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Calling ocean professionals from the Pacific Islands: apply to the training 'Building Capacity on Biodiversity-Inclusive and Climate-Smart MPS and Area-Based Management for ABNJ.'

Forests in Nauru may be limited, but their role is significant for a country with very little remaining natural cover. With a history shaped by extensive phosphate mining, the island’s landscape has endured severe ecological change.

The inaugural Pacific Regional Invasive Species Management Support Service (PRISMSS) Restoring Island Resilience Awards, sponsored by Air New Zealand, recognised six Pacific NGOs leading the fight against invasive species to protect biodiversity and strengthen climate resilience of island ecosyst

Preparations are underway on Niulakita Island, Tuvalu, for an important conservation initiative to remove invasive rats and restore the island’s natural ecosystems and food resources.

The feather-shaped namele leaf is so central to Vanuatu it features on the national flag, and now it is being enlisted to protect some of the country's most omportant forests.

Two deep-sea mining companies have announced a merger that values their combined business at approximately one billion dollars – a deal that signals growing corporate and investor confidence in the commercial extraction of minerals from the ocean floor, and one that will draw immediate scrutiny f

March 2026 marks a milestone for Babatana’s Siporae Tribe, with their forest conservation carbon project officially verified by international carbon standard Plan Vivo.

The Nagao Wetland Fund (NWF) is officially open for 2026 project applications, your chance to drive real, lasting impact across the Asia‑Oceania region!Co‑created by the Nagao Natural Environment Foundation (NEF) and the Secretariat of the Convention on Wetlands, the NWF powers bold, practical ac

At the recently held XVII International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds (ISBCW), organised by the New Zealand Bioeconomy Science Institute, held in Rotorua, Pacific island voices were front and center.

Participants at the Empowering Pacific Narratives: Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion (GEDSI) and Traditional Knowledge (TK) in Invasive Species Communications Capacity Building Symposium, held in Fiji in late March, collectively emphasised that Pacific voices and stories must be to