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Oceans and Fisheries Minister David Parker and the Acting Minister of Conservation Ayesha Verrall have released the government's stragety for restoring the gulf to health. Protection areas will increase almost three-fold, and there will be new catch settings.

New Zealand has signed an agreement of more than US$12 million with the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA). The five-year arrangement aimed to support the sustainable management of the Pacific's offshore fisheries.

Climate change threats to life on Earth are systemic, interconnected and on a scale unprecedented in human history, the UN's climate science advisors have warned in a draft report...The report warns that after previous drastic climate shocks like the one currently facing the planet, the

A new United Nations report calls for an urgent change in the way the world's oceans are managed. The report from the International Resource Panel, hosted by the UN Environment Program, raises concerns that if changes are not made quickly, the consequences will be dire.

Australia said Tuesday it will fight against plans to downgrade the Great Barrier Reef’s World Heritage status due to climate change, while environmentalists have applauded the U.N. World Heritage Committee’s proposal.

In his last email to his family, Eritara Aati Kaierua told them he loved them and apologised for not being in touch sooner.

Voyaging canoes Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia set sail at approximately 12:30 p.m.

Small island nations most threatened by climate change fear that they will also be the most likely to be disadvantaged if the United Nations climate talks to be held in Glasgow in November are disrupted due to the uneven global distribution of COVID-19 vaccinations...At large international confer

With the Nature Is Speaking series, Conservation International gives nature a voice. The goal: To reframe why conservation is important and reinforce a simple message — Nature doesn’t need people. People need nature.

Eradicating the brown tree snakes that have invaded Cocos Island could set an example for how Guam and the rest of the world could handle invasive species, Diane Vice, Wildlife Supervisor at the Division of Aquatic and Wildlife Resources said on Friday...The island has the only free-living popula