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Falealupo village continues to push ahead with its efforts to protect Samoa's the manumea, with the village mayor emphasising that protecting rainforests ensures the rare bird's survival. Taofinu'u M Lamositele told in an interview that the bird is rare but they are thankful that their villa

The first phase of consultation on the Lau Seascape and the Marine Protected Area 30×30 Initiative concluded last Friday at Nayau Island in Lau.

The New Zealand government has announced it will back a conditional moratorium on deep sea mining in areas in international waters. It said this moratorium will remain until strong environment rules, backed by robust science, are in place.

The 2020 global spatial targets for protected areas set by the Convention on Biological Diversity have almost been achieved, but management effectiveness remains deficient. Personnel shortages are widely cited as major contributing factors but have not previously been quantified. 

A huge marine reserve in the Pacific Ocean has led to the recovery of tuna and other migratory fish around its borders, according to a study. The Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument in Hawaii is almost four times the size of California.

In a report presented Wednesday to the United Nations General Assembly’s Social, Humanitarian & Cultural Committee, Calí Tzay, highlighted multiple human rights violations committed to create and enforce protected areas, ranging from the expulsion of Indigenous peoples from the

The first phase of consultations on the Lau Seascape and the Marine Protected Area 30×30 Initiative have started at Lomaloma Village, in Vanua Balavu.

In December, United Nations member governments will conclude negotiations on a comprehensive global biodiversity framework that will set goals and targets for the next 10 years, including metrics for protecting the global ocean.

Do you remember the remote South Pacific island where Tom Hanks’ character was stranded in the 2000 film Cast Away? That’s Monuriki, in my country of Fiji...the small, uninhabited island has other claims to fame.

Our new peer-reviewed scientific article, “Assessing the quantity and quality of marine protected areas in the Mariana Islands” assesses the 18 federal and territorial managed MPAs in our region against an international framework called the MPA Guide.