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Engineers from UNSW Sydney have designed and built a system that biomimics tides to help restore vital coastal wetlands.

East Maui residents are proposing the creation of a protected fishing area for Kipahulu to help regulate harvesting practices and increased foot traffic and to protect depleting resources that once fully sustained nearby communities.

Funding the establishment of Marine Protection Areas (MPAs) – thus protecting them from activity by bottom-trawling vessels – could form an innovative new type of carbon credit scheme.

The people of the Maskelyns, Southeast Malekula, are once again benefiting from the results of respecting to their own Community-Based management rules developed by the communities themselves.

Days of sustained rain has led to concerns for ground-dwelling animals, such as wombats and echidnas, which can become trapped in their habitat by flood waters.

The theme of World Water and Forest Day this year was: “Valuing our Water and Forest resources: a path to recovery and well-being” The theme looks at promoting the social, environmental, and economic values of forests and water, especially in raising the resilience of communities and national eco

‘Bringing back the seabirds’ is the rallying call for conservationists working to restore Wellington’s Mana Island. The latest seabird to be brought back to Mana Island is one of New Zealand’s smallest – the white-faced storm petrel.

Deforestation is still prominent in Fiji and urgent action is needed. President, Major General (ret’d) Jioji Konrote, stressed this, during the World Forest Day celebration at State House this morning.

The Nature Conservancy released the “Atlas of the Reefs of West Maui,” a comprehensive report compiling 20 years of data detailing changes in the abundance and diversity of marine life in West Maui.

Following a recent public consultation in the northern group and an internal policy review, the Opposition Democratic Party has come out against a ten-year moratorium on seabed mining.