AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoPacific Geospatial Push: The Pacific Geospatial Resource and Services Council (PGRSC) adds Melbourne’s The Spatial Distillery Co. as a new institutional member, aiming to boost GIS and remote-sensing collaboration across the region. New Caledonia Politics: In Paris, the Senate’s law committee reopens the electoral roll debate, with hearings on an organic law that could widen voting access—an issue still tied to the Nouméa Accord’s fragile loyalist-separatist balance. Ocean Protection: Papua New Guinea moves to create a “no-take” Western Manus Marine Protected Area as part of the Melanesian Ocean Corridor of Reserves, while France backs the wider Pacific push to protect at least 30% of the ocean by 2030. Public Order in the Pacific: Vanuatu announces a 60-day crackdown on youth disorder and alcohol-related incidents, and New Caledonia tightens alcohol sale rules in Greater Nouméa amid ongoing unrest fears.
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