FRENCH POLYNESIA - The Ministry of Marine Resources of French Polynesia is looking into developing giant clam aquaculture to improve the economic health of the remoter island groups.

Since 2001, the Marine Resources Department, L’Institut de recherche pour la développement and the University of French Polynesia have been conducting research into giant clam stocks. The aim being to gather information on the sustainable collection and farming of this bivalve, PNC reports.

Large densities of giant clam have been found in the Tuamotu archipelago, making it suitable for the development of giant clam aquaculture.

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GLOBAL - The world today confronts a water crisis with critical implications for peace, political stability and economic development, experts warn in a new report issued jointly by the InterAction Council (IAC), a group of 40 prominent former government leaders and heads of state, United Nations University, and Canada’s Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation.

"The future political impact of water scarcity may be devastating,” says former Canadian Prime Minister and IAC co-chair Jean Chrétien. "Using water the way we have in the past simply will not sustain humanity in the future. The IAC is calling on the United Nations Security Council to recognize water as one of the top security concerns facing the global community.”

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