacht Summit 2
Sail-World
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February 8, 2025
by Enrico Chhibber 7 Feb 20:32 PST 7-8 May 2025 The Asia-Pacific Superyacht Summit returns for its highly anticipated second edition at the Renaissance Harbour View Hotel in Hong Kong, scheduled for the 7th and 8th of May, 2025. Recognised as a...
Rare snails sent to French Polynesia to repopulate
The Sanford Herald - North Carolina
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Some of the 2,500 tiny nocturnal snails. (RZSS via SWNS) By Lauren Beavis via SWNS Thousands of extremely rare partula snails bred at Edinburgh Zoo are to be released in French Polynesia - to restore the wild population of the species. The last...
Between Opportunity and Constraint: Recent Developments in Indonesia-France Security Ties
The Diplomat
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February 6, 2025
On January 28, the French Navy’s Charles de Gaulle Carrier Strike Group made a historic first port call in Indonesia as part of its deployment to the Indo-Pacific under the “Clemenceau 25” Mission. The visit also preceded the French Navy-led “La...
South Pacific Management expands its portfolio with a new hotel in Tahiti
Pacific Tourism Organisation
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February 6, 2025
The five-storey hotel will offer 43 rooms, including 33 studios with kitchenettes, 4 suites and 6 comfort studios. Facilities will include a lobby, meeting room and breakfast service. However, no restaurant is planned, due to the already extensive...
Thousands of rare partula snails bred at Edinburgh Zoo to be released in French Polynesia
Daily Record & Sunday Mail
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September 10, 2024
Thousands of extremely rare partula snails bred at Edinburgh Zoo are to be released in French Polynesia - to restore the wild population of the species. The last surviving few of the species were rescued in the early 1990s by the Royal Zoological...
Snails bred in Edinburgh sent to French Polynesia to restore population
Express & Star
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September 10, 2024
Thousands of extremely rare Partula snails bred at Edinburgh Zoo are to be released into the wild in French Polynesia to help restore the population there. The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) has been part of a collaborative initiative...
Snails bred in Edinburgh Zoo sent to re-populate species in French Polynesia
BBC
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September 10, 2024
Thousands of rare partula snails bred at Edinburgh Zoo are to be released in French Polynesia to restore the wild population of the species. The last surviving few of the species were rescued in the early 1990s by the Royal Zoological Society of...
President Ilham Aliyev Criticizes France’s Colonial Policies, Calls for Decolonization and Climate Justice
Caspian News
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November 15, 2024
President Ilham Aliyev has criticized France’s destructive policies in its overseas territories, including New Caledonia and French Polynesia, which, despite being recognized as self-governing territories by the United Nations, continue to suffer...
Pacific leaders at UN World Data Forum talk on data modernisation and climate change
Pacific Community (SPC)
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Pacific statistics and data professionals led panel discussions on data modernisation and a climate-change case study last week, sharing insights and innovations from their region at the United Nations’ World Data Forum in Colombia. More than...
Pacific Regionalism and Decolonisation: Thoughts from the 54th CRGA
Australian Institute of International Affairs
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November 18, 2024
The fact that the Pacific Community (SPC) has been forced to hold its annual executive meeting thousands of kilometres away from its headquarters in Noumea this year was an unsettling reminder that decolonisation in the Pacific Island region is...
Who are the new Government Ministers?
Monaco Tribune
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September 5, 2024
The new Minister of State, Didier Guillaume, took office on 2 September. The new Prince’s Government is in place and will meet for the first time on 11 September. There are five Government Ministers, two women and three men, in addition to the...