Marine Protection Push: French Polynesia is expanding “no-extraction” ocean protections to about 30% of its EEZ, adding roughly 520,000 sq km near the Austral, Marquesas and Western Society islands—on top of the 2025 Tainui Atea protections—bringing fully protected waters to around 1.4 million sq km, with artisanal fishing zones still open for local livelihoods. Ocean Finance & Monitoring: At the Our Ocean Conference in Mombasa, global leaders announced $6.4B in new commitments; French Polynesia highlighted plans to strengthen Tainui Atea with new regulated fishing areas, coastal protection zones and seamount protections. Disaster Response Training: The French-led Exercise MARARA 26 in French Polynesia is strengthening regional humanitarian disaster response readiness, with the Pacific Response Group (PRG) training across Tahiti, Hao and Makemo on logistics, medical support and communications. Regional Capability Building: PRG personnel also trained with Pacific partners during Exercise Marara, including damage assessment and forward planning for health, engineering and logistics support. Aviation & Connectivity: Air Tahiti Nui and Air Tahiti launched a codeshare to connect inter-island flights (e.g., Bora Bora, Rarotonga) with international routes via Faa’a. Space Safety Tech: French startup Skynopy is working with Look Up to automate satellite collision avoidance using a ground station network integrated with Europe’s ATLAS² service.