The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal number 16 is “dedicated to the promotion of peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, the provision of access to justice for all, and building effective, accountable institutions at all levels.”   SDG16 is crucial to the diverse island regions as they experience a multiplicity of emerging challenges. Whilst it is true that, across the globe, island communities generally have low levels of sustained armed violent conflicts, there is a prevalence of  interpersonal violence, especially against women, children, and marginalized members of the population. This issue is compounded by the threats of urbanization, increased population size, migration, forced displacement, water resource issues, agricultural production decline, inequality, and exclusion.  Issues like persecution, injustice, and abuse are present in societies worldwide. In island communities, the lack of relevant data presents an extra challenge. An extensive data audit  has revealed that a mere 47% of the indicators used for measuring SDG16 are available in the Pacific region.

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Hawaii Seeks End To Strife Over Astronomy On Sacred Mountain

­For more than 50 years, telescopes and the needs of astronomers have dominated the summit of Mauna Kea, a mountain sacred to Native Hawaiians that’s also one of the finest places in the world to study the night sky.­

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Gullah Geechee Community Makes A Deal With Ga. County In A Fight For Services

­Sapelo Island, sitting off the coast of Georgia, has been home to one of America’s last intact Gullah Geechee communities, a community of descendants of enslaved people who arrived before the start of the Civil War.  ­

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