COVID-19 cases have increased in a number of Pacific countries, whilst Fiji looks to revive its tourism industry. Hugh McClure writes.

States in the Pacific are continuing their States of Emergency, albeit with reduced restrictions, whilst PNG has introduced new security laws to deal with the pandemic, Jay Caldwell writes.

Solomon Islands is facing an unprecedented State of Emergency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, poor implementation and economic recession have tested people's trust in their government, Anouk Ride and Gina Kekea write.

The fires in the degraded peatlands of western Indonesia are an environmental and public health catastrophe, writes Robert Field.