Category: Environment

The Marquesas Islands listed as a World Heritage S...

Posted by Ted Wood | Jul 28, 2024 | Area, Business, Culture, Environment, French Polynesia, Travel

by Ted Wood | Jul 16, 2024 | Area, Business, Environment, French Polynesia, Healthcare, Lifestyle, New Caledonia, Pacific

Therapeutic cannabis legalized Since Tuesday July 9, it has been possible to consume medical...

300 “scientists” from the Yuang Wang 5 stuck in the boat

by Ted Wood | May 12, 2024 | Area, Environment, French Polynesia, Pacific, Politics

The large Yuang Wang 5 entered the port of Papeete on Monday. The ship’s personnel have...

A scientist from New Caledonia is to spend eight months alone on an uninhabited islet in Polynesia

by Ted Wood | Apr 21, 2024 | Area, Environment, French Polynesia, New Caledonia

Marine biologist Matthieu Juncker is to spend eight months living alone on an uninhabited islet in...

Shark: beaches reopened to swimming

by Ted Wood | Dec 6, 2023 | Area, Environment, New Caledonia, Travel

At Baie des Citrons, in addition to the anti-shark net installed, the area will be fully supervised. All other beaches and islets are not secured, but are now authorized for swimming. Phew! Caledonians and tourists alike will...

France and Australia fraternize…

by Ted Wood | Dec 6, 2023 | Area, Culture, Economy, Education, Environment, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Pacific, Politics, Wallis and Futuna

The submarine crisis is an old memory. In September 2021, Sydney cancelled the contract of the...

The US ambassador visits New Caledonia and Polynesia

by Ted Wood | Oct 24, 2023 | Area, Culture, Education, Environment, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Pacific, Politics

Denise Campbell Bauer, is in Noumea from Tuesday 24 October. She will then travel to Papeete. This...

Anti-shark nets: angry grannies

by Ted Wood | Oct 22, 2023 | Area, Environment, New Caledonia

They defy the authorities and swim despite the ban The bays of Nouméa have been banned from swimming this year following several shark attacks. Noumea town hall is currently installing an anti-shark net to allow the beaches to...

Court halts shark hunt

by Ted Wood | Oct 19, 2023 | Area, Environment, New Caledonia

The administrative court in Nouméa has suspended the tiger shark and bulldog shark fishing campaigns planned until the end of 2023. The President of the South Province had decided to open up the shark hunt following a number of...

Coral Sea: the government quadruples the surface area of New Caledonia’s marine reserves

by Ted Wood | Oct 19, 2023 | Area, Culture, Environment, New Caledonia

The New Caledonian government has created new marine reserves in the Coral Sea Natural Park. The New Caledonian government has decided to create new marine reserves in the Coral Sea Natural Park. There will now be an additional...

Eradication of feral pigs

by Ted Wood | Oct 19, 2023 | Area, Environment, New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna

They cause too much damage in Nuku’atea Wild pigs are a scourge on Wallis and Futuna. They...

Two scientists from the University of Caledonia rewarded by the L’Oréal Foundation

by Ted Wood | Oct 12, 2023 | Area, Environment, New Caledonia

The Young Talent Prize rewards young scientists for their research work. There were 618 entries...

The eighth lost continent, Zealandia, has finally been mapped!

by Ted Wood | Oct 7, 2023 | Area, Environment, New Caledonia, Pacific

It includes New Caledonia and New Zealand A few years ago, scientists discovered that the planet...

Riots: curfew until July 1
The curfew is maintained in New Caledonia for a further week, from 8 pm to 6 am. Carrying and transporting weapons remains prohibited. The sale of alcohol also remains prohibited, except for wine merchants, who may only sell wine or champagne-type beverages with an alcohol content not exceeding 18%. Beer sales are still not permitted.