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A team of Ministry of Marine Resources (MMR) employees, volunteer freedivers and a representative from the Proprietors of Manuae Incorporated (PMI) has just returned from a crown-of-thorns starfish (taramea) removal expedition to the uninhabited island of Manuae.

Scientists have developed a new way to model and map the health of coral reef ecosystems using data collected on the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation’s Global Reef Expedition.

The outlying islands of Temotu are some of the worst affected from storm surges and sea level rise...But for the people, disaster risk reduction is not an option.

Once again, a proposal to amend the Palau National Marine Sanctuary Act (PNMS), a landmark conservation legislation Palau is known for, to allow foreign fishing within the Palau’s EEZ, is being entertained by OEK.

The Reef Resilience Online Courses have been designed to provide easy access to the latest science and strategies for managing coral reefs in a changing climate.

The new Wastewater Pollution Toolkit provides the latest science and strategies to help marine managers address wastewater threats wherever they work.

The Blue Climate Initiative (BCI) is welcoming applications from innovators and entrepreneurs for the global US$1 Million Ocean Innovation Prize. The Prize is designed to inspire, fund and support innovations that mitigate climate change through ocean-related strategies.

After six years, the second Oceanic Fisheries Management Project in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) has come to an end...The aim of the project was to help the small island developing states of the WCPO ensure the sustainable management of their oceanic fisheries and to better unders

The governing body of the Global Coral Research & Development Accelerator Platform held its first meeting last month...G20 leaders announced the creation of the platform during the last summit to improve coral conservation and restoration outcomes around the world with a suite of superior sci

China will take on stronger international responsibilities to support the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in building up developing countries' world heritage capacity, according to the extended 44th Session of UNESCO's World Heritage Committee, which was held in F