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Two reports compiled by President Surangel Whipps Jr.’s Transition Subcommittee for the Ministry of Natural Resources, Environment & Tourism (MNRET) examines steps the government can take for the development and conservation of Palau’s natural resources, including domestic fisheries.

After successfully stopping one sand mining project, Papua New Guinea environmentalists now want the government to tighten the rules around the industry. The environmental group, Mas Kagin Tapani, advocated for the more than 10,000 who lived in communities along a 38 kilometre stretch of the

We have to stem the loss and degradation of biodiversity otherwise we will forego the opportunities of deriving its full benefits.

A growing number of countries are pledging to protect and conserve at least 30 percent of the ocean by 2030. Securing such a vast area requires new cutting-edge technology to monitor illegal activities and movements of species.

Oceans around the world face a litany of threats, from climate change to overfishing to pollution and more.

As with many other aspects of government policy, overfishing and other fishing-related environmental issues are a real problem, but it’s not clear that government intervention is the solution.

For the first time, the volume and value of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing for tuna is being measured for the whole western and central Pacific Ocean (WCPO).

Last week, UNESCO released the first global scientific assessment of its World Heritage marine sites’ blue carbon ecosystems, highlighting the critical environmental value of these habitats.

Trial trainings this month on the offline map application called AVENZA with Live & Learn Vanuatu staff is intended to assist Vanuatu forest rangers in monitoring forest degradation, restoration projects and the natural ecosystem.

Greenpeace activists have built a new underwater 'boulder barrier' in a protected area of the English Channel to stop a hugely harmful fishing practice. In total 18 boulders, each weighing about three tonnes and carrying the name of a celebrity endorser, were dropped this week from the