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As the state agency tasked with "managing, conserving and restoring Hawaii's aquatic resources and ecosystems for present and future generations," the Division of Aquatic Resources (DAR) is using the ambitious Marine 30x30 Initiative as a springboard to achieve nearshore management that is place-

The 14 member states of the Oceanic Fisheries Management Project (OFMPII) gathered on Tuesday to plan for the final year of the Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) initiative.

You’d be forgiven if you couldn’t find Timor-Leste on a map....thanks to a new effort to combine 12 community-run marine protected areas (MPAs) — areas of the ocean where human activity is restricted, preventing overfishing and keeping the waters healthy — into one large network on the Timorese i

Researchers at the University of Bayreuth have calculated for the first time how climate change is likely to affect the earth's conservation areas by 2070.

It's no secret that the forests of the world are under severe pressure from human activities. We tend to think of tropical forests, and in particular the Amazon, as bearing the brunt of the impacts of deforestation and other drivers of forest clearance.

SPREP is seeking consultancy services to develop a new Framework for Nature Conservation and Protected Areas in the Pacific Islands region (2020-2025) and a high level declaration.

A Cook Islands' environmentalist says he has no doubt the director of the Marae Moana marine reserve was "sacked" by the government over her opposition to sea-bed mining...This week, the government said it chose not to renew Ms Evans' contract so it could replace her with someone more a

Deep sea explorers aboard a research vessel have used sonar images to pinpoint the location of the Akagi and Kaga, two carriers that took part in the Battle of Midway in 1942...The Petrel crew had spent weeks surveying the area, documenting more than 500 square nautical miles before picking up th

Global targets on conservation include the goal of delivering more equitable management and governance of protected areas. But the lack of practical tools for assessing and enhancing governance quality and equity means there has been little progress.

...investigating environmental injustices: how ecological hazards and climate disasters have the harshest impacts on people of color, native tribes and those on low incomes...Five luminaries explain the concept of ‘environmental justice’ and reveal why, alongside the climate crisis, it is one of