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An online mapping and knowledge platform prototype could soon offer free and easily accessible information on the migratory patterns of endangered species in the ocean. The Migratory Connectivity in the Ocean (MiCO) system has been launched by The University of Queensland's Dr. Daniel Dunn.

Environmental justice NGO Global Witness has released a new report into international financing of deforestation.It said six companies associated with destruction of the world's main forests received US$44 billion in finance over the past six years.

The sixth Our Ocean Conference generated 370 pledges for a clean, healthy and productive ocean...The Government of Norway hosted the 2019 Our Ocean Conference, focused on the theme “the state of the sea and measures to ensure healthy, clean and productive seas.” The Conference convened from 23-24

NOAA’s Coral Reef Conservation Program has awarded more than $9.3 million in grants to support coral conservation projects and scientific studies.

A study of human activity within thousands of conservation spaces in over 150 countries suggests that - on average across the world - protected areas are not reducing the "anthropogenic pressure" on our most precious natural habitats.

Seven new Indigenous Protected Areas will recognise conservation led by Aboriginal and Torres Islander people is central to the protection of nature in Australia.

Invasive species coordinators and practitioners from around the Pacific have gathered at the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) in Apia, Samoa for a five-week Invasive Species Programme Management Course.

SPREP is seeking the assistance of a short-term consultant to develop a Drupal 8 information system based on the TREDS systems specification.

The Pacific Island Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) lead Operation Kurukuru is one of the largest maritime surveillance operations globally covering an area the land size of Russia, India and Egypt combined.

When Cardinal John Ribat of Papua New Guinea was young, he and his neighbors noticed that their well water tasted of salt. Crops also failed as the soil became salty. Papua New Guinea consists of a large island in the Pacific Ocean surrounded by smaller islands and atolls.