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Iguanas have often been spotted rafting around the Caribbean on vegetation and, ages ago, evidently caught a 600-mile ride from Central America to colonize the Galapagos Islands. But for long-distance travel, the Fiji iguanas can't be touched.

With climate change threatening Pacific Island communities, collaboration is more crucial than ever.

Vanuatu, located in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, leads by example for managing marine resources in a way that doesn't harm the environment. Vanuatu is a nation where the ocean is significantly larger than the land, comprising 98% of the country's territory.

Over the past two years, the research team at the Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC) have been sampling melangmud (longnose emperor) as part of a larger project, which looks at the reproductive activity of this species.

The Coral Futures Academy (CFA) recently marked the official launch of the project Scaling up Identification, Protection, and Local Management of Climate-Resistant Coral Reefs, a new initiative to strengthen coral reef resilience in the face of climate change.

RMI has been actively working on managing invasive species, including birds, through various initiatives.

Today, at the World Ocean Summit, the Republic of Palau and Conservation International renewed their partnership to support Palau’s efforts in building a resilient island economy based on marine conservation and sustainable fisheries.

On the tiny South Pacific island of Niue, a self-governing Polynesian nation with political ties to New Zealand, Niue Blue is poised to become the newest Eco Center of the Professional Association of Diving Instructors, better known as PADI.

Today, at the World Ocean Summit, the Republic of Palau and Conservation International renewed their partnership to support Palau’s efforts in building a resilient island economy based on marine conservation and sustainable fisheries.

Papua New Guinea (PNG) is a country of unique biodiversity with a large proportion of its fauna and flora found nowhere else on Earth.