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After banning plastic bags last year, New Zealand now proposes to regulate single-use plastic packaging and to ban various hard-to-recycle plastics and single-use plastic items.

Joe Biden’s presidential ascension had not even been settled when Fiji’s forthright prime minister was already urging greater US action on climate change from the incoming American leader. “Congratulations Joe Biden,” Frank Bainimarama tweeted on Saturday afternoon.

Sharks are in the news, but not for their normal shenanigans.

With support from the Vanuatu Fisheries Department (VFD) Takara village, North Efate, launched an extension of its Community-Based Fisheries Management (CBFM) plan during a signing ceremony on Friday, October 23rd 2020.

The University of Newcastle based in Australia and Singapore, and the Universitas Lambung Mangkurat (ULM), Indonesia are privileged to organize this Ecological Restoration webinar.

In 1989, the Kakerori was on the brink of extinction. Now, it’s one of the front-runners in Te Ipukarea Society’s Bird of the Year contest!

The ocean is massive. It covers more than 70 percent of Earth's surface. The Pacific Ocean alone blankets 60 million square miles (155 million square kilometers) of the planet.

University of Hawaii researchers, using geological data, concluded the Marshall Islands could be lost to sea level rise as early as 2080.

The largest Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), which restrict fishing for conservation or fisheries benefits, span up to 370km from the shore. Some are larger than France. As you might imagine, protecting such vast expanses of the ocean can bring huge benefits to marine ecosystems.

Ministry of Forestry and Research is facing set back to update the State of the Forestry Report due to funding delay and coronavirus pandemic. Minister Commins Mewa explained... in Parliament yesterday. Mewa said the ministry is still progressing the work to update the state of our Forest.