AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoBlue Economy Funding: Bezos Earth Fund announced $25m in new grants to protect 625,000+ sq miles of Pacific ocean across the Cook Islands, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Tonga and Vanuatu, pushing total awards to $63.3m under its “Unlocking Blue Pacific Prosperity” push to manage waters sustainably and protect 30% by 2030. Luxury Tourism & Investment: IHG will rebrand InterContinental Bora Bora Resort & Thalasso Spa as Regent Bora Bora, the first Regent in French Polynesia, after renovations (closed June 1) with a late-2027 reopening and 84 overwater villas. Drug Trafficking Risk: A new report says French Polynesia is increasingly used as a transit hub for cocaine and meth heading to Australia and New Zealand, while a local meth market is also growing—raising pressure on border security and policing. Local Debate on Resources: Cook Islands youth leaders are weighing the economic promise and risks of deep-sea mining (polymetallic nodules in the EEZ), with the core question: will it deliver a durable future without harming culture and the environment? Pacific Climate Finance: Pacific leaders at the UN General Assembly warned that sea-level rise is already a present reality and urged bigger, faster climate finance and adaptation support.
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