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As COVID-19 continues to send shockwaves through the global economy, IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, in collaboration with Inspire Impact, is hosting a landmark discussion on investment opportunities in the Pacific Blue Economy, including why the sustainable use of oceans must be cent

My country joined the United Nations nearly 30 years ago, in September 1991. But unless my fellow member states take action, we may also be forced from it: the first country to see our land swept away by climate change.

Minister Semi Koroilavesau says they are establishing fish warden programs and the Ministry is providing equipment for these officials to patrol traditional i-Qoliqoli areas.

Accused of burning logging machinery belonging to Malaysia-based firm Xiang Lin SI Ltd, the “Nende Five” were taken into custody in 2018. In June 2020, three of the five were acquitted based on lack of evidence.

A new study has found a 45% decline in the biomass of important fish species in West Hawai‘i’s reefs across a 10-year period...The study will inform new management practices to protect Hawai‘i’s coral reefs, including the state’s 30 by 30 initiative, which aims to designate 30% of Hawai‘i’s

Over 93% of the Earth’s best-quality and least-disturbed tropical forests have no legal protection from destruction, according to a study published in Nature Ecology and Evolution.

In 2018 and 2019 there were a record 27 documented whale-ship collisions off the coast of California, although the actual number is likely to be much higher. To reduce the number of deadly collisions, the Benioff Ocean Initiative launched Whale Safe on Sept. 17.

The Green Party wants at least 30 percent of New Zealand's oceans to be protected by 2030. It also wants a 10 year moratorium on all forms of seabed mining. It's released its "Thriving Oceans Plan" at a campaign event at Bastion Point in Auckland today.

French Island will become a safe haven for hundreds of species of birds, marsupials and endangered native animals, thanks to an Environment Restoration Fund (ERF) investment in eradicating feral cats.

Some marine mammals carry gene mutations that could make them more susceptible than humans to SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus at the heart of the ongoing pandemic.