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The unique landscapes of some of Auckland's treasured Hauraki Gulf islands are at risk from development and a "woeful" lack of planning and protection, a new report warns.

Several community groups in Samoa stand to benefit from $652,500 worth of funding granted under the United Nations Development Programme and the Global Environment Facility’s Small Grants Programme (U.N.D.P. G.E.F.-S.G.P.).

Planting trees and preventing deforestation are considered key climate change mitigation strategies, but a new analysis finds the cost of preserving and planting trees to hit certain global emissions reductions targets could accelerate quickly.

All eyes are on Vanuatu as it graduates from the least developed country (LDC) status on 4 December.

Plastics in the ocean can release chemicals that cause deformities in sea urchin larvae, new research shows. Scientists soaked various plastic samples in seawater then removed the plastic and raised sea urchin embryos in the water.

The possibilities of citizens to participate in natural resource governance are increasing.

You might not normally think about what corals smell like—or how the smell changes during heat stress. However, that is what researchers from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), the University of Sydney and Southern Cross University set out to investigate on the Great Barrier Reef.

Australian firefighters are struggling to control a massive bush fire that already destroyed 40 percent of the UNESCO world heritage-listed Fraser Island before a heatwave hit Monday.

The NSW Government is handing back more than 15,000 hectares of land to Aboriginal owners in the state’s central west which will be reserved to form the new Mt Grenfell National Park and the Mt Grenfell State Conservation Area.

The proposed Offshore Pacific Area of Interest (AOI) off the coast of British Columbia contains underwater mountains, some 10,000 feet high, overlooking a vast network of hydrothermal vents that spew hot sulfur and nutrients into the surrounding water.