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MFOR Partners with French Solar Salt Company for Value-Added Salt Production

Salt is one of the important ingredients for food, fish processing and other products. The MFOR has been working with an international solar salt company in France to establish the natural solar salt facilities and potential markets to value add this potential resource in Beru Island. The team from the Geoscience Division, owner and expert of the French Solar Salt company Mr Louis Merlin to progress this important solar salt value adding project in Beru Is, Nikunau Is, Kiritimati Is and other outer islands. The team visited the solar salt project sites in Beru and then followed by a thorough discussions on the necessary cost-effective steps for the production and marketing of value-added salts from these islands. The MFOR acknowledged the World Bank funded PROP project, FAO together with the French-based solar salt company for their financial and technical assistance throughout the various stages of this project.

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Japan-Kiribati Cooperation: Advancing Fisheries and Maritime Development

Kiribati and Japan have a long and genuine bilateral relationship realized through on-going cooperation and aid assistance on several critical sectors including the fisheries. The delegation of Japan Embassy in Fiji and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan who oversee development cooperation visited the Ministry of Fisheries and Ocean Resources, at it headquarters, Bairiki; to discuss future assistance. Japan aid has been instrumental to the fisheries sector as it provided fisheries equipment, ice-making machines, technical experts, fish collection vessel among other things. The delegation of Japan met the Secretary Riibeta Abeta and Senior MFOR officials to discuss priorities and needs for support from Japan in the next fiscal year 2025. The message conveyed to Japan delegation is that the assistance should target critical areas of investments in the fisheries sector including the small-scale canning facilities, dredger equipment to create more lands from the sea and many more. Kiribati acknowledged the people and Government of Japan for the genuine cooperation demonstrated through mutual trust and respect of each others' interests.

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Kiribati Takes First Steps Towards a National Ocean Policy

Kiribati is embarking on a journey to formulate its National Ocean Policy, with the aim of completing and launching one this year 2025. National Ocean Policy is central to improving better ocean governance, addressing existing gaps, streamlining processes crucial to advancing Kiribati’s objective of maximing more benefits from our ocean, whilst ensuring sustainability and social benefits.
The initial consultation on discussing the proposed way forward for the formulation of a national ocean policy was conducted today at the Ocean Family, Bairiki; and attended by core stakeholders such as the Office of Te Beretitenti (OB), Office of the Attorney General (OAG), Ministry of Environment, Lands and Agricultural Development (MELAD) and the Ministry of Information, Communication and Transport (MICT). More sector will be included in the next series of consultation.
MFOR Secretary Riibeta Abeta stressed to stakeholders the importance of working together to create more opportunities and benefits from our ocean resources, through a fit-for-purpose and accommodative national ocean policy that is agreed, supported and shaped by our key sectors. The MFOR acknowledged the MFAT funded Phoenix Island Marine Spatial Planning Project for the assistance provided to this process.
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Kiribati Engages in Law of the Sea and Climate Change Workshop in Singapore

A workshop on “The Law of the Sea and Climate Change” together with the 80th Celebration of the UN Law of the Sea was hosted by the Government of Singapore from 20-24 January 2025. Kiribati was represented by Director of Geoscience Division, Ministry of Fisheries and Ocean Resources, together with other Senior Officials from Pacific Island Countries, Asian Countries and others.
This gathering was aimed to enhance understanding of international maritime law and the emerging impacts of climate change on our national maritime domains, a topic that is very relevant to Kiribati. The MFOR acknowledged the Government of Singapore for the cooperation assistance that has enabled the engagement of Kiribati in this important forum. Kiribati and Singapore as Small Island Developing States, enjoyed a strong diplomatic relations and shared similar sustainable development visions for their people.
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