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In a collaborative effort within Micronesia to enhance coastal
fisheries faced with a changing climate, a group of local and national organizations participated
in an inception workshop marking an important milestone of the Kiwa Initiative’s Regional
MiCOAST Project.

Samoa’s native biodiversity has significantly increased with the confirmed sightings of three new species of seabirds on the main island of Upolu since February 2023, after their sightings at sea during offshore surveys raised the possibility that they may be breeding there.

Dedicated towards conserving Cook Islands biodiversity, the island nation is applying for the Takitumu Conservation Area to be recognised as an ‘Other Effective area-based Conservation Measure’.  If successful, this will be the first internationally acknowledged OECM

An Australian fossil fuel company is expanding its nature-based carbon project portfolio in Papua New Guinea and expects its offset portfolio to swell to above 10 million units while also readying a new carbon trading desk in Singapore

An Australian carbon trade company has signed an agreement with a Fijian counterpart to work on credits aligned with Article 6

Villagers covered under the Tree Kangaroo Conservation Programme (TKCP) in Morobe will benefit from a K1 million contract to develop coffee in Kabwum's Yus local level government.

Facial recognition software is being used to track turtle movements in the Cook Islands. The citizen science turtle monitoring project has been up and running for a year now, launched in 2023 by Te Ipukarea society to involve the community in conservation efforts.

For the first time ever, researchers have created a global map of human activity in the oceans and on coastlines, published last week in the journal Nature.

A campaign is underway in Easter Island to raise awareness about the vulnerability of sea turtles that inhabit the island and its waters.

New research near Miloliʻi in the southwestern part of Hawai'i Island shows that identifying and protecting marine ecosystems, both down-current and up-current of coral reefs, specifically areas where coral larvae are more likely to survive and thrive, is crucial to future cora